Sir Lindsey is under fire from the ruling Conservative Party and the third-largest parliamentary party, the SNP, for flouting the rules by allowing a debate and vote yesterday on an amendment from the main opposition Labor Party, from which he hails.
London, Thanasis Gavos
British House of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle is under pressure after Wednesday’s chaotic plenary debate on a Scottish National Party (SNP) motion to back an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
Sir Lindsay is under fire from the ruling Conservative Party and the third-largest parliamentary party, the SNP, for flouting the rules by allowing a debate and vote yesterday on an amendment from the main opposition Labor Party, from which he comes.
The move averted a potential internal party mutiny against Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer and led to a walkout from the chamber in protest by Conservative and Scottish MPs.
SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn made it clear today that his party has lost confidence in Sir Lindsay, while around 60 SNP and Conservative MPs have signed a no-confidence motion against him.
After Mr Starmer was forced to deny reports of “threats” against Sir Lindsay at a pre-debate meeting yesterday, the chamber speaker took the floor from his seat this afternoon to explain his admission in a sob. of “wrong decision”.
He said he wanted to allow all MPs to support any Gaza ceasefire proposal they wanted from the widest possible range of options, so that they would not be intimidated by extremist elements. Similar incidents against MPs have increased recently, as Britain’s biggest parties have shied away from supporting an immediate truce.
Source :Skai
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