Front-benchers do not often sign EDMs
The SNP’s Westminster leader Stephen Flynn has added his name to the ‘Early Day Motion’ (EDM) of no confidence in Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle – reflecting the depth of the SNP’s outrage at Hoyle’s actions yesterday during the party’s ‘Opposition Day’ debate calling for an immediate ceasefire in Israel’s genocide in Gaza.
Hoyle allowed an Israel-friendly Labour’s amendment to hijack the debate, despite being warned by Commons clerks that this was a breach of normal Commons procedure, prompting Tory and SNP MPs to storm out in protest amid chants calling for the return of Hoyle’s predecessor John Bercow.
Flynn said last night he would ‘take significant convincing’ to believe it was tolerable for Hoyle to remain in the role. It seems he has not received the convincing required.
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