it comes hours before he was due to give a major announcement to the scottish parliament on the subject not come as a complete surprise. not necessarily the announcement we expected today. he racked up £11,000 on his parliamentary ipad on holiday in morocco in december 2022. he has resigned and we had that news through in the last hour. he put out a statement saying it had been a privilege to serve in government. he served for almost 13 years, laterally as health secretary. a vital brief, especially coming out of covid, he took up that brief when humza yousaf became first minister last year and in that statement he said he had always strived to do his best for the people of scotland and that over the last year, he worked to ensure the scottish government supported the nhs coming out of the covid pandemic. today's resignation comesjust covid pandemic. today's resignation comes just ahead of the publication of an investigation carried out by the scottish parliament corporate body which looks after the finances at holyrood. mr matheson said he had not seen the outcome of that but wanted to

fairer electoral system , there is a proportional electoral system and it is implemented in the scottish parliament, although it does not have all the power, but all the power is at the disposal of the parliament in westminster, and it is this parliament that makes the policies related to the issues. seats are selected according to the proportion of the population, that is, single single vote is important. i mean that in the election of westminster in certain parts of the country, in some constituencies, a certain party has the majority, so if people do not support the dominant political party, their voting is pointless , this causes indifference and there will be dissatisfaction. so this request is being expressed more loudly. we hope that in the not too distant future we will reach a point where we may see a change in the electoral system. if we have a suspended parliament, or in other words, if no political party can hold the majority in the next elections ok. at that time, maybe some parliamentarians who support a system based on population proportionality. i think many people hope that this ch

it comes hours before he was set to give a major announcement to the scottish parliament on minimum unitg for the clapham chemical attack suspect have raided two addresses in north tyneside, in the north east of england. the biggest mass migration is under way in china. the biggest mass migration in the world is under way in china, with millions of people heading to their home towns to celebrate lunar new year with their families. this is the year of the dragon, which is said to be a symbol of power. and this year is forecast to be one of economic challenges in china. the economy is still struggling to rebound after strict covid lockdowns. 0ur china correspondent laura bicker has been speaking to people in beijing about their hopes for the new year. some new year wishes need spiritual intervention. many young people in beijing come to the lama temple to pray for a job. a slowing economy means millions of graduates are out of work. this dragon year they are clinging to the hope that will change, as well as dressing up for the occasion. translation: the economy has been sluggish. _ you nee

through um into movements, mean arms companies are being blockaded, there was an incident in the scottish parliament a couple of days ago where arms companies could not get into the parliament because of a blockade, um so so i think this price that the british and american in brussels uh british and american governments and the eu are paying for their support for israel has you know is beginning to work its way through into a profound crisis in the political system. we saw this in london in the parliament yesterday or the day before where they voted on gaza and because the the the opposition labour party which is led by a complete zionis and very very militant zinus felt the need for protection from the population from from strong from from major section of the population is furious at at his support for israel, they had to resort to shicanary in the parliament, which is itself becoming a bit of a crisis, but ultimately it comes down to the situation in gaza, the horror, the savagery of what israel is doing, the fact that palestinians are still resisting and are undefeated, and also that of course i

we are looking to get young british muslims to come into office, councillors, members of the scottish parliamentd the uk, whatever role. when issues like this arise, it becomes difficult when politics is polarised. let me ask you, the deputy prime minister said the party was quick to act in suspending mr anderson. but is the party in slow in understanding their grievances over islamophobia within the party? the government definitely needs to give space for moderates, like ourselves, and to speak to counter the views of the far right and not late extremists win. it takes a long time to get to where we are. there is still work to be done, but that goes for every political party. we aren't alone in it. the conservatives have won the last three elections, and we've done fantastic work. we have british muslim mps in position, british muslims in the house of lords, through the work done over the past few decades. i hope this will carry on going forward. efforts are ongoing to try and secure a temporary truce in gaza president zelensky has said 31,000 ukrainian troops have been killed so far during the

