scottish labour _ wanted. you mention you are at the scottish labour party _ wanted. w is what we are seeing further south going to play into the agenda at there? i further south going to play into the agenda at there?— agenda at there? i think it really ut a agenda at there? i think it really put a spring _ agenda at there? i think it really put a spring in — agenda at there? i think it really put a spring in their _ agenda at there? i think it really put a spring in their step. - agenda at there? i think it really put a spring in their step. you i agenda at there? i think it really. put a spring in their step. you can see behind me the media centre, but downstairs in the hall there is real enthusiasm because it isn'tjust a one off, notjust two by—elections, it comes off the back of scotland, historic victory last year, labour taking a seat from the snp. that shows that labour is notjust appealing to the tory heartland but also appealing to a different focus to voters tempted by the snp, and so a real spring in people's step here and it will give people hope they can

i believe his labour party is authentic and i think he is giving us authentic leadership and i think we have an authentic scottishob in getting the labour party away from a discussion about whether it survives in scotland to now actually talking about making significant gains and leading the way and delivering a uk labour government and maximising scotland's influence at the heart of a labour government, making decisions to benefit people here in scotland. are labour going to win the general election? look, i hope so, but i'm not taking anything for granted. the polls, of course, many people point to the polls as a positive indication of that general election and labour being able to win. but there's many, many an example of — not just in this country but around the world — where labour parties have gone into elections with significant leads and those leads have narrowed in an actual election campaign. so no complacency. we don't take our foot off the gas. if anything, we now work harder to make sure we get this over the line, that we finally get rid of this rotten tory government and get back to a politics that'

first, that scotland's influence in britain will be strongest if you have a scottish labour party workingbour government. applause. and that includes a new generation of brilliant scottish labour mps empower at westminster, but also no matter what the snp say, the tories can win the next election. of course, they can. politics is volatile, it is ridiculous to say otherwise. so i would also say this, imagine even if only for a second, what it will feel like if you wake up what it will feel like if you wake up on the day after the election and the tories are back, encouraged again, emboldened again, entitled again, emboldened again, entitled again, because respectfully, i do not think that would be in scotland's national interest. applause. and the easiest way to stop it? the only way to be sure of stopping it is to choose labour to fight for scotland in westminster. applause. furthermore, i would also say this... that while i know there will always be a debate about scotland's constitutional future, if, always be a debate about scotland's constitutionalfuture, if, right constitutional futu

leader of the opposition labour party — sir keir starmer — has told the bbc he wants to see a ceasefire in gaza, but stopped short of calling for it now. it comes as the scottishan "immediate ceasefire" at its annual conference in glasgow. sir keir was asked at the munich security conference where he stood on the issue. we do need to get to a ceasefire. we all want a ceasefire. the question is, how do we get there? the fighting has to stop, any assault on rafah must be repelled, we must not allow that to go ahead. but equally important, if not more important, to use that stopping of the fighting to create the space for the political dialogue that is the only way out of this in the long run. here in the uk, tens of thousands of people have taken part in a pro—palestinian march in central london. 11 people were arrested. the protesters walked to a location near the israeli embassy, where speeches were made. demonstrators were calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. many british... many british subpostmasters who were wrongly accused of theft and fraud are still fighting for compensation — despite the scandal now being recognised as one of the biggest miscarr

the scottish party disagree, they will criticise them for that, and if they agree, the scottish party... you know, you can't win either way. talking about by—election wins, keir starmer said the labourt but cannot get carried away only to fight for every vote. there is another by—election coming up where labour doesn't have a candidate. can you explain that came about?— a candidate. can you explain that came about? a candidate. can you explain that cameabout? ,. u ,, came about? after such a success in the rutherglen _ came about? after such a success in the rutherglen by-election - came about? after such a success in the rutherglen by-election where i the rutherglen by—election where labour not only trounced the snp, but they also trounced the conservatives and secured a very good result. and the by—election winner, he was immediately promoted to the front bench of labour which sends a signal to scotland that they will be part of a labour government. in rochdale, in england, in two weeks' time, ten days' time, labour have a serious problem because the candidate, the labour candidate still on the ballot paper listed as a labour candidate because it was too late to change, the situat

