Demonstrators waved Palestinian flags during a protest outside the Houses of Parliament as MPs held a vote on a ceasefire in Gaza. Protesters called on MPs to represent them in calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza conflict, but the amendment was rejected. MPs voted 293 to 125 against the SNP motion calling on the government to "join with the international community in urgently pressing all parties to agree to an immediate ceasefire" UK politics: latest news