Posted 2/26/2024, 1:05:26 PM
Controversy Swirls in UK Politics Over Comments on Israel-Gaza Crisis and Broader Issues of Acceptable Speech
- Conservatives divided over Lee Anderson's comments and whether they were Islamophobic, with wars of words within the party
- Speaker Lindsay Hoyle under pressure from MPs and parties over Israel-Gaza debate actions, facing calls to resign
- SNP seeking parliamentary debate on Gaza and pressure Speaker again, putting him in difficult position
- Smaller parties coordinating efforts to complain to Speaker over treatment
- Labour sidelined in Rochdale by-election due to its own antisemitism issues, reflecting broader questions over acceptable speech about communities