“I think he’s doing the wrong thing, but he has been desperate to do this.” Andy Burnham is ready to announce sanctions on Israeli settlements in the West Bank, but really, it is domestic issues such as the economy that he should be focusing on, says Times columnist Alice Thomson. Alice Thomson and Robert Crampon were speaking to Hugo Rifkind on Times Radio. Listen live everyday 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/