“As a Palestinian, I feel completely alienated from the major political parties [in the UK] and will not be voting for either of them in the near future,” Ala Sirriyeh, a senior lecturer in sociology at Lancaster University told Al Jazeera.

She is not alone. As Israel continues to bomb Palestinians in Gaza, a coalition of political groups, worker’s unions, students, healthcare professionals, journalists, writers, and common people from all walks of life have been organising in the UK, urging their political leadership to call for a ceasefire.

The protesters, day in and day out have occupied public spaces and weapons factories and marched across city centres and university campuses. Thousands of people have signed petitions calling for a ceasefire.

Yet, as leaders across both major parties have stayed firm in their support for Israel, they face a particular crisis of credibility among British Muslims, who constitute 6.7 per cent of the population and traditionally largely vote in support of the Labour Party.

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