labour party. turning to the middle east, scottish labour party is supporting an immediate ceasefire, where do youediate ceasefire, where do you stand on that in gaza? anybody, all of us, are shocked _ stand on that in gaza? anybody, all of us, are shocked and _ stand on that in gaza? anybody, all of us, are shocked and appalled - of us, are shocked and appalled around the ongoing violence in gaza. we have hostages that continue to be held and we have thousands upon thousands of civilians who have been killed. including a very high percentage of children. and nobody can stand in the face of that evidence and believe we don't need to take action. we do need to get to a ceasefire, we all want a ceasefire, the question is how do we get there? the fighting has to stop. any assault on rougher must be repelled and we must not allow that to go ahead —— any assault on rafah. have you made that clear to the israeli government? we have you made that clear to the israeli government?— have you made that clear to the israeli government? we have been clear in our— israeli government? we have been clear in our c

party, either mps, activists or supporters in the country who just want labour party to take as tough line as they would as the scottishational party. understand the second motion of the order people will not be moved today — order people will not be moved today. this is a highly sensitive subiect— today. this is a highly sensitive subject in— today. this is a highly sensitive subject in which feelings are running _ subject in which feelings are running high and the house and the nation _ running high and the house and the nation and — running high and the house and the nation and throughout the world. i think_ nation and throughout the world. i think it's _ nation and throughout the world. i think it's important on this occasion_ think it's important on this occasion that the house is able to consider— occasion that the house is able to consider the widest possible range of options. i have therefore decided to select _ of options. i have therefore decided to select their members both in the name _ to select their members both in the name of— to select their members both in the name of the prime minister and in the nam

with me tonight, my panelists, kezia dugdale, the former leader of the scottish labour party and mickn has a substantial arab—american population, some of whom plan to mark their ballots as �*uncommitted�*. in the republican race, donald trump is expected to defeat on his only remaining rival, nikki haley. aid organisations have complained that israeli forces are making their work in gaza nearly impossible.

labour party. turning to the middle east, the scottish labour party is supporting an immediate ceasefire. hostages that continue to be held and we have thousands upon thousands of civilians who have been killed, including a very high percentage of children. nobody can stand in the face of that evidence and believe that we don't need to take action. we do need to get to a ceasefire, we all want a ceasefire. the question is, how do we get there? the fighting has to stop. any assault on rafah must be repelled. we must not allow that to go ahead. have you made that clear to the israeli government? we have been clear in our communications with all of our partners about this, but that needs to create the space for hostages to be released, for desperately needed humanitarian aid to get in, in a much greater volume than it is at the moment. but equally important, if not more important, to use that stopping of the fighting to create the space for the political dialogue that is the only way out of this in the long run towards a two—state solution, making and continuing to make the case for a secure

with me tonight, my panelists, kezia dugdale, the former leader of the scottish labour party and mick mulvaney, former chief of staff to president trump. first, the latest headlines. joe biden faces a test of his support for israel's war against hamas in the latest stage of the presidential primaries. michigan has a substantial arab—american population, some of whom plan to mark their ballots as �*uncommitted'. in the republican race, donald trump is expected to defeat on his only remaining rival, nikki haley. aid organisations have complained that israeli forces are making their work in gaza nearly impossible. the medical charity, msf, accused israel of showing total disregard for the protection of health care facilities. un agencies say their staff have been attacked and convoys have been systematically denied access. the former conservative mp lee anderson has insisted to the bbc he is not going to apologise for comments he made about the mayor of london sadiq khan, which resulted in his suspension from the party. mr anderson had claimed that "islamists had got control" of mr khan.

scottish labour of it's scottish labour accused of silencing in adult silencing women members in adult human . so this human females row. so this is incredible all the incredible because all the scottish labour partyss mental than the snp. exactly but they're managing to ruin it. it's quite impressive. what they had impressive. so what they had this this motion and it was supposed to acknowledge women's existence a sex seems existence as a sex seems reasonable. there was reasonable. but there was a watered down version at the 11th hour with no reference to women as females, as adult human females, and nobody it's nobody called them. instead it's something very instead, something very vague. instead, it talks about principle of it talks about the principle of women's rights. it's women's sex based rights. it's only the original women's sex based rights. it's on|word the original women's sex based rights. it's on|word motion the original women's sex based rights. it's on|word motion passediginal women's sex based rights. it's on|word motion passed ,|inal women's sex based rights. it's on|word motion passed , and it 171 word motion passed, and it was just trans women and women. that's all it said ove