we are looking to get young british muslims to come into office, counsellors, members of the scottish parliamentliament and the uk, whatever role. when issues like this arise, it becomes difficult when politics is polarised. difficult when politics is polarised-— difficult when politics is olarised. ., , ., polarised. let me ask you, the prime minister, the — polarised. let me ask you, the prime minister, the deputy _ polarised. let me ask you, the prime minister, the deputy prime _ polarised. let me ask you, the prime minister, the deputy prime minister. minister, the deputy prime minister said the party was quick to act in suspending mr anderson. is the party in slow in understanding their grievances over islamophobia in the party? grievances over islamophobia in the -a ? grievances over islamophobia in the .a ? ., , party? the government definitely needs to give _ party? the government definitely needs to give space _ party? the government definitely needs to give space for— party? the government definitely l needs to give space for moderates, like ourselves, and to speak to counter the views

it comes hours before he was due to give a major announcement to the scottish parliament on the subjecte had occurred. stay with us. hello again. some of us today are going to see some snow. some of us already have seen some snow as we've gone through the course of the morning. but by no means are we all going to see it. a lot of it will be falling on higher ground where it could well lead to some travel disruption. at lower levels, we're looking at a mixture of rain, sleet and snow at times. and with the developing easterly wind, that snow will be blowing. now, the met office has two amber weather warnings in force. that means increased likelihood of disruption due to the severe weather across northern parts of wales and northwest shropshire and the peak district and also parts of the pennines. so if you are traveling, you could have up to 25 centimetres of snow, ten inches on the higher routes. but it's rain has become further south and this is all pushing northward. it's getting into the rest of northern england, northern ireland and southern scotland. behind it there'll be a bit of

well, i'm joined now by a former member of the scottish parliament former scottish parliament and formerbrian monteith. thank you very much for joining mep brian monteith. thank you very much forjoining me. do you think that nicola sturgeon's performance has actually damaged hopes of scottish independence ? hopes of scottish independence? yes >> oh, i think it will have undermined it. uh, she's a performer of, uh, politician . performer of, uh, politician. and what you see is not necessarily what you get . i necessarily what you get. i don't believe the tears for a minute. uh, my view is that she did not try to be the best first minister, uh, because she's such a divisive figure. and we know from this inquiry she was taking decisions only really , at times decisions only really, at times to support the cause of independence . uh, but will that independence. uh, but will that stop her getting her way in the future? uh, no . i think, uh, future? uh, no. i think, uh, nationalism is a cause. and we unionists have to be forever on our guard and not just think, uh, this ends it for once, but i

labour to succeed, it needs to win seats at a westminster election from the snp and indeed at a scottish parliament he's aware of that, but he's also conscious of winning a lot of seats that have previously voted conservative. and that speaks to the kind of psephological reality of some of those differences of emphasis, and sometimes outright differences, between you and keir starmer and others where there are, where there is overlap. and ijust wonder how you, you know, how you wrestle with that kind of psephological reality and how you make that work in a way that is logical, sellable, loyal, up to a point, but showing differences where you think there are differences. that's the reality of politics. and it's a long—winded question, but ijust wonder how you wrestle with that. no, it's a really good question, and i actually think if you look at how we are doing, we are making it work, because i think the reality is... look, we're in a symbiotic relationship in the sense that, you know, for scottish labour to do better, we need uk labour to do better and look like it can beat the conservatives and f

