Stephen Flynn has said it is “deeply disappointing” he has not heard from Labour ahead of his party’s motion calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.The SNP-led vote calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and Israel will take place in the House of Commons on Wednesday.The Nationalists' Westminster leader said that there had been no contact between Labour and SNP whips despite Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar telling the BBC on Sunday that there had been.Scottish Labour delegates backed calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza at the party conference at the weekend.UK Labour leader Keir Starmer called for a “ceasefire that lasts” in Gaza when he addressed the conference on Sunday.The SNP Westminster leader has offered to meet Starmer, but said he has not heard from Labour ahead of the vote.He told BBC Radio Scotland’s Good Morning Scotland programme: “Anas Sarwar said to your colleagues on BBC Scotland on Sunday that there had been discussions between the Labour whips and the SNP whips, that is categorically not the case.“I have had no communication nor has my chief whip with the Labour party, it’s deeply disappointing, and I’m not entirely sure why Anas Sarwar sought to espouse that mistruth, perhaps he was spun a line by Keir Starmer to try and calm him down a little bit, because of course Anas is in support of my position in relation to an immediate ceasefire as I believe most of Scottish Labour are.“Ultimately the key thing for me is making sure that we can protect civilian lives and that is what are going to seek to do in the House of Commons tomorrow night.”A similar vote tabled by the SNP in November saw eight shadow ministers break ranks to back an immediate ceasefire.
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