Martin Daubney has questioned whether the Labour's handling of the Middle East crisis, accusing the party of "tying itself in knots" over its response to recent events.

Speaking on GB News, Martin suggested that Labour's reluctance to take clear positions stems from electoral concerns about Muslim voters who are "strongly hostile towards the state of Israel over the Palestine situation."

"There are people wondering if part of the reason Sir Keir Starmer just seems to sit on the fence about anything involving Israel is that so many Labour Party voters are strongly hostile towards the State of Israel," Martin said.

He argued that "as a consequence, the Labour Party has tied itself in knots. It's terrified of supporting anyone in favour of Israel, in case they lose votes".

Martin Daubney said that Government is "terrified it will lose votes"

Tim Cross, a retired British Army officer, responded: "Yeah, I think there's certainly truth in that, but I don't think it applies just to the Labour Party.

"I think there are an awful lot of others in different parties, and indeed other walks of life, who on the one hand would have been, and were, pretty supportive of Israel, but have found it difficult to support what Israel has been doing in Gaza."

The confusion within Labour's ranks became starkly apparent when Armed Forces Minister Luke Pollard appeared on LBC radio yesterday morning to discuss the US strikes on Iran.

When LBC presenter Nick Ferrari asked him seven times whether the Government opposed the action, Pollard struggled to provide a coherent response. He said: "Um...morning...um...er...let's be absolutely clear..." he stammered, before eventually conceding "that's not one for me to comment on."

According to reports, Pollard was the only Government figure willing to face public questioning, with the Prime Minister notably absent from the debate as events unfolded.

Starmer issued a statement acknowledging that "Iran's nuclear programme is a grave threat to international security" and that "Iran can never be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon and the US has taken action to alleviate that threat".

Keir Starmer issued a statement acknowledging that "Iran's nuclear programme is a grave threat to international security"

However, Downing Street quickly clarified that these words contained no actual endorsement of the American action.

No10 instead emphasised that British forces and bases had not been involved in the operation.

Starmer was called to action after Trump decided to intervene in the Iran-Israel conflict.

The US struck three major bomb sites in Iran, meaning the country is now directly involved.

Trump said the strikes “totally obliterated” Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities and has warned Tehran it must “make peace” or face “far greater” future attacks.

Responding to America’s attack, Iran launched an aerial attack against an American air base in Qatar, prompting Nato allies to bolster defence spending.