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Paula Barker

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Gender Female
Age 52
Date of birth May 9,1972
Zodiac sign Taurus
Born Liverpool
United Kingdom
Party Labour Party
Office Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Job Politician
Education Holly Lodge Girls' College
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Paula Barker is a British Labour Party politician who was elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom as the Member of Parliament for Liverpool Wavertree at the 2019 general election.

Labour frontbenchers quit to back Gaza ceasefire motion

Apr 18,2020 8:29 pm

Three Labour shadow ministers have quit their positions to vote for an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war.

Afzal Khan , Paula Barker and Yasmin Qureshi were among dozens of Labour MPs who backed an SNP motion to that effect.

They did so in defiance of leader Sir Keir Starmer , who instructed them to abstain.

He has instead backed " pauses" in The Conflict to deliver aid.

Another shadow minister, Imran Hussain , quit his position last week in order to campaign for an immediate ceasefire.

In a Commons vote, MPs voted 293 to 125 to support an SNP motion calling for " all parties to agree to an immediate ceasefire" in Gaza.

A full breakdown of the vote - including The Number of Labour Rebels - is expected later this evening.

Nearly 70 Labour MPs have defied their leader to call for a ceasefire now, and nearly 50 councillors have resigned from The Party over The Leadership 's position on The War .

Sir Keir has argued that a ceasefire would not be appropriate, because it would freeze The Conflict and embolden Hamas.

Instead, Labour, like The Conservative government, the United States and the European Union , is calling for " humanitarian pauses" to help aid reach Gaza.

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Source of news: bbc.com

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