here in the uk, the labour party is considering backing a motion by the scottish national party callingn immediate ceasefire in gaza. the shadow foreign secretary says the party will "scrutinise" the motion ahead of a vote in parliament on wednesday. it comes three months after ten labour front bench mps resigned to support a previous snp motion on the issue. our political correspondent, damian grammaticas, explains the challenge for labour leader, keir starmer. there was a vote like this back early in this conflict, back in november, and in that, the same scottish national party pressed for a vote then on an immediate ceasefire. the labour leadership position then was that there only needed to be humanitarian pauses but that caused real angst within the labour party, deep divisions, of the labour mps, 56 of them did not follow his call to just abstain on that issue then, they backed the call for immediate ceasefire, and including ten of his top team who had to resign their posts. the question now, what happens here? what is we are seeing a gradual move in the position of keir starmer.

you will have the scottish national party, who triggered this debate, calling for an immediate ceasefire. you will have the labourut unlike the snp, emphasising that requires hamas to lay down its arms. you will have the conservative party calling for an immediate humanitarian pause, but not using the ceasefire language. that is if lindsay hoyle decides that convention, president, allows him to call the labour amendment for a vote. if he decides it doesn't, the labour party will have its divisions on this issue exposed again, because they will be divided on how to vote on that scottish national party motion. perhaps some people in sir keir starmer�*s front bench team will decide they do want to vote for that snp motion. that would necessitate then resigning from the front bench role. of course, the question of whether this is an important moment for parliament to voice its view on this conflict before the international committee, or whether this is lee —— linguistic gold commons navel—gazing , . .. the row between the government and the former chairman of the post office shows no sign of dying down. henry staunto

uh, more of your emails at 1030 with the papers, but speaking at the scottish labour party conferencestarmer, today, the leader of the opposcloser than air starmer, today, the leader of the opposcloser than he starmer, today, the leader of the opposcloser than he everler, today, the leader of the opposcloser than he ever has came closer than he ever has done to calling for an instant ceasefire in gaza . here's what ceasefire in gaza. here's what he told conference. an end to the fighting . the fighting. >> not just now, not just for a pause, but permanently . a pause, but permanently. a ceasefire that lasts. conference thatis ceasefire that lasts. conference that is what must happen now . that is what must happen now. the fighting must stop now . now the fighting must stop now. now this former former lawyer, as always , was very careful with always, was very careful with his words and significantly, is still not calling for an immediate ceasefire , which is immediate ceasefire, which is what the snp wants to happen when they lead votes in this issue. >> in the house of commons on wedn

i believe out of the scottish labour party conference. um, i'm just wondering how you're feeling.tion. so we're all guessing look, guessing a little bit. but look, these obviously pretty these are obviously two pretty solid seats . these are obviously two pretty solid seats. i'm in solid conservative seats. i'm in very wellingborough's very large wellingborough's in 18,500 majority . so 18,500 conservative majority. so they're not places we'd usually be expecting to have a chance in. but we think we've got a chance. we think we've run good campaigns, candidates. campaigns, got good candidates. we're confident that whatever the we might not the result and we might not ultimately in a seat ultimately do it in a seat in seats like these, but we've got to see this continued to hopefully see this continued journey more journey from 2019, where more and in all parts of and more people in all parts of the country putting their the country are putting their faith in the labour party. so that's hopefully what we'll get in the early hours of the morning. happy morning. so we're happy with w

sir lindsay hoyle is to hold talks with party leaders after he broke with convention to allow a vote on a labour amendment to a scottishl party proposal. this was a walk—out of members of the snp and the conservatives in protest at the way the vote was handled. it was after the speaker was acccused of hijacking the debate by selecting both labour and government amendments. he later apologised. 0ur deputy political editor vicki young reports. that is... there was confusion. there were angry demands for the speaker to explain himself. where on earth is the speaker of the house of commons? loud cheering. how do we bring him to that seat? and there was a walk—out by the snp and conservatives — an unlikely alliance. chaotic scenes in the commons after mps had been debating one of the most serious foreign policy issues of the day. 0utside parliament, feelings were already running high... chanting: ceasefire now! ..with hundreds of people queuing for hours to lobby their mps. the rules meant the only motion that was being considered was one from the snp, calling for an immediate ceasefire. lots of labour members were tempted

