i'm not calling for lindsay hoyle to go . te, humane speaker who i think was misguided and misled by the advice and pressure he was put under. i think the real question mark resides over a leader of the opposition who was either permitted his party or himself as represented to the speaker , as represented to the speaker, that we should concede weak need to external threats and intimidation. >> how can he carry on if the snp's 50 or so mps don't have any confidence in the speaker ? any confidence in the speaker? >> well, i'm sure he'll work very hard to restore it. and lindsay hoyle has been a is a decent man who tries his best. what i think the lessons for this are that in future we should not have private meetings with the speaker by one party. um, and it has a it has looked extremely bad and the outcome has been extremely bad. but he's apologised for it and i think we now must reserve judgement. do you think, though, that the gaza conflict is so complicated, so divisive in this country? >> there are things are too >> there a

that's for the speaker, lindsay hoyle. if speaker, sir lindsay hoyle.he labour's he selects the labour's ceasefire amendment, it comes after the prime minister said that calling for an immediate full ceasefire now would not be, he says, in anyone's interest. pressure is mounting on sir keir starmer, to whose hoping to avoid a rebellion in his party over a possible ceasefire in gaza. it comes as the snp has tabled a motion calling for an immediate ceasefire. labour's amendment, though, says that israel, israel's planned assault on rafah, must not take place and an immediate humanitarian ceasefire should instead be observed by all sides. meanwhile, a tory proposal pushes for a humanity pause while clarifying that israel's right to self—defence is still needed. right to self—defence is still needed . in other news, the needed. in other news, the labour leader has also pressed the prime minister today in the commons on allegations made by the business secretary that the former post office boss lied about a row over compensation to victims. it comes after ke

at the behaviour of the speaker lindsay hoyle. government say they will play no part in the vote to the cease—fire. they were protesting against the speaker's handling of the debate. lindsay hoyle chose both the labour party amendment. let's have a listen into what's happening now. they looked like a bit of action within the chamber. with abolition. —— let's have a listen. order, order. the ayes to the right, 20. the order, order. the ayes to the right, 20- the noes _ order, order. the ayes to the right, 20. the noes to _ order, order. the ayes to the right, 20. the noes to the _ order, order. the ayes to the right, 20. the noes to the left, _ order, order. the ayes to the right, 20. the noes to the left, 212. - the ayes to the right, 20. the noes to the left, 212. so the noes have it, unlock. the question— so the noes have it, unlock. the question is— so the noes have it, unlock. the question is that amendment may be made _ question is that amendment may be made as_ question is that amendment may be made. as many as are of the op

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but he said that he didn't threaten lindsay hoyle.conversation with lindsay hoyle about making sure there was the broadest set of options possible. look, we all know that was the screws. we all know that there were many resignations the last time, the issue for labour, the last time it was in a tight spot. and so, of course, it looks like there's cause for him to have put pressure on. and that's why i think what he needs to do is publish the details of what was said and done, what are the conversations that the other whips had and so on and so forth. because otherwise, essentially the speaker is the fall guy for actually pressure that the leader of the opposition and labour may have inappropriately put on him. last thing on this, we had an email from newscaster charlie who said, "i consider myself to be news savvy, reluctantly middle class and quite "politically involved, but i can't for the life of me "figure out the following. "where did parliament go so hideously wrong?" do you think charlie's got a point? well, it's really interes

this is - something that sir lindsay hoyle explain that to us.ly since day one of being speaker, this issue of mp safety in the context of a number of mps being murdered in recent years at times of deep controversy. it is absolutely something that has been previously said to keep him awake at night, making sure that the safety of notjust mps but their staff and the people who work here in the house of commons. so part of his rationale for the decision made yesterday was to try to get the broadest number of views heard in the house of commons. there was a context, a protest going on outside of the house of commons at the time when all of this happened. there are a number of particularly labour mps who have faced protests outside their office about the issues in gaza. there are labour mps who have been confronted in the street and the extent to which that is intimidating and the younger on the streets over this particular issue is causing some real concern so lindsay hoyle suggesting that kind of issue around mp safety is one that was paramount for

