Commons erupts after Speaker Lindsay Hoyle selects Labour's Gaza ceasefire amendment

There were cries of “shameful” and “bring back Bercow” in the Commons as Sir Lindsay Hoyle set out his reasoning behind selecting both the Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition’s amendments to the SNP Gaza ceasefire motion.
A Conservative MP could be heard to mutter that the Commons Speaker was “moving the goalposts” as he first confirmed his plans.
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[@spartacusforlife1508]

I've never seen a more corrupt decision, from a speaker, tham what occured today. I'm not saying that because of some political bias, I'm a Labour moderate by the way, I say this as a democrat. The fact that this was an SNP opposition day. The fact that you couldn't slip a cigarette paper, concerning differences, between the two. And the fact that the Labour amendment had nothing to do with concerns for Palestinians but was all about stopping it's M.P. 's voting for the SNP amendment. Starmer was so concerned about all this ? That he walked out before the debate began. Also Labour has imposed a three line whip on its M.P.'s. Sorry but Hoyle needs to resign. He has disgraced the role of speaker

[@NonConformist-ys4wr]

The whole parliment has always been corrupt... tv 📺 zombie 🧟‍♂️ apocalypse

[@Wassup-Doc]

Yea he is corrupt, was promised a Gong for sure, the UK Parliament is corrupt as they come

[@sohanor]

It's the fear of being called: anti semetic

[@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304]

Why didn't the SNP put forward a motion that Hamas should release the hostages and disarm? This would not only stop the war, but prevent any further conflict in the near future.

[@jamietherooster]

Labour ARE the establishment. The corruption runs deep into the civil service, the legal system and the media. What happened today should come as no surprise.

[@davidmilne9911]

Worse than crying school ground children , pathetic individual's running this country nowadays.

[@user-ii8tc7zm2h]

You mean the Tory Party clowns. You are so right.

[@FoghornLeghorny]

Guy Fawkes had it right.

[@SmokeyJoe-tm4gy]

100%

[@Wassup-Doc]

Indeed

[@adammoss5284]

Fawkes was ahead of his time 🧨

[@russellowen222]

Hoyle has no authority, no gravitas. He's simply reading a script that he's been given. I don't think he even understands half of it. What an embarrassment.

[@brocktonblockbuster6555]

What a farce. Who are these “adults?”

[@Draminos321]

This is a disgusting load of drivel.

[@nosferatu8293]

'Lock the Doors' and don't let them out - EVER. Have the MP's forgotten that we, the public, can sear and hear everything they do!!!

[@sensibledriver933]

If we ever needed a Guy Fawkes....

[@sanchez16]

Waste of time , Netanyahu or anyone else in the world think UK is a joke and will take no notice of what's said

[@user-tf4tv9bj4f]

If I was Israel I would not take advice from the U.K. about how to deal with Jihadis

[@sanchez16]

@@user-tf4tv9bj4f Or Netanyahu`s right wing fanatics

[@localreviewking134]

Netanyahu cares little for anyone only his own neck.

[@user-tf4tv9bj4f]

@@localreviewking134 He’s just a leader, they come and go. Focus on the bigger issue facing Israel.

[@sanchez16]

@@user-tf4tv9bj4f Nor with Netanyahu and his right wing fanatics, even Israel don`t want him

[@sail1948]

All this hot air and windbaggery while children die.

[@gribbles624]

What utter children. Infact, my own children wouldn't behave in such a manner. They all want ousting and charged for driving this country further into the ground. No shame at all

[@mickymarvin3241]

It's all an act nothing is real all to make us worried and concerned .

[@JoshAston23]

Parliament is just one big pantomime.

[@pennywise146]

Hoyle is more bent than a fiddlers elbow….on his way out!

[@andyquelch5754]

Bercow was awful. Until now I've liked Hoyle. This was an appalling decision. This Parliament and this country is in steep and terminal decline.