>> but it is interesting that the labour party and sir keir starmer, when sort of starmer, when he sort of announced this gear change at the scottishh would be, it seems to me, a bit of a get out clause there that unless this ceasefire can be permanent, they wouldn't go for it. but we'll be talking to a labour former labour party special adviser on this issue and more in in in the course of the day, it looks like the wording is going to be an immediate humanitarian ceasefire wording is going to be an im gaza. te humanitarian ceasefire in gaza. >> again , is this a question of >> again, is this a question of semantics or is it important, very wording very important that the wording is anyway, rishi is right on this. anyway, rishi sunak in birmingham this sunak was in birmingham this morning where he spoke the morning where he spoke at the national farmers union conference. >> yes. the prime minister unveiled a new £220 million fund, which will be put into new food productivity schemes , food productivity schemes, aiming to reduce the reliance on overseas workers. but farming protest groups say more needs to be to protect uk farmers

scottish national party. among others things it says there has been a collective punishment of the palestinian people by israel. the main opposition labourthis isn't balanced and has put forward an amendment calling for an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire. this is nevertheless, tougher on israel than its previous position and would satisfy nearly all labour mps. but the conservative party has put forward an alternative amandment that talks about an immediate humanitarian pause. that wording isn't as strong as labour's. only one amendment can be chosen, conservative or labour. if it's the conservative one, some labour mps could just vote for the main snp motion, the one party leader keir starmer called unbalanced. this would be damaging to his authority. earlier our chief political correspondent henry zeffman told me more about what we can expect today. you have three parties setting out in parliamentary language their positions on the conflict in israel and gaza. this has all been prompted by the scottish national party, as you say. they have tabled a motion calling for an immediate ceasefire. you have a labour amendment to that motion,

labour party to do that. and yesterday, awkwardly, scottish labour backed the notion of that at their conference in glasgow.ar on your programme this morning, the scottish labour leader? yes, and he repeated that, basically speaking, "call it what you like. "there needs to be an immediate stop of hostilities, of killings and everything." so, henry, do you think this is a big issue in the week ahead for labour? the snp's called this ceasefire motion. labour has a different position in westminster than it appears to have in scotland. i think it's certainly a big issue. i think it's probably less of a big issue than last time this came up for a few different reasons. one of them is that labour's position, indeed the uk's position generally, across parties, has changed a little bit since then. labour do now use the ceasefire word, although they preface it with sustainable ceasefire, which is their way of emphasising that it is notjust israel fighting here, israel is also having rockets into its territory and so on daily. so there's that element, which is that the labour party is now much closer to the position

this is a _ be very political in the sense that this is a scottish national party motion — this is a scottish national party motion and labourve on their front bench. so. they— labour have on their front bench. so, they don't really know, you know — so, they don't really know, you know it's_ so, they don't really know, you know... it's quite a partisan thing. it know... it's quite a partisan thing. it could _ know... it's quite a partisan thing. it could go— know... it's quite a partisan thing. it could go quite badly wrong, and there _ it could go quite badly wrong, and there is— it could go quite badly wrong, and there is a — it could go quite badly wrong, and there is a worry that quite a number of feelings— there is a worry that quite a number of feelings are getting so high, we've — of feelings are getting so high, we've had a protest outside mps' offices _ we've had a protest outside mps' offices i— we've had a protest outside mps' offices. i think there's a desire to try andm — offices. i think there's a desire to try and- - -— try and... we will watch that closely tomorrow. _ try and... we will watch that closely tom