we've got the scottish parliament, it doesn't need need need a it doesn't need a parliament, needs a with a stick. you what i mean? parliament, it needs a guy with a sti scotland what i mean? parliament, it needs a guy with a sti scotland isn't, hat i mean? parliament, it needs a guy with a sti scotland isn't, youi mean? parliament, it needs a guy with a sti scotland isn't, you know,|? like scotland isn't, you know, the united states america . the united states of america. yeah. so they've this , yeah. so they've got all this, these sort of technocrats and bureaucrats and ngos and advisers and they just need to sweep all that away . it's sweep all that away. it's a bizarre mixture of technocracy and complete and utter incompetence . incompetence. >> and it's also that they bring people like humza yousaf in who's most who's about the most authoritarian politician i've ever know that ever seen? yeah. you know that wasn't a idea. anyway, wasn't a good idea. anyway, let's to friday's let's move on now to friday's times news of the wrongful arrest legitimate cannot miss arrest of legitima

back to the news here on press tv: chaos in the uk parliament during vote calling for a cease fire in gaza. the motion was put forward by the scottishnd conservative parties proposing amendments. tempers flared and the speaker of the house eventually apologized for his actions. said purazach reports. pro-palestinian protesters outside the british parliament demanding their representatives endorse a scottish national party call for immediate cease vire in gaza. there's a stands here that politicians are not listening to the will of the people, and the question these protesters are asking is how many more palestinians would have to die for british politicians to call for an end to a genocide that's already taken more than 30,000 palestinin lives. inside, chaos and confusion, as speaker lindsay doyle broke convention allowing vote, not just on the government's amendment, but also on one put forward by the opposition labor party. there wasn't much hope for. and the speaker returned to the chamber as the world watched on, flavorgasted. the message it does send is that is that the tories and labor are absolutely wedded to the us foreign p

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gisumi shah ahmadi press tv, tehran. chaos in the uk parliament during vote calling for sease fire in gaza, the motion was put forward by the scottished for his actions reports. pro-palestinian protesters outside the british parliament demanding their representatives endorse scottish national party call for immediate cease fire in gaza. there's a sense here that politicians are not listening to the will of the people, and the question these protesters are asking is how many more palestinians would have to die for british politicians to call for an end to a genocide that's already taken more than 30,000 palestinin lives. inside, chaos and confusion, as speaker lindsay doyle broke convention allowing vote not just on the government's amendment, but also on one put forward by the opposition labor party, there wasn't much hope for the ruling conservatives to shift their position, so the focus was once again on labor, whose leader kier starmer had only recently called for a ceasefire, but ahead of the vote, it emerged labor had persuaded party rebels to vote for their carefully cabiatted amendment and abstain on the more blunt smp motion

before the vote, in addition to the members of the scottish national party , protesting representatives left the floor of the parliament. assembly he also approved a plan by oral vote that leaves the hand of the zionist regime open for war in gaza. in this alleged plan if continued. the international community is still unable to stop the palestinian genocide. maryam moazzami, radio and television news agency. the final stages of the construction of tolo 3 and nahid 2 communication satellites. completed by experts in the country's space industry. these two indigenous satellites are in the launch line to fulfill their mission and will soon be launched into orbit. it was on 18th of february last year that we witnessed the unveiling of tolo 3 nahid 2 satellites. satellite the rise of 3 measuring satellites weighing 150 kg. the customer of the iran space organization, the manufacturer, iran electronics industries company , will be injected into the low earth orbit as an operational rocket with a lifespan of about 3 years. the imaging accuracy of this satellite is 5 meters in black and 10 meters in color, which is a very hig

but coming up as the scottish parliament is going to be voting on a ceasefire in gaza, they want a votef taking his family on holiday to a country that is sheltering hamas? i have an eye opening report on the first minister and his wife now , plus minister and his wife now, plus the first of tomorrow's newspaper front pages have dropped. my press pack returned to deliver the liveliest pay per view you will see anywhere on the telly. patrick christys the telly. it's patrick christys tonight on listening to gb news radio. >> welcome back. it's time to bnng >> welcome back. it's time to bring you tomorrow's news tonight in the liveliest pay per view anywhere on the telly. let's do it . so so, the first of let's do it. so so, the first of the front pages to land is the metro uk page . tiktok stars to metro uk page. tiktok stars to stop the boats. >> we have already covered this. >> we have already covered this. >> yes, they are going to be paying >> yes, they are going to be paying variety of different people to try to influence paying variety of different people ontry to influence paying v

