THE SNP have called for a ‘full, independent investigation’ into new revelations which they say prove the Labour Party deliberately sought to wreck the SNP motion on a ceasefire in Gaza.
During a Channel 4 News interview with Chris Bryant on Sunday night, the Labour MP admitted he was ordered to filibuster to block progress on the SNP’s motion for immediate ceasefire – and accepted “we brought ourselves terribly into disrepute”.
Asked by presenter Cathy Newman whether he was “put up” to filibuster the debate, or took it upon himself to do so, Bryant admitted “a bit of both if I’m honest”.
READ MORE: SNP approach Labour and LibDems ahead of Gaza ceasefire debate redux
“I think the whole day was grubby, and we need a system that doesn’t allow people to manipulate the rules to be able to get what they want,” he said, before laughing when asked if he manipulated the rules to get his way.
The SNP have insisted this revelation shows that UK Labour leader Keir Starmer used “dirty tricks” to stop the party’s motion being debated, and an investigation should be held.
It follows a series of damning allegations about the row over the weekend.
Starmer is believed to have used the time afforded by his party’s filibuster attempts to ‘barge his way in’ uninvited into an unprompted meeting with Speaker Lindsay Hoyle.
Hoyle would then break parliamentary convention, going against the advice of his Clerks, to benefit the Labour Party leader by allowing the party’s amendment to be heard, meaning that MPs would not get the chance to formally vote on the SNP’s motion calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
The SNP accuse labour of being political.
Do not allow Labour and the establishment media to re-write history.
– Labour fillibustered for as long as possible to disrupt proceedings and delay the SNP’s motions
– Starmer admits to having a “private conversation” to the president of Israel before any votes took place.
– senior members were overheard saying that Starmer was going to “fix the speaker”
– Starmer and other muscle forced an unprompted meeting with the Chair
– Starmer and Labour whips “emerged smiling”
– Hoyle then broke Parliamentary convention – against the advice of his own advisors – in order to fix things in Labour’s favour.
– Hoyle had three excuses, with the one that was devised 24 hours after this all happened being the narrative that strangely enough all of our media outlets decided to pick up on in tandem with each other – namely, the “threats to MPs” from “certain communities”
So when they throw that racist dogwhistle out, and attempt to incentivise violence against pro-palestine protesters, remember that the entire point is to try and deflect and distract from the **absolutely undemocratic and corrupt proceedings** from Wednesday, along with the fact that Keir “I support Zionism without qualification” Starmer very heavily implied that he’s doing little more than taking orders from his Israeli masters.
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THE SNP have called for a ‘full, independent investigation’ into new revelations which they say prove the Labour Party deliberately sought to wreck the SNP motion on a ceasefire in Gaza.
During a Channel 4 News interview with Chris Bryant on Sunday night, the Labour MP admitted he was ordered to filibuster to block progress on the SNP’s motion for immediate ceasefire – and accepted “we brought ourselves terribly into disrepute”.
Asked by presenter Cathy Newman whether he was “put up” to filibuster the debate, or took it upon himself to do so, Bryant admitted “a bit of both if I’m honest”.
READ MORE: SNP approach Labour and LibDems ahead of Gaza ceasefire debate redux
“I think the whole day was grubby, and we need a system that doesn’t allow people to manipulate the rules to be able to get what they want,” he said, before laughing when asked if he manipulated the rules to get his way.
The SNP have insisted this revelation shows that UK Labour leader Keir Starmer used “dirty tricks” to stop the party’s motion being debated, and an investigation should be held.
It follows a series of damning allegations about the row over the weekend.
Starmer is believed to have used the time afforded by his party’s filibuster attempts to ‘barge his way in’ uninvited into an unprompted meeting with Speaker Lindsay Hoyle.
Hoyle would then break parliamentary convention, going against the advice of his Clerks, to benefit the Labour Party leader by allowing the party’s amendment to be heard, meaning that MPs would not get the chance to formally vote on the SNP’s motion calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
The SNP accuse labour of being political.
Do not allow Labour and the establishment media to re-write history.
– Labour fillibustered for as long as possible to disrupt proceedings and delay the SNP’s motions
– Starmer admits to having a “private conversation” to the president of Israel before any votes took place.
– senior members were overheard saying that Starmer was going to “fix the speaker”
– Starmer and other muscle forced an unprompted meeting with the Chair
– Starmer and Labour whips “emerged smiling”
– Hoyle then broke Parliamentary convention – against the advice of his own advisors – in order to fix things in Labour’s favour.
– Hoyle had three excuses, with the one that was devised 24 hours after this all happened being the narrative that strangely enough all of our media outlets decided to pick up on in tandem with each other – namely, the “threats to MPs” from “certain communities”
So when they throw that racist dogwhistle out, and attempt to incentivise violence against pro-palestine protesters, remember that the entire point is to try and deflect and distract from the **absolutely undemocratic and corrupt proceedings** from Wednesday, along with the fact that Keir “I support Zionism without qualification” Starmer very heavily implied that he’s doing little more than taking orders from his Israeli masters.