scottish national party. there speaker then allowed an amendment put forward by the labour party to be debated and voted on firstst that angered both the snp and the conservatives, so just as we were about to go towards the vote on that initial labour amendment, the leader of the house of commons, penny mordaunt, conservative minister, standing up and saying that they weren't happy and actually they were going to pull out of the process, unhappy with the fact the speaker had broken convention to do this. his argument that he was all about providing mps with all the different choices there express their opinion on exactly the different motion they saw fit, so because of the conservatives effectively pulled out of the process, that means that the labour amendment will probably pass because the snp have said they are going to vote for it, too, and that means we will not then get a vote on the snp devotion is. that matters because this is supposed to be an opposition debate in the name of the scottish national party, and they say that now that has been taken away from them because of this row about parliamentary pro

labour party and one from the conservatives. now that angered many mps, conservatives and scottish mps because they said this was a break from president he was giving, showing favouritism to the labour party because there are one was going first. and then there were these chaotic arguments and scenes and the snp said they had no confidence in the speaker, that he was favouring one party and the government side said he had been saying and changing the rules of the last minute so they worked out so the only one that was voted on through a verbal vote of mps in the chamber and past was the labour one. in essence, there was a bit of politics going on with every party trying to outmanoeuvre the other and shore up their position over what is a very serious issue but each of them also say they had reasons for that because they all have different views on the topic so he ended up with a mess and the speaker having to apologise. the labour party and the conservative saying he had been put under pressure to change his position that the labour party say no pressure was applied and they simply argued their vote should be put to the floor as well.

labour feels a bit more comfortable in doing that. politically at home, this has been brought about because of a motion that will be debated tomorrow in the house of commons brought by the scottish national partyhich calls for an immediate ceasefire. the position of the snp and the labour party fairly seminal now i think, labour probably go a little bit further in their condemnation of hamas, the snp further in their condemnation of israel but very little difference there between them, the last time there between them, the last time the snp brought a call for an immediate ceasefire dozens of labour mps rebelled, some members of the labour front bench resigned. mps rebelled, some members of the labourfront bench resigned. this continues to be a thorny issue for sir keir starmer, lots of issues in his own party regarding the conflict right now and interesting to note the left—wing campaign group momentum put out a statement saying this position still falls well short of what the moment requires. this issue has divided the party, seeing everyone from councillors resigned from the labour party and members of the front bench quit their positions as well. , . , ., ., ., as well. instinctively a lot

in the uk, the labour party is considering backing a motion by the scottish national party calling fore party will "scrutinise" the motion ahead of a vote in parliament on wednesday. it comes three months after 10 labour frontbench mps resigned to support a previous snp motion on the issue. labour leader sir keir starmer has faced criticism over his stance on the israel—gaza war — earlier he addressed the scottish labour conference, and called for a �*ceasefire that lasts�*. what we all want to see... ..a return of all the hostages taken on october 7th, an end to the killing of innocent palestinians, a huge scaling up of humanitarian relief and an end to the fighting. notjust for now... applause. an end to the fighting, notjust now, notjust for a pause, but permanently. a ceasefire that lasts. conference, that is what must happen now. the fighting must stop now. it is british cinema's biggest night — the baftas are taking place in london. plenty of big names have been on the red carpet. historical biopic — oppenheimer — leads the way with 13 nominations — as our culture editor, katie r

different other versions, one from the main opposition labour party, one from the conservatives so that angered many mps, conservatives and scottishk from president, scottish mps because they said this was a breakfrom president, from tradition, that he was giving favouritism and showing favouritism to the labour party because there one was going first and in these chaotic arguments and scenes, the snp said they had no confidence in the speaker, he was favouring one party and the government side said they had been saying he changed the rules at the last minute so they walked out. so the only one that was actually voted on through a verbal vote of mps in the chamber and past was the labour party one so in essence there was a bit of politics going on with every party trying to outmanoeuvre the other and shore up their position in a row very serious issue but each of them also said they had reasons for that because they had reasons for that because they all have different views on this party but it was a bit of a mess in the speaker had to apologise, the labour party saying he had been put under pressure to change his position, the la

tradition, he broke with that ruling to enable the labour party to have their motion heard, and of course what they did, mean their motion was to amend the the scottish national uh party's motion um and you know it was it was very duplicitous proposition the labor party was putting forward, they inserted a condemnation of hamas, but there's no hamas, no condemnation of israel, however, they called for the palestinian resistance to lay down their arms, the didn't call for israel to lay down its arms, they called for the release uh of the um the captives, israeli captives, no reference to the palestinians in israeli dungers, no call for for those people to be uh released to call for a safe and secure israel and only viable palestine, so it was very one-sided slanted amendment um that i think benjamin netanyahu would be happy to vote for. it was an absolutely despicable, disgraceful uh spectacle that we witnessed in the house of commons, and now the speaker is potentially going to pay the price for that, because i think the last time i looked there was over 60 mps, i think it was up to 63 mps that put down a motion of no confidence in him, so i think...