has detail. so this evening there is second motion introduced by the scottish nationalist national party smp to the british parliament just like they did in november last year which was struck down but uh this one very crucial vote because last time around um there was a lot of divisions among especially the labor party the opposition labor party um that led to a massive rebellion of 56 mps against the leader uh kier starmer and the resignation of number of the so-called front benchers which means shadow ministers in the opposition uh party of the position of the british government is clear it continues to support the israeli regime but all hope and and pressure i would say is on the labor party that evening um over the past few days, the labor party leader kier starmer uh while in scotland called for immediate cease fire, a cease fire that lasts, he said, but since then it has emerged that they have been meeting with members of the party to make an amendment um to the motion brought forward by by the smp to try and get those uh potentially rebellious mps to abstain from voting. for seizfire, that will, of course, no

i better look in the hollywood made this point twice just because, yeah, you look at the scottish parliamentings. i mean, they should look so much grander. there should be pillars and columns and it should have the sense of grandeur that the northern irish assembly really does here, here. >> i like traditional architecture. anyway >> anyway, into more substantive matters . now the search for the matters. now the search for the suspect in the clapham chemical attack is now in its fifth day, with police offering a £20,000 reward for anyone with any information leading to his arrest . arrest. >> yes, the 35 year old abdul ezedi has been on the run since wednesday. now when he allegedly threw an alkaline substance over a woman and her two daughters as the woman suffered potentially life changing injuries but remains in a stable condition in hospital. right should we get the latest now with gb news? reporter ray addison, who is outside scotland yard? ray outside new scotland yard? ray are we aware of any fresh leads that the police are investigating ? investigating? >> well, the latest that we've

want, because this evening, the... is second motion introduced by the scottish nationalist national party smp to the british parliament just like they did in november last year which was struck down, but this one, very crucial vote, because last time around um there was a lot of divisions among especially the labor party, the opposition labor party that led to a massive rebellion of 56 mps against the... leader uh kier starmer and the resignation of number of the so-called um fronts benchers which means shadow ministers in the opposition party of the position of the british government is clear it continues to support the israeli regime but all hope and and pressure i would say is on the labor party this evening uh one to vote for the season. fire to be on the right side of history and to not risk losing the support of millions of brits, among them the many muslims who live here who have told us on numerous occasions that are they are disappointed in the way and the position that the labor party has adopted on the uh ongoing unfolding genocidal campaign um in the gaza strip and and also to head off to avoid a rebellion

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okay. parliament descended into chaos on wednesday because of a vote coding for a cease fire and gaza tempest fled over the motion. put forward by the scottish national party, the incident eventually so to speak of the house, lindsey hoyle apologized for his actions, his hurtful sense outside parliament protested to monte to vote. backing the scottish national policies cool for immediate c side and gaza inside a flurry of controversy and assigned as things to come as the speak. unexpectedly put forward the prospect of allowing a vote, not just on the government's amendment to do so on one foot fluid by the name of position later party support. so this motion would follow the remove not ever sending vale of legitimacy that the u. t is continued support just as feels this it was, was a gas off today, but there was political danger. hit worried that many of its own and peace might vote with the s and p as they had in a similar debate in november. hence its own amendments for the 1st time endorsing an immediate cease fire, but with caviar, so it must 5 assess and safety. it's uh, filed or does this install? yeah, that's why we all clear. it's re

