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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 3 points 2 years ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Sir Lindsay Hoyle sparked fury from the SNP and Conservatives when he broke with convention to allow a vote on a Labour motion for an "immediate humanitarian ceasefire".

Following calls for him to return to the chamber to explain his decision, Sir Lindsay told the Commons he chose to allow a vote on the Labour motion so MPs could express their view on "the widest range of propositions".

In a statement after the debate, Mr Flynn said it was "a disgrace that Sir Keir Starmer and the Speaker colluded to block Parliament voting on the SNP motion".

It came after Commons leader Penny Mordaunt said Sir Lindsay had "undermined the confidence" of the House and suggested his decision had allowed the debate to be "hijacked" by Labour.

Labour's shadow foreign secretary David Lammy also argued it did not "lay out a path to a sustainable peace" and "appears to be one-sided".

Last November Sir Keir suffered a major revolt when 56 of his MPs, including 10 frontbenchers, defied him to back an SNP motion urging an immediate ceasefire.


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[–] guriinii@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Absolute disgrace.

[–] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

Well, there's another fine mess you've gotten us into.

[–] Hyperreality@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I think we can all agree that the worst thing about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is that procedure may not have been followed correctly in UK parliament.

But hey, they've passed a call for an immediate cease fire, which I have been reliably informed is very important and means Israel and Hamas will now stop fighting.

Mission accomplished.

[–] 13esq@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

The speaker has blood on his hands.