Trump chooses not to end the Gaza slaughter. That’s why I’ll boycott the state dinner when he meets King Charles | Ed Davey

To refuse an invitation like this goes against all my instincts, but I want to send as strong a message as I can

• Ed Davey is leader of the Liberal Democrats

• Lib Dem leader to boycott king's Trump banquet in protest over Gaza

A mother holding a baby boy so thin from starvation you can see his skeleton. The lifeless bodies of children killed while queueing for water. Emaciated hostages, still held captive by Hamas almost two years after those appalling terror attacks.

These images and countless more have horrified us all in recent months. The humanitarian crisis in Gaza must stop. The famine must end. The hostages must be returned home.

Ed Davey is leader of the Liberal Democrats