https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/speaker-effectively-lied-say-snp

THE “bullied” Commons Speaker has “effectively lied” to Parliament and public, according to the SNP’s Westminster leader.

Stephen Flynn MP made the remarks on BBC Radio Scotland as he discussed the fallout of the chaotic opposition day debate when Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle effectively prevented voting on the SNP’s ceasefire motion.

Instead the house was left to accept or reject a Labour amendment, which omitted an SNP reference to “collective punishment of the Palestinian people.”

Mr Flynn said: “He was obviously bullied into a position last week by the leader of the Labour Party, Sir Keir Starmer, following a private conversation in the back rooms of Westminster.”

Responding to Sir Keir and Sir Lindsay’s denials of collusion, Mr Flynn added: “That’s like me denying that I’m a bald man — it would just defy reality and logic.

“Everyone on Westminster’s estate knows what happened last week.”

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https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/b/speaker-effectively-lied-say-snp