in the uk, mps are debating a motion in parliament put forward by the scottish national party callingw you the pictures from outside the parliament. pro—palestinian demonstration going on for the last little while. mps inside continue that debate, which has been really lively over the past few hours. house speaker sir lindsay hoyle chose both the government and the labour party's amendments to the motion, breaking convention on not selecting opposition amendments. i know that sounds complicated, but we'll be with her correspond in a moment. first, let's see one of the major correspondence. the shadow foreign secretary david lammy has said he hopes parliament can come together on this issue voting for labour's amendment of an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. this is a moment when the whole house _ this is a moment when the whole house can— this is a moment when the whole house can come together. let us be clear - _ house can come together. let us be clear — whether it is the government benches, _ clear — whether it is the government benches, whether that is the opposition benches, all

here in the uk, parliament will vote later today on the call for an immediate ceasefire in gaza. the government wants an immediate humanitarian pause but the scottishrty has accused israel of war crimes, something israel strongly denies, and says the only way to protect civilians is for the fighting to end now. the politics around the uk parliament's debate on gaza is sensitive, and complicated, so let's explain a bit more. today's motion has been put forward by the scottish national party. among others things it says there has been a collective punishment of the palestinian people by israel. the main opposition labour party says this 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 part

pro-palestinian protesters outside the british parliament, demanding their representatives endorse a scottishthe questions these protesters are asking. is how many more palestinians would have to die for british politicians to call for an end to a genocide that's already taken more than 30,00 palestinives. inside, chaos and confusion, as speaker lindsay doyle broke convention allowing vote not just on the government's amendment, but also on one put forward by the opposition labor party. there wasn't much hope for the ruling conservatives to shift their position, so the focus was once again on labor, whose leader kier starmer had only recently... call for a ceasefire, but ahead of the vote, it emerged labor had persuaded party rebels to vote for their carefully cabiatted amendment and abstain und the more blunt smp motion. the labour party under kir starma is trying to find a way where they can adopt. they can say they voted for a cease fire, but with language that basically says, until israel tells them that it's time for a cease fire, they're not going to approve a cease fire. that's the bot

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's are calling and speaker lindsay oil to quits for his handling of the parliament recession. the scottish national party, which of the table, the motion, and the conservative government of both condemned him for selecting the labor of parties, amendment. the labor party is in no position to accuse the spirit of trying to avoid internal divisions within the labor party despite his duty of impartiality. how do you false it as more from outside the british parliament, the increasing pressure, especially since in the last hour or so. the scottish national policy officially said as a policy is the 3rd largest policy and comment. it had no longer any confidence in lindsay oil. so lindsey oil to carry on in his position as speaker of the house, accusing him of pauses on politics in favor of labor. during the debates, he came to the house himself a little earlier in the day um and he apologized again for the decision making on wednesday. uh, but he said that it was out of concern for mt safety. he said he never wanted to pick up the phone and find that one of his friends on either side of the hou

so you are a member of the british parliament, so you're a member of the scottish national party, the s and p, and you're joining us from london. it's good to talk to you. so your party walked out of parliament explained to us why we didn't walk the problem. we actually went into the voting lobby so we could vote for the lead but amendment. and of course, we never wanted to be in that situation. you know, today was supposed to be a problem and being given the opportunity to help the vote on whether the should be 65, then guys. and i'll probably take these across these islands this have hundreds, hundreds, thousands of positions that have written to them. asking that we support a ceasefire. 75 percent of the public of these items. what not to take place. and then what happens is that in the positions, you know, we get to a c o position days a year, effectively was hijacked by the leave apache because they came up with this proposition that allowed them to have a goals. and the purpose of that the protective and the government talked to you wouldn't participate in it meant that are mean

parliament. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. former leader of the scottishy in the house of commons and mp ian blackford gave his reaction to the last night's debate. it's an embarrassing day for parliament because we should have been voting on an snp opposition motion which called for a ceasefire, because what's really important is the leadership that we show in the midst of this crisis. which is of our choice, then we put down a motion. and typically what would happen is the government of the day will decide as to whether or not it seeks to amend that motion. but then what would happen is that our motion would be put to a vote so that we have got the opportunity to test whether or not we have support in the house of commons. what happened yesterday was a breach of the normal order. let's get more on this with our political correspondent damian grammaticas. is it 53 mp mps for scotland's oil, the house of commons, but it is worth saying that he needs to command the confidence of the house of commons, in order to do hisjob. i think it's fair to say that ther