but it was the speaker of the house of commons, sir lindsay hoyle , who stole the sir lindsay hoyle, o stole the show. hoyle, who reminded show. mr hoyle, who reminded everybody very much everybody that he is very much a labour mp, stands accused of colluding with his parliamentary party to help sir keir starmer depher lose a backbench and quite possibly shut a frontbench rebellion. he stepped in and saved mate so here's how it saved his mate so here's how it all breaks down. it was the snp who tabled the debate on a ceasefire in gaza . convention in ceasefire in gaza. convention in the house of commons dictates that mps vote on the snp's motion and then the government's amendment it. that meant keir amendment to it. that meant keir starmer bang in trouble. starmer was bang in trouble. total turmoil , rebellions, total turmoil, rebellions, resignations from the shadow frontbench, labour mps continuing to be hounded in the street . mr hoyle, though, had street. mr hoyle, though, had other ideas . other ideas. >> i think it's important on this occasion that the house is able to consider

i was going to say that lindsay hoyle. i always — on.s going to say that lindsay hoyle, i always had a lot _ on. i was going to say that lindsay hoyle, i always had a lot of- on. i was going to say that lindsay| hoyle, i always had a lot of respect for him, he's up the rotor must, in chorley, but him last night, ijust thought, where is this guy going? he has lost the plot completely. he should be there, being impartial, sorting out the unruly rabble on either side of politics. instead of which he made the whole thing a pass. forced us to say where are the politicians of whatever colour, you want to actually serve the country, who want to serve their constituents? what i am seeing, mostly, is people who want to feather their own nest, make a name for themselves, write a book, then glide off to the house of lords, where they can get through the day sleeping on thejob. if where they can get through the day sleeping on the job. if you were employing people like that, wouldn't you sack them, if they were sleeping on shift? ., ., ., , ,, you s

um i would have thought sir lindsay hoyle is.ould thought he's literally fighting for his survival as speaker. i don't think that's too great an exaggeration , but a man with his exaggeration, but a man with his ear closer to the ground than me , physically in every sense, is, of course , phys|cally |n every sense, |s, of course , , physically in every sense, is, of course , chris hope, who joins of course, chris hope, who joins me again live from westminster. chris, it difficult to see how lindsay hoyle survives. this isn't it? i mean, the anger is the anger is astonishing . the anger is astonishing. >> yeah, he's playing with fire. you heard that, didn't you? just then, uh, nigel, that that statement around 7:00, he said he was sorry . statement around 7:00, he said he was sorry. this statement around 7:00, he said he was sorry . this wasn't he was sorry. this wasn't somewhere. somewhere he wanted to end up. but i've been standing in the house of commons central lobby just now, and mps are furious. we've got labour mp jess phil

lindsay hoyle it was sort of behind scenes but he was of behind the scenes but he was warned lindsay n warned lindsay hoyle by his own clerk the letter was clerk in writing the letter was then published and the professionalism that you refer to is deliberately chose to to is he deliberately chose to overrule that . and that was overrule that. and that was a serious misjudgement for which he's apologised . but ultimately he's apologised. but ultimately confidence in him across many of the parties in the commons is now semi shattered and i think it's. yeah, so i think he's. >> so what will happen next then. because you just said starmer, then he's going on about, oh yeah, we need to have these votes and all the rest of it. but to your point, the reason that you didn't have the votes one you removed your votes is one of you removed your amendments. the other set you amendments. the other set of you walked babies. so walked off like babies. so that's was a choice not that's why it was a choice not to votes. so what to have those votes. so what happens then? they happens next then? will th

yesterday, sir lindsay hoyle said he wanted to meet you to reassure you that his decisions.had that meeting? if so, why not has he persuaded you? i had to ask you lindsay for that meeting this morning, and then we did indeed have that meeting. it would be unfair of me to delve into the details of the conversation that we had, but i