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labour party is calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in gaza. that's the first time they have done that since the outbreak of the conflict back in october. the scottishtomorrow urging an immediate ceasefire which we knew about before, i believe, but the labour party calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in gaza for the first time since the outbreak of the conflict in october. that coming through from our chief political correspondent henry zeffman. the second bit of breaking news to bring you, again, a recap with a couple more details on what we told you a couple of minutes ago, concerning the aftermath of the death of alexei navalny, the russian opposition leader in a prison in russia. we now know from reuters news agency which are quoting the state news agency, russia has initiated a new criminal case against 0leg navalny, the brother of the dead russian opposition leader alexei navalny. tass news agency not saying under which article of the criminal code of the case is being opened but said police were searching for 0leg navalny. he was already on the wanted list in connection with another matter. in 2014 0leg navalny was sentenced to th

scottish national party. among others things it says there has been a collective punishment of the palestinian people by israel. the labourd an amendment calling for an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire. this is nevertheless, tougher on israel than its previous position and would satisfy nearly all labour mps. but the conservative party has put forward an alternative amandment that talks about an immediate humanitarian pause — that wording isn't as strong as labour's. only one amendment can be chosen —— conservative or labour. if it's the conservative one, some labour mps could just vote for the main snp motion — the one party leader keir starmer called �*unbalanced'. this would be damaging to his authority. 0ur political correspondent harry farleyjoins us now. so what are we expecting today? well, as you say, there are the motions, the first snp one is the most direct and calls for an immediate ceasefire and condemns, as you say, the collective punishment of palestinians. as you said, labour call that unbalanced. they take particular issue with that phrase, collective punishment. they say that would be inflammatory to in

he broke with that ruling to enable the labour party to uh have their motion heard and of course what they did i mean the... motion was to amend the the scottish national uh parties motion um and you know it was uh it was very duplicitous uh proposition the labor party was putting forward, they inserted a condemnation of hamas, but there's no hamas, no condemnation of israel however, they called for the palestinian resistance to lay down their arms, the didn't call for israel to lay down its arms, they called for the release of the the captives captes, no reference to the palestinians in israeli dungers, no call for for those people to be released, to call for a safe and secure israel, and only viable palestine, so it was very one-sided slanted amendment um that i think benjamin netanyahu would be happy to vote for, it was an absolutely despicable disgraceful uh spectacle that we witnessed in the house of commons and now the speak. is potentially going to pay the price for that, because i think the last time i looked there was over 60 mps, i think it was up to 63 mps that put down a motion of no confidence in him, so i think as a result of him

foreign secretary david lammy about the decision visions in the labour party, both over gaza and anti—semitism. she asked him first about a scottishl party motion, calling for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. i have seen that swelling around social_ i have seen that swelling around social media and that isjust i have seen that swelling around social media and that is just a form of words _ social media and that is just a form of words swelling around social media — of words swelling around social media i— of words swelling around social media. i don't think that was the media. idon't think that was the entirety— media. i don't think that was the entirety that you read out. it is why i_ entirety that you read out. it is why i say— entirety that you read out. it is why i say that, in all seriousness, given— why i say that, in all seriousness, given the — why i say that, in all seriousness, given the tremendous loss of life, given— given the tremendous loss of life, given the — given the tremendous loss of life, given the fact that we have also said, _ given the fact that we have also said. in— given the fact that we have also said. i

