Starmer moves to quell ceasefire rebellion
Coffee House Shots
The Spectator
4.4 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2024
⏱️ 10 minutes
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James Heale speaks to Katy Balls and Isabel Hardman.
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| 0:19.6 | Hello and welcome to Coffeyhouse Shatz. |
| 0:21.2 | I'm James Hill and I'm joined today by Katie Bulls and Isabel Hartman. |
| 0:25.2 | Now Katie, I think the beginning of today is that Labour's |
| 0:27.1 | changed the position on Gaza and the ceasefire there. |
| 0:29.9 | Talk us through the changes that have happened today. |
| 0:32.3 | So this is all ahead of a vote tomorrow, |
| 0:35.5 | which is an SMP motion calling for an immediate ceasefire. |
| 0:38.9 | Now the last time there is a vote by the SMP on this, |
| 0:42.4 | on a very similar motion. |
| 0:44.8 | Kistammer suffered a big rebellion, 56 labor MPs rebelled, including eight front benches. |
| 0:50.9 | And I think there was a feeling that this time around the rebellion could be even larger and that's what the labor leader has been warned. |
| 0:56.0 | He met with the Shadow Cabinet today as tends to happen on Tuesdays and after that labor announced their position, which is they are adding an amendment |
| 1:05.2 | to the motion by the SMP. |
| 1:07.6 | And it's a pretty long amendment, but I think the first thing to note is they are calling |
| 1:11.4 | for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. |
| 1:14.8 | Now this is the first time Labour has called for one. |
| 1:17.2 | Previously it's called for pauses. |
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