“Last week the Commons speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, amended a planned series of votes on a Gaza ceasefire amid worries about intimidation particularly towards Labour MPs.” No he didn’t. He did it to save Keir Starmer embarrassing his Israeli pals. #LindsayHoyle#Labour
“Surely you can see what’s going on here. Subverting the democratic process through alleged blackmail to protect Israel from the charge of collective punishment. Demonising opponents of mass murder in order to protect politicians being held to account for their complicity. If you had any illusions in Britain’s political system, now is the time to shatter them – and that is the only good to come from this tawdry, perverse episode.”
If #lindsayhoyle wasn't got at by #starmer and his whips, why then did Starmer say "thank you" to Hoyle as he fled the chamber of the #parliament in England this evening?
🧵 1/2: No #UKNews outlet is able to explain what happened in #Westminster today over the #ceasefire vote. Let me explain: #Parliament used to be a place for representatives of the people to debate & vote legislation that benefit citizens & represent their aspirations. Yes #lobbyists have always existed but overall, #MPs believed in their mission & in the importance of parliamentary rule. Today however, parliament is only a farcical theatre to boost #electioneering while obfuscating real policy