The majority of the public do not have a side, which they support at the expense of the other... the views of most people about where responsibility lies in the Middle East conflict, and how to end it, remain more shaded, variegated and morally careful.
But a majority are also deeply concerned about rises in antisemitism and Islamophobia, and by fears that some may be using the war to stoke community conflict.
Labour's underlying problem, in the aftermath of its Rochdale debacle, is that it has given the impression to the electorate of not speaking instinctively for this more nuanced and pragmatic majority. It appears instead to be still trapped in a narrower, more partisan political world that most people dislike.
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