[@ericdonnelly3042]

Will not make a difference to what is happening in the middle east

[@tamhunter5025]

So why back Israel

[@user-tf4tv9bj4f]

@@tamhunter5025Because they are a great country. Liberal open democracy that’s an economic and academic powerhouse. They are in the right against these jihadis.

[@tamhunter5025]

@@user-tf4tv9bj4f people of Israel don't agree with that

[@user-tf4tv9bj4f]

@@tamhunter5025 Huh? Of course they do. Don’t agree with what? Support for the war against Hamas is 90 percent plus.

[@bluesclues132]

@@user-tf4tv9bj4f okay jidf.

[@jowilco61]

So Westminster have finally shown what they think of Scotland. Ridiculous decision to allow especially a Labour amendment! It was one of very few SNP opposition days, which has been taken away. Scotland should now push immediately for a referendum.

[@alexb5815]

His excuse is that Gaza supporters are intimidating MPs in public. It feels different now that they are impacted by open door policies and they need to push it through to bow to pressure as they get what the rest of the U.K. have been experiencing

[@jamietherooster]

I also very much doubt he'd put the 'safety' of right wing MP's before democracy as he did today for his left wing chums

[@charlieking6718]

OMG Grow up.

[@lesley-annemclelland857]

Looks like Hoyle is doing everything he can here to save Starmer's face here.

[@junehill4636]

Oh yes 👍👍

[@jake751]

Hoyle is a labour blairite and was in apartheid Israel on holiday only weeks ago.

[@Wassup-Doc]

@@jake751 He is finished

[@stan-ut5gj]

And Trident doesn't work,its like a monty python sketch,the world must be wetting itself with laughter!

[@sensibledriver933]

Even Hoyle smirked when they jeered him.

[@GarnetNewfree]

I was in Europe for long time, Europeans think this behaviour is alarming and confusing, it simply must be stopped it washes down into society, people end up believing shouting and arguing is a way forward, it is not, it's petty, selfish, ignorant and leads MPs into bizarre thought pattern, the people deserve better and should demand it such

[@SmilingAzaleaFlower-uh9wi]

People passionately expressing themselves without becoming violent is a great example, imo. I think, generally, that one of our biggest problems as a culture (specifically British culture I'm talking about) is that we are not open enough about what we think and feel. We tend to put being "polite" above voicing what we believe to be true, and that, I think, has gotten us into an awful mess as a society. We've allowed so many things that are harmful to us to happen because we didn't want to make a scene and that's way more dysfunctional than getting a bit too vocally roudy sometimes.

[@Gibraltariano]

Meanwhile, Europeans conduct secret ballots to appoint their friends or whomever has paid them the most, into senior positions…

[@GarnetNewfree]

Passionate people? You don't believe in corruption then, half of these people are rich had very sheltered lives, have know understanding of life and it's experience, sponsored by the Israeli lobby group, sponsored by the American military industrial complex, played by the usa pentagon, if you talk directly to them you can see the shifty eyes of insecurities brought on by multiple levels of corruption, half a million dead Ukrainian people 34,000 dead Palestinians most children and women, they don't, just starting and pointing the finger at someone else, it simply must be stopped theirs no sugar coating it

[@Contextualiser16-tn8nd]

You mean white privilege run amok? Too late to stop that

[@des8039]

Europe created the Nazis

[@beedeesirf1116]

Serious supply teacher vibes here.

[@mmr040961]

Hoyle is by far the worst Speaker in my lifetime. + 60 years.

[@user-ii8tc7zm2h]

Him and Bercow. Best Speaker in my 57 years. I bet you are a Tory supporter.

[@mmr040961]

@@user-ii8tc7zm2h oh do please send me the number of your dealer. once voted for Lord Sutch but that was in the halcyon days. Bercow and Hoyle merely demonstrate that the pseudo-intellectual gene-pool has a very shallow end. Wherever you hang your flag. Different territory now.

[@des8039]

He's a .......

[@earnestequivocation6250]

Parliament’s credibility has been obliterated by the brazenly dishonest behaviour in the weekly Panto that is PMQ’s. Johnson in particular has much to answer for.

