“The sentiment towards Israel in American politics more broadly, increasingly on the right, is anti-Israel. And I sort of wonder if they are just thinking this is a calculated risk that's worth taking for the domestic payoff.” “Andy Burnham would have known he’s picking a fight with America”, when bringing in his trade ban on Israeli settler trade goods says Times columnist James Marriott. James Marriott and Charlotte Ivers were speaking to Ed Vaizey sitting in for Hugo Rifkind on Times Radio. Listen live every Monday-Thursday from 10am-1pm. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/