Posted 2/26/2024, 4:19:15 PM
Speaker faces backlash over withdrawn Gaza ceasefire debate offer amid pressure claims
- Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle retracted his offer to the SNP for an emergency debate on a Gaza ceasefire, despite proposing it himself last week
- The SNP accused Hoyle of breaking his word after he had promised the debate to make up for controversially allowing a Labour amendment the week before
- 81 SNP and Conservative MPs have signed a petition of no confidence against Hoyle
- Claims emerged that Labour leader Keir Starmer pressured Hoyle to select Labour's amendment last week to avoid a rebellion, which Starmer denies
- The SNP called for an independent investigation into Starmer's alleged attempts to "wreck" the ceasefire vote last week