> Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer must “immediately” recognise the state of Palestine, John Swinney has said.
> The SNP leader has written to his political opponents to demand they “do the right thing”.
> **He said the SNP would force a binding vote at Westminster after the General Election if they failed to do so.**
> His letter to the Prime Minister and Labour leader Sir Keir said: “I urge you both to belatedly do the right thing and pledge to immediately recognise Palestine as a state in its own right.
> **“If you will not immediately commit to doing so, I can confirm that SNP MPs will bring forward a binding vote in the House of Commons at the first possible opportunity after the General Election.”**
> Scottish First Minister Mr Swinney said recognition would offer “hope” that a “durable political solution” was possible between Israel and Palestine.
> He said: “Ending the humanitarian catastrophe we are seeing in Gaza is without a doubt one of the greatest moral issues of our time. In generations to come, people will look back and ask what each of us with a platform did to end the suffering.
> “We all have a duty to do whatever we can to bring about a peaceful resolution, and it is clear that full recognition of Palestine as a state in its own right will be a huge step towards a just and durable political solution.
> “I am calling on the UK to follow the lead of Ireland, Norway and Spain by immediately recognising Palestine as a state – and if Rishi Sunak will not do it now, Keir Starmer must commit to doing so on his first day in Downing Street.”
> The SNP, he said, had been a “moral compass” on the Gaza issues at Westminster.
Is the SNP really in a position to be demanding things at Westminster?
Last throes of a party about to be chucked in the bin. Swinney has proven yet again that nothing will change under his tenure and the SNP might fare well if they looked after Scotland for once.
Wow, it has so much to do with Scotland, or is it just a distraction from their fuckups.
Yes, an issue of vital importance to Scotland.
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Vital scottish issue
Nice to see the SNP concentrating on scottish issues, I can really see why people vote for them to give a strong voice for ~~palestine~~ scotland in british politics.
btw, how will the SNP bring a binding vote on this
Fs John this is not related to Scotland who’s paying you guys to spout this nonsense
If there was any chance the electorate thought this kind of thing was just coming from Yousaf, it’s going now
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> Rishi Sunak and Sir Keir Starmer must “immediately” recognise the state of Palestine, John Swinney has said.
> The SNP leader has written to his political opponents to demand they “do the right thing”.
> **He said the SNP would force a binding vote at Westminster after the General Election if they failed to do so.**
> His letter to the Prime Minister and Labour leader Sir Keir said: “I urge you both to belatedly do the right thing and pledge to immediately recognise Palestine as a state in its own right.
> **“If you will not immediately commit to doing so, I can confirm that SNP MPs will bring forward a binding vote in the House of Commons at the first possible opportunity after the General Election.”**
> Scottish First Minister Mr Swinney said recognition would offer “hope” that a “durable political solution” was possible between Israel and Palestine.
> He said: “Ending the humanitarian catastrophe we are seeing in Gaza is without a doubt one of the greatest moral issues of our time. In generations to come, people will look back and ask what each of us with a platform did to end the suffering.
> “We all have a duty to do whatever we can to bring about a peaceful resolution, and it is clear that full recognition of Palestine as a state in its own right will be a huge step towards a just and durable political solution.
> “I am calling on the UK to follow the lead of Ireland, Norway and Spain by immediately recognising Palestine as a state – and if Rishi Sunak will not do it now, Keir Starmer must commit to doing so on his first day in Downing Street.”
> The SNP, he said, had been a “moral compass” on the Gaza issues at Westminster.
Is the SNP really in a position to be demanding things at Westminster?
Last throes of a party about to be chucked in the bin. Swinney has proven yet again that nothing will change under his tenure and the SNP might fare well if they looked after Scotland for once.
Wow, it has so much to do with Scotland, or is it just a distraction from their fuckups.
Yes, an issue of vital importance to Scotland.
🙄
Vital scottish issue
Nice to see the SNP concentrating on scottish issues, I can really see why people vote for them to give a strong voice for ~~palestine~~ scotland in british politics.
btw, how will the SNP bring a binding vote on this
Fs John this is not related to Scotland who’s paying you guys to spout this nonsense
If there was any chance the electorate thought this kind of thing was just coming from Yousaf, it’s going now
Look at me, LOOK AT ME!!!