CONSERVATIVES' DRAMA QUEEN №.3

There was really incredible day in Parliament. What a drama. On Wednesday night the MPs should debate on the UK's response to the war between Israel and Hamas however, instead of democratic debate and vote the Conservative party walk out pretending that they are supporting SNP. What a joke!
Make no mistake parliamentary procedure has no space for multiple choice answers and what the Commons Speaker tried, and spectacularly failed. There were three suggestions: One from Tories – the government amendment, there was Labour motion to vote for a ceasefire and finally there was also SNP motion.
What has happened was that pulling the plug on proceedings and allowing the Labour amendment to pass, the Conservatives scuppered the chance for the SNP to have a vote.
They also brought down the Speaker's plan to give each of the three biggest parties their chance to make clear exactly where they stand on a hugely divisive issue, in a context of growing concern about MPs' safety.
In recent weeks, the Conservative MP for Finchley and Golders Green Mike Freer has announced he will be standing down from Parliament after receiving death threats. A fellow Conservative MP, Tobias Ellwood, has spoken about protests outside his home over the situation in Gaza.
Shadow Leader of the Commons Lucy Powell was reflecting these situations and more when she said in the Commons that MPs are working under a "long shadow of threats, intimidation and security concerns".
What happened next was again unforeseen. The Speaker apologizes to walk out. In his apology to MPs, the Speaker said "the details of the things that have been brought to me are absolutely frightening".
There are no doubt Speaker Hoyle takes MPs' safety seriously but by no means he should apologise as he did. His word in parliament should be first and last! His predecessor John Bercow would never ever do something like this even if he would be aware that mistake being made like this one that Speaker Hoyle giving option to all three motions. Speaker Hoyle previously suggested that the possibility of another violent attack on an MP keeps him awake at night.
Conservative MP Sir Charles Walker described it as an "obsession" that had "clouded" the Speaker's judgement when he chose to depart from normal procedure.
But those Conservative backbenchers now calling for the Speaker to go believe that changing the rules amounts to a concession to what they see as intimidating behaviour from some pro-Palestinian protesters.
The former attorney general, Tory MP Sir Geoffrey Cox, described it as "abject surrender to intolerance and tyranny", which "offers up the House of Commons as able to be influenced by external threats".
Lord Walney, the government's Independent Adviser on Political Violence and Disruption, told to the BBC: "It is extraordinarily serious to have a position where the events of our seat of democracy can be influenced by a sense of threat coming from outside. From the angry crowd that was gathered around while the vote was taking place last night, or the increasing levels of intimidation that MPs are facing at their homes, outside their offices, going about their business.”
The leader of the Commons Penny Mordaunt has her “moment” to stand and made speech about the drama in parliament as her endorsement for the next PM accusing Labour party that they made pressure on Speaker Hoyle with suggestion that Labour threaten him that he will be out of the job when Labour comes to power if their motion about Gaza will not be accepted and voted on. What a drama queen!
For me this Penny Mordaunt tried to impress with her speech to give her fellow conservatives first sign that she will be contender for the next PM like Liz Truss or Kemi Badenock.




