Hope is high that there will be a truce between Hamas and Israel meaning that there will be a release of hostages and a suspension of fighting in Gaza.Today saw Humza Yousaf present a motion to the Scottish Parliament calling for a ceasefire. We give our immediate reaction to the speeches.The Westminster vote last Wednesday on the SNP King's Speech amendment saw a rebellion by 56 Labour MPs who disobeyed the instruction to abstain. The narrative being that the SNP ceasefire proposal was a cynical piece of politicking on its part to split Labour.Wednesday also saw the Supreme Court rule that the UK government's Rwanda plan is unlawful. We pick over the Tory response.Sir Patrick Vallance gave evidence at the Covid Inquiry shining yet another light on the Downing Street chaos during the pandemic and politics seeming to trump the science when it suited the government. Bad news for Rishi Sunak on a number of fronts.Will this overshadow Jeremy Hunt's Autumn statement with its promises of tax cuts now that inflation has been "halved"? Lesley reflects on the Break Up of Britain Conference where she was one of the guest speakers. ★ Support this podcast ★