[@jimduncan2164]

So the ceasefire in the SNP motion WASN'T for humanitarian reasons? Get out!

[@jamietherooster]

SNP motion was for radical islam

[@jake751]

This speaker hoyle is the worst speaker in living history. Embarrassing

[@vinm300]

Resign ! The Speaker must go

[@asa1973100]

Why are we voting on somthing no one will take notice of , netanyahoo must be pissing himself

[@petercumiskey2746]

Is he taking backhanders from the Israelis as well ?

[@Wassup-Doc]

Of course

[@des8039]

He's a j.........

[@routineproofmusic454]

I hope this show doesn't get a second season.

[@jeanetteeftekhar6762]

Berrow thought he ruled Westminster now Hoyle thinks he is boss.

[@marionjordaan]

British politicians are jolly rude

[@tracyfarrow9214]

If any of it was real we would not be allowed to see or hear it. Get them all out.

[@andrewmitchell2313]

A speaker who can barely speak… joke.

[@A.H.goose1]

He’s like a secondary school substitute teacher 😂

[@jurgensplurgen8972]

He does this but has been spineless in the face of continuous tory lies and corruption.

[@jamietherooster]

What are you even arguing here? That being complicit and not just spineless in dealing with labour corruption is ok? Lol talk about deflecting

[@dianeglanville]

I agree tories are spineless

[@jurgensplurgen8972]

@@jamietherooster what corruption?

[@jamietherooster]

Like forcing the speaker to change the democratic process in order to save your party. Or coincidentally hiring Sue Grey a few months after she carried out an 'independent investigation' of Boris, Or taking Chinese CCP donations.....@@jurgensplurgen8972

[@AaronPlaysGH]

Read the standing orders, read them and understand them 😂

[@petergroverd6626]

MP's want to ban Mobile Phones from school learning time and yet again there is an MP DOING THE DIGITAL THUMB DANCE on his own Mobile while being paid a wage to sit there and not take much notice of what is going on around him. Who is he?

[@nibzzy100]

Can anyone explain for someone like me whos clueless what hes done in simple terms please

[@erhhsdhh2099]

Absolutely pathetic circus. MPs are paid an annual salary of 86K per year and they have certain costs paid for. The speaker himself earns at least 100K per year. And they just shout like kids and don’t do anything

[@leelarge8530]

Sack the corruption parliament

[@vasili1207]

Uk cannot make anyone have a ceasefire.. its there battle and have been before this union existed

[@gyrovids9462]

Labour is NO better than the Torys! We DEMAND better representation, Britain DESERVES better! Where are the SANE, COMPASSIONATE & INTELLIGENT representatives? Where is the INCREASED transparency in Government both local and national? WHERE is the accountability for corruption in all parties??? The people of Britain want the following: Free, effective and available NHS; Descent and effective pensions; HUGE investment in Britain, in manufacturing, science and infrastructure (creating jobs); Investment in education, BETTER education; Transparent government; Single-tier justice and accountability for corruption at ALL levels; An end to selling off British assets to foreign entities; But mainly, a LONG TERM PLAN for the PROSPERITY OF BRITAIN!!!

[@philthycat1408]

That was like old times at “The Miners Club”s. AGM 😂👍

[@jimwest7107]

Hoyle making up the rules as he goes along

[@dod6031]

He was informed by his clerks that he was going against parliamentary rules but ignored them as well. He’s in Starmer’s pocket unfortunately rather than being partisan.

[@conchobar9486]

He holds no weight, they are not his own words written down...embarrassing

[@barryirlandi4217]

Obedience to Israel at all costs

[@user-tf4tv9bj4f]

Stop your conspiracy. It is impossible to have a ceasefire with Palestinians as it stands, they openly want genocide of the Jews are swear to attack whenever they can.