scottish national party. among others things it says there has been a �*collective punishment of the palestinian people�* by israel. the main opposition labourlanced and has put forward an amendment calling for an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire". this is nevertheless tougher on israel than its previous position and would satisfy nearly all labour mps. but the ruling conservative party has put forward an alternative amandment that talks about an �*immediate humanitarian pause�* — that wording isn�*t as strong as labour�*s. had the conservative amendment been chosen, some labour mps may well have voted for the main snp motion — the one party leader keir starmer called �*unbalanced�*. this would have been damaging to his authority. but instead both amendments were chosen. the shadow foreign secretary david lammy has said that he hopes parliament can come together on this issue voting for labour�*s amendment for an immediate unitarian ceasefire. have a listen. this is a moment when the whole house can come together. let us be clear — whether it is the government benches, whether it is the opposition benches, all of us agree the time for a cea

punishment. of course, at the scottish labour conference over the weekend, scottish labour said there was collective punishment of the palestinian people, so the labour partyank you very much, stephen flynn. i'm joined by senior labour mp barry gardiner. when you back the snp motion if the labour party amendment is not called? at labour party amendment is not called? . ., , labour party amendment is not called? _, , . ~' labour party amendment is not called? , . ~ ., , called? of course, i will back any motion calling — called? of course, i will back any motion calling for— called? of course, i will back any motion calling for an _ called? of course, i will back any motion calling for an immediate l motion calling for an immediate ceasefire. i did so in november and will do so again. but it is strange that we are debating which of the motions which call for an immediate ceasefire is the better when actually what they are saying is why the government is not calling for an immediate ceasefire? they see these children dying and what is going on in the gaza strip and this evening i had a voice message from sarah chaplin who has spent the entire day at the rafa

party opposite are now suddenly finding themselves standing in defence of the scottish nationalist party . party. >> well then labournt stood up to speak and everyone in the snp and the tories , and frankly, the public tories, and frankly, the public had had enough . had had enough. the premier mbappe the government embarrassing scraps . government embarrassing scraps. it's a complete joke, isn't it? this. and that's why the speaker eventually returned tonight. cap in hand. >> and i apologise , guys, for >> and i apologise, guys, for the decision that didn't end up in the place that i wished for. not good enough though, for a seething stephen flynn in the snp . snp. >> i'm afraid that that is treating myself and my colleagues in the scottish national party with complete and utter contempt , national party with complete and utter contempt, and i will take significant convincing that your position is not now intolerable. yes >> so there you have it . >> so there you have it. absolutely astonishing scenes. hoyle is deep in trouble. his job is hanging by a thread. and this whole sorry episode once again raises serious q

party. applause conference, they were with you right through the dark days of scottish labour, but his convictionturned from the munich security conference. where every conversation i had came back to the situation in israel and gaza. and the question of what we can do practically to deliver what we all want to see, a return of all the hostages taken on october the 7th. an end to the killing of innocent palestinians, a huge scaling up of humanitarian relief, and an end to the fighting. not only for now,... applause an end to the fighting, notjust now, notjust for a pause, but permanently. a ceasefire that lasts, conference, thatis a ceasefire that lasts, conference, that is what must happen now. the fighting must stop now. applause any ceasefire cannot be one—sided. it must stop all acts of violence on both sides. and it must lead to a genuine peace process. because the offensive threatened on rafah, a place where 1.5 offensive threatened on rafah, a place where1.5 million people are now cramp together in unimaginable conditions but nowhere else for them to go, this cannot become a new theatre of

debate over a parliamentary motion tabled by the scottish national party, which calls for a ceasefire. shadow foreign secretary david lammy said labourion because the situation in gaza had "evolved". will speak to the shadow foreign secretary david lammy later in the programme. the russian news agency tass says prosecutors have opened a criminal case against oleg navalny, the brother of russian opposition figure alexei navalny, who died in prison on friday. it's not clear what he's accused of, but tass says police are searching for oleg navalny, who was already on the wanted list in 2014, oleg navalny was sentenced to three and a half years in prison forfraud, in a case kremlin critics said was trumped up and designed to pile pressure on his late brother. meanwhile, navalny�*s family have still not been allowed to take his body home. they say authorities are deliberately keeping his body from them. his family have been told they won't get access for another two weeks, because more chemical analysis is needed. his widow, yulia navalnaya, said she sees no other reason for russia keeping his body, than to let traces of poisoning from th