scottish national party calling for his resignation. prime minister rishi sunak has been speaking about what happened yesterday in parliament.night was concerned because the usual ways in which parliament works were changed. my understanding is the speaker has apologised for what happened and is reflecting on that. the important point here is that we should never let extremists intimidate us into changing the way in which parliament works. parliament is an important place for us to have these debates and just because some people may want to stifle that with intimidation or aggressive behaviour, we should not bend to that and to change how parliament works. that's a very slippery slope. it is not the right way to go. when snp told radio for sainted sir lindsay hoyle will have to go by the weekend saying his position is untenable. earlier today, the snp's westminster leader, stephen flynn, who's called for the commons speaker to go, explained how he'd reached that conclusion. it was a dire situation, and that the collective punishment as the actions of the israeli government into a procedural politically motivated decision mad

the scottish national party's call for an immediate ceasefire, if it was a choice between that and just the government, but of course the speaker has come to labour's aid by saying, look, parliamentet a chance to vote on all three motions, the scottish national party won, the labour party won on the governing conservative party won, so in terms of the domestic political issue, the problem that keir starmer was worried that he would face a rebellion amongst his own mps voting for the scottish national party, that seems to have gone away, so what we will now get over the next few hours is a debate which i think we'll show you the broad spectrum of views amongst uk politicians from those who think that israel should carry on until hamas are defeated, to those who think the most important thing is that the fighting should stop absolutely instantly without conditions. haifa should stop absolutely instantly without conditions.— should stop absolutely instantly without conditions. how do you think that debate will _ without conditions. how do you think that debate will shape _ without conditions. how do you think that debate will shape up? _ without conditions. how do you think that deb

and in blackboard, as a member of the british parliament and a member of the scottish national party which table that motion calling for a ceasefire, he explained what happened from his party's perspective. but we didn't walk the problem. we actually went into the voting lobby. so we could vote for the labor amendment, and of course we never wants to be in that situation. you know, today was supposed to be a problem and being given the opportunity to help you vote on whether the should be 65, then guys and oh, probably 2 days across these islands have hundreds, hundreds, thousands of positions that have written to them. asking that we support a ceasefire. 75 percent of the public of these items while not to take place of the what happens is the in the possession, the, the we get to a fee or possession, days a year. effectively, it was hijacked by the liberal party because they came up with this proposition that allowed them to have a goals. and the purpose of that particular been the government pots you would participate and it made the are meaningful. our vote on the club in front o

time, of course, a reminder of an upcoming vote in the british parliament next week, wednesday, a ceasefire motion tabled by the scottish nationalist party uh, that too um has probably one of the reasons that has brought people out here, but perhaps the most important thing that has brought people out under the streets of london the saturday is the that potential imminent incursion by the israeli regime into rafa, where as we know, more than one and a half million palestinians have concentrated, lot of whom, having been displaced from the north and center of gaza, as a result of the carpet bombing of those areas by the um us israeli uh drones and the israeli military over more than four months, um, the a quick statistic there as well, um, today's crowd of course uh, representing that the what the uh what u-gov has found in a recent poll that 66% of the british public support a ceasefire and that of course is figure that the politicians here will uh will have to take seriously, but um it is crucial to remember that people are coming out in huge numbers as they have been over four months now and the... momentum that has b