[@des8039]

Didn't you know

[@jamietherooster]

appeasement of Islam is the new trend mate. Keep up

[@aqibmehboob976]

Appeasement of islam how ? Destroyed Iraq destroyed Afghanistan destroyed Libya gave land to zionist which belongs to Palestinians yh proper appeasement Nonce ​@@jamietherooster

[@CoolAdam247]

​@@jamietheroosterPut the glass pipe down ya bum.

[@coreyholloway6898]

They sound like cartoon devils and witchs

[@allandickman774]

Love how the speakers think they rule everything power trip😮

[@randgate]

Like a school teacher at a public school, but with less powers to discipline, funny that

[@dianeglanville]

the speaker is torie nasty

[@adammoss5284]

No chance of a spring clean in that airless chamber.

[@AvimadyeOrunni]

Well they kinda do in the commons lol

[@jake751]

Worst speaker ever

[@user-cl1qk9om7l]

Pantomime in parliament. Gives you belly aching laughter at their childish 😊shenanigans.

[@junehill4636]

Mr Speaker ...unbiased ...???...dont think so ...

[@charlieking6718]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jenniferparry8709]

Has he resigned yet?

[@BossySwan]

Had a lot of time for Hoyle but he’s blown it

[@dianeglanville]

just tories been nasty like to blame everyone else apart ignore them tying to get your attention don't by it

[@darrenhopkins6829]

Shame on them

[@adrinathegreat3095]

Sounds like a 1970s stand up northern comic. Eee by gum lad, did I tell you about mother in law.. Wait for punchline

[@spartanlambda1884]

Why does the commons get excited about Gaza, but not about the south coast?

[@vonrecht1236]

Couldn't stand Bercow. Hoyle now following Bercow's lead...

[@andrewmitchell2313]

Resurrect Boothroyd.

[@jenniferparry8709]

The people of this country are more concerned about our safety. Hamas broke a long ceasefire and their actions were barbaric. Perhaps those loud mouth aggressive protestors are more important.

[@Bazgren8843]

Disrespectful to the tradition of Parliament and hence disrespectful to the British people. Who does this person think he is ???

[@gswiftgs23]

1st year secondary school assembly ?

[@williemacdonald72]

The Bain principle in action, Labour members such as Hoyle will always act against anything proposed by the SNP.

[@JohnSmith-ii9ci]

and rightly so too. they are worse than Nazis.

[@OnlyGrafting]

SNP cant even manage their budget why should anything remotely considering foreign affairs be relinquished to them? They're not the ruling party in Westminster and even in Scotland they lack a clear majority of the votes. They're only in power because of the districts for MSPs in Scotland boosting cities.

[@tamhunter5025]

You think​@@OnlyGrafting

[@auldflyer]

Slur Lymsey Oyle has shown his true colour......Limp Pink, just like his nose.

[@bernardairey9631]

sack LINDSAY HOYLE

[@AllanHinde-mb2pr]

RETURN THE HOSTAGES!

[@stephenoliver1437]

Oh is hoyle the prime minister

[@redbeard3923]

Cromwell was correct

[@andrewmitchell2313]

Always wondered how a speaker can represent their constituents…he can’t be voted out right?

[@afghanskull7782]

It's a gentlmens rule major parties dont run against him

[@caffs7777]

what the hell is going on?

[@barryirlandi4217]

Israel must be not be upset...

[@lw1zfog]

end of empire situationism

[@JROC2112]

Leader of the Uniparty.

[@babybluesky9238]

they're going to do as they are told and do so willingly or suffer the consequences.

[@naju332]

he is on israel paycheck

[@looksgoodhoss]

Eli5 what’s this about?

[@des8039]

Our Doom

[@sydclark5581]

I like the speaker, but jeez he's toothless.

[@HubbaHubba64]

Lets not forget Hoyle is a unopposed Labour MP

[@chris23tg]

What is the point of all this ?? Israel will do as they please and follow the views of their own constituents in Israel. This is all nonsense

[@user-mb9gp1hn5j]

😅haaaaa

[@sbeasley1785]

Can the British Parliament CONCENTRATE ON BRITISH ISSUES?