wednesday, it was the scottish national party�*s turn to put forward the subject for debate, and they chose gaza, and calls for a ceasefire. other parties can put forward amendments, and the labourr one opposition party to try to amend another opposition party�*s motion. lindsay hoyle accepted that labour amendment for debate, infuriating the snp and several mps from the ruling conservative party. sir lindsay has said he regrets what happened and will hold meetings with all concerned parties. let�*s get our now see what happens just a few moments ago in the house of commons, we heard from penny mordaunt, the conservative who addressed this issue, and addressed what happened. she is the leader of the house. let�*s take a lesson. it fell to the government benches to defend the rights of a minority party in this house. if the honourable lady opposite cannot bring herself to reflect on the appalling consequences of her party�*s actions yesterday, if she cannot rise above the narrow and immediate needs of her weak and fickle leader... to fulfil her duties to this house, as it shadow leader, perhaps she might like to reflect on the damage her party has done it to the office of the spe

wednesday it was the scottish national party's turn to put forward the subject for debate and they chose gaza and calls for a ceasefire. other parties can put forward amendments and the labourd. it is rare for one opposition party to try to amend another opposition party's motion. lindsay hoyle affected the —— accepted the labour amendment for debate infuriating the snp and some conservatives. lindsay hoyle says he regrets what happened and will hold meeting with all those concerned. also angry the snp. also angry — the snp — here's their westminster leader, stephen flynn. iam i am utterly exasperated. yesterday was supposed to be about the dire situation in palestine and due to the procedural decision, a politically motivated procedural decision made by the speaker of the house of commons following discussions he had with keir starmer, the snp proposal was not able to be voted upon. we have three days a year allocated to vote and the speaker took that opportunity away from us and did so following discussions with keir starmer and raises a huge number of questions and calls into question his impartiality as the chair that we all rely on on a daily basis. that was the snp —

scottish national party. they that's been taken over they feel that's been taken over now by the labour party.ocedure normally is. normally, you're is. normally, if you're a smaller party, of course, you get chance vote on get the chance to vote on your own day then the own opposition day and then the government opposition government or another opposition party try amend that and party may try and amend that and say we prefer another set say, well, we prefer another set of words, otherwise you'd never get own thing. get to vote on your own thing. so procedurally, that's the way it's only twice, i it's done. it's only twice, i think, in the last 25 years that there's been a slight change, and the government and that's when the government hasn't change so hasn't tried to change it. so what the speaker what happened with the speaker this morning? we said again, it's unimpressive and it's fairly unimpressive. and this is so this is why everybody is so angry. so and the concern is angry. so snp and the concern is very much united here. the snp walked out the chamber. we followed them straight after

labour party. if you're watching in the uk, in the next hour expect to hear from the labour leader keir starmer. he'll be addressing the scottishe to end early next year. almost 300,000 ukrainians have been given the right to access work, benefits, health care and education in britain since the russian invasion in 2022. it's british film's big night later with the the british academy film awards this. "oppenheimer" leads this year's nominations with 13. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba looks at what we can expect from the night, with a warning that his report contains flashing images. among the names expected on the red carpet are barbie star margot robbie, maestro's bradley cooper, and emma stone, who plays the lead role in poor things. the event also has a new host. david tennant. it's lovely to be at the helm of this extraordinary thing. i mean, it feels like an honour, for sure! it feels like a very privileged position to be in without wondering if you won one or not. i don't know if we can be trusted with such a weapon. 0ppenheimer, the story of the development of the atomic bomb, is favoured to win best picture

dozens of scottish national party and conservative mps want a vote on his future after sir lindsay allowed a labouriamentary convention. he said he did it partly to protect mps safety. he does appear to be clinging onto hisjob he does appear to be clinging onto his job for now but there are considerable pressure on him and there is no that his authority has been reduced as a result of it. dozens of mps saying there no—confidence motion in him but there is no foreign mechanism to get rid of him. he would have to resign or his own back after pressure, but no sign of that yet. he repeated his apology to mps yesterday, acknowledging that he had made the wrong decision in allowing that labour motion to go ahead. but remember his justification was that he wanted mps to be able to vote on the widest possible range of options, to express their views on the war in gaza, because it been mindful of pressure mps had been underfrom voters over mindful of pressure mps had been under from voters over their stance on gaza. this has triggered a wider debate about the issue of the safety of mps. so lindsay oil had d