parliament. uh, almost all of them scottish national party and conservative members who are cooling uh for the expressing no confidence in him as well as the scottish national policy and its entirety that the biggest party empowerment is now saying the same thing. it's leader in westminster. stevenson said as much to the speaker in the commons himself, however, the conservative party in the shape of it is the leader of the house. penny morton's. also speaking during that debate was talking more about oppose for reflection at all. so turning a good deal of the blame on labor accusing labor of having unduly influenced and lent on the speaker because of its own political concerns of the labor leader. the main opposition may bleed a key, a stomach was denied, threatening. so lindsey, who was speaker of the house in his conversation with him before the debate on the gauze of ceasefire. on wednesday he said that he did uh uh, the labor amendment to be voted upon because he wants to have as broad a range of options to be voted on as possible uh, labor its using the s and p. i'm trying to make the most of labor

the welsh assembly, the scottish parliament.. jenkins put this forward back in 98. and i actually think it gives it gives it gives us a stephen quite rightly says knowing who the bodies you complain to. >> but nigel and stephen, it also gives you two tier mps. >> it gives you mps also gives you two tier mps. >> it gives you mp5 from the list and mp5 from the constituency and one of the big criticisms of electing people by a party list , rather than by a party list, rather than by a constituency link, is it's the party bosses who choose who go on the top of the favoured son, favoured sons and daughters, radical people. >> you're right, it's imperfect . >> you're right, it's imperfect. >> you're right, it's imperfect. >> but you are speaking to the human being that never in the history of british electoral politics have more votes be given for such little reward . given for such little reward. >> you have actually mentioned that before. >> so what? i know i'm somewhat bitter. i know for me, i miss it. >> i'm bitter for one mp, you

the scottish national party with both labor and the conservatives proposing amendments. tempus fled um the speaker of the house eventually apologized for his actions. harry, 46 bytes outside parliament protested demanded a vote. backing the scottish national policies cool for the immediate c side and gaza inside a flurry of controversy, the side of things to come is to speak unexpectedly put forward the prospect of allowing a vote. not just on the government's amendment, but also in one. put fluid by the name, a position later party support from this motion would follow the remove not ever sending veal of legitimacy that the u. t is continued support just as deals this it was, well, i guess i'll come to late, but there was political danger here worried that many of its own and peace might vote with the s and p as they had in a similar debate in november. hence its own amendment for the 1st time, inducing an immediate cease fire, but with caveat some it must 5 assess and safety. it's uh, filed or does it say strong? yeah. that's why we all clear it's rel panel. the expect to, to see spicing is to mass continues with violence is right, these have the rights to the should or it's the h

parliament. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. former leader of the scottish house of commons and mp for or ross, skye and lochaber, ian blackford gave his reaction to the last night's debate. what is important is the leadership that we show. we know that people in the north of the gaza strip art starving and rather than talking about these fundamental issues we are talking about the procedure is parliament and i have to say when your correspondent was talking he responded to us as a small party. we are the third largest party in westminster, we have rights when it comes to speaking time, we were granted up to three opposition days a year and what is important and thatis a year and what is important and that is when you call a debate of our choice and be put down a motion and typically what would happen on the government of the day will decide whether it seeks to amend that but then what would happen is our motion would be put into a vote so we have got the opportunity to test whether or not we have support in the house of commons but what happened yesterday w

press tv and chaos in the uk parliament during vote calling for a cease fire in gaza. the motion was proposed by the scottish

chaos the uk parliament during vote calling for sease fire in gaza, the motion was put forward by the scottish national party with both labor and conservative. politicians to call for an end to a genocide that's already taken more than 30,000 palestinian lives inside chaos and confusion as speaker lindsay doyle broke convention allowing vote not just on the government's amendment but also on one put forward by the opposition labor party. there wasn't much hope for the ruling conservatives to shift their position so the focus was once again on labor whose leader kier starmer had only recently called for a ceasefire but ahead of the vote it emerged labor had persuaded party rebels to vote for their carefully caviated amendment and abstain on the more blunt smp motion. the labor party under kir starma is trying to find a way where they can adopt, they can say they voted for sease fire, but with language that basically says, until israel tells them that it's time for a cease fire, they're not going to approve a cease fire. that's the bottom line of kier starma. he was given 5 million pounds by a m