How a ceasefire vote led to two days of chaos in the Commons – podcast
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The Guardian
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🗓️ 23 February 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Guardian. |
| 0:10.0 | Today, how the Commons vote for a ceasefire turned into a political pantomime. Hello there is Jamie East here from the excellent daily news |
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| 1:11.0 | The substance of the debate couldn't have been more serious or pressing. Should the British government call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza? |
| 1:15.0 | We now come. |
| 1:18.0 | We now come to the SMP motion on Gaza. |
| 1:21.0 | This is a highly sensitive subject on which feelings are running |
| 1:25.7 | eye in the house in the nation and throughout the world. |
| 1:30.3 | I think it's important. The Scottish National Party said emphatically yes, the Labour Party yes, and the Conservatives |
| 1:40.9 | they were instead calling for an immediate humanitarian pause. |
| 1:45.0 | Whatever the wording and the language does matter, |
| 1:49.0 | all sides say they want to stop the killing |
| 1:52.0 | in this conflict that's already taken over 29,000 people's lives. |
| 2:00.0 | But in Parliament on Wednesday night, that substance got lost in petty political rivalry. |
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