Considered words from the leader of the free world this morning as Biden was asked if he supported a “hostages-for-ceasefire” deal:

“We should get… we should have a ceasefire… not a ceasefire, we should have those hostages released, and then we can talk“. The official US line is that a ceasefire is only a boon to Hamas…

Shadow Cabinet Office Minister Florence Eshalomi called for an “immediate humanitarian ceasefire” in the Commons yesterday before getting the Hansard transcript amended to say “humanitarian corridor”. If only it were as easy as that for Biden…