[@akgfilming]

like... foreign relations? thats a pretty huge part of politics

[@carlosss891]

Balfour Declaration? Maybe he was Chinese? Someone definitely skipped history classes.

[@annmenzies6041]

Why is the peoples house of commons carrying out tasks that are not directly involved to the British people.

[@WilliamEvans-xy5og]

Probably because of racism not sure

[@CarlosRuiz206]

Probably because super power governments usually have some sort of foreign policy operation.

[@georgedddx3]

Because, as amazing as this may sound, we live in a planet

[@thomasdalton1508]

Parliament is sovereign. That means there is nothing outside its remit.

[@charlottebowes7666]

@@thomasdalton1508There sure is…😎

[@aminurmiah8681]

Israel has him in their pocket

[@pennywise146]

Explain???

[@otis3941]

Oi cookie man shush

[@otis3941]

Sos pumpkin man

[@obtuse1291]

​@@pennywise146 don't do anything that might show Israel or Jews in a bad light... so select motions carefully? Only guessing of course.

[@pennywise146]

@@obtuse1291 I don’t think what the Speaker has done has shown any favour whatsoever to “the Jews”….thats why I’m confused by the comment? Seems like yet another ‘belter’ blaming the Jews for something that has nothing to do with them!

[@nigelmorroll3343]

Why don't they ask for the hostages to be released frist?

[@lukasbudiman9116]

qs 5 :; 21 qs 7 :; 161 quran hisham / quran qalun / quran al duri / quran warsh / quran ,,, etc

[@SiLoMixMaster]

Basically what he is trying to say here is vote Trump and make America great again

[@t5kcannon1]

The government determins UK foreign policy, not the opposition. The speaker needs to be reminded of hoe things work.

[@thomasdalton1508]

The motion won't determine UK foreign policy. It is just a way for the House of Commons to express its view. That view is not binding on the government.

[@fahimnirjon7082]

The Indian breed P.M and the Scottish breed speaker should handover their resignations. Utterly disgraced bunch of politicians

[@_ob200]

I didn’t vote for my MP to debate this. This issue has nothing to do with us

[@israelisntreal786]

Lmao the amount of Genocidal Intent in this comment section....

[@trueredred859]

🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

[@markhayward7400]

The Tory backbench MPs that can be heard decrying Speaker Hoyle's ruling completely lost sight of what's important here. Schoolboy shouting when serious and thoughtful discussion and agreement was needed!

[@jamietherooster]

Ahh i see. We should just let corruption slide because it benefits Labour. Pathetic deflecting

[@xpresslotodo460]

Free Palestine

[@michellelandale1187]

Speaker should not be a ex labour MP.

[@pershaankhan1662]

Speaker of the House is elected by mps. Many voted for this guy to be speaker, including many tories

[@John-ny7jn]

Why not? The last Speaker was an ex Conservative MP

[@user-ii8tc7zm2h]

No. Of course not. They should always be Torys so they can win no matter what.

[@bazmurphy7792]

I can not believe that all this steams from what or how a statement should be prepared. Weather that was in the form of a letter or just a government statement, and the choice of words that go into it. What a sham. They should all be ashamed of themselves when we are suffering the highest tax burden since WW2, and working people are having to use food banks. I will never vote for any party again.

[@stan-ut5gj]

Vote REFORM if you want real change.

[@michaelathanasiou2030]

I always had my suspicions that starmer works with people to stir haterd on Tories ( like working with the bank of England to keep interest rates sky high) I think what he did here with the speaker goes a long way to prove me right !!!!!!!

[@manishg214]

The country stands with Israel ❤

[@lw1zfog]

🇬🇧🤡🌎🇬🇧🤡🌎🇬🇧🤡🌎 did Hoyle have lunch with Shai Masot perchance ? asking for a friend.

[@EZEKIELAIA]

EZEKIELAIA "LINDSEED FOOOKS IT UP! KZbin.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