Westminster stitch-up blocks SNP ceasefire vote
by Today’s shameful events show Westminster is utterly broken.
This should have been the chance for the UK Parliament to do the right thing and vote for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Israel – instead it turned into a Westminster circus.
Today should have been about a ceasefire in Gaza.
It’s why the SNP brought forward our motion.
Westminster blocked our chance at a straight vote due to the actions of the Speaker and Labour Party.
We will continue to speak up for those suffering as a result of this conflict.
— Stephen Flynn MP (@StephenFlynnSNP) February 21, 2024
It is a disgrace that Sir Keir Starmer and the Speaker colluded to block Parliament voting on the SNP motion for an immediate ceasefire and against the collective punishment of the Palestinian people.
More than 29,000 Palestinian children, women and men have been killed – and huge swathes of Gaza have been obliterated while Westminster equivocates.
People in Gaza and Israel, and voters in Scotland, have been badly let down – they deserve so much better than this.
The SNP will continue to press the UK government and parliament to back an immediate ceasefire. The time for equivocation is over.
Today should have been about something much bigger, and more important, than all of us.
But Westminster did what it always does, and made it about Westminster.
The SNP will continue to be a voice for the voiceless.#Gaza pic.twitter.com/GzhN60RID1
— Stephen Flynn MP (@StephenFlynnSNP) February 21, 2024