Posted 2/22/2024, 9:08:55 AM
Speaker Faces No Confidence Vote After Allowing Ceasefire Debate Amid Gaza Crisis
- Sir Lindsay Hoyle faces backlash for allowing Labour to call a vote for ceasefire in Gaza, breaking with convention in Commons debates
- He said he allowed the vote to give MPs a chance to vote on a range of issues and over safety concerns
- 56 Conservative and SNP MPs signed a motion declaring no confidence in Hoyle over accusations of bias
- Hoyle later apologized but still faces calls to resign as Speaker over the controversial decision
- Israel's military operations in Gaza followed a Hamas attack in October; since then over 29,000 Palestinians reported killed