Public opinion on the one hand and what the political and media establishments think on the other, they're often on a collision course.

None more so than the Israeli onslaught against Gaza.

Now in the latest Ugo poll, only two weeks ago, two-thirds of the UK population

backed an immediate ceasefire based on Israel ceasing its military action versus

13% oppose. 66% support a negotiated peace and 45 percent

is well's entire post-October 7th-old slot was unjustified

compared to 24 percent who thought justified. It further showed a steep increase in support for the Palestinian people and more importantly

the polling way back in October had already showed overwhelming support for an immediate ceasefire.

It had just solidified.

But that's not been the position of the two main parties in Westminster, far from it.

The Conservative government, they've been arming and giving diplomatic support to Israel, and

Labour has offered political cover for the government, protecting them from public pressure,

with Kistama even early on supporting the war crime of cutting off water and energy to a civilian

population. Now the exception here has been the Scottish National Party whose

Westminster leader Stephen Flynn I'm about to speak to. The national leader and the first minister of Scotland,

Hanso Yussov, has back to ceasefire

and condemned collective punishment within days of all this beginning.

And last week, the SMP brought a motion on one of the very few opposition days

three allotted to the party each year demanding an immediate ceasefire and

condemning Israel for collective punishment. Labor then made clear it would refuse to back any motion,

accurately describing collective punishment,

but fearing a huge rebellion within its own ranks

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