UK government admits in court it's arming Israel to avoid upsetting the US

Astonishingly, this is not a valid legal argument

It turns out that when the UK suspended 8% of arms licences to Israel and left the other 92% in place, the decision was nothing to do with legality or respect for human rights. Court documents have revealed the government’s reason for leaving arms licences in place is that it didn’t want to upset the US. Yes, really.

Sir Keir Starmer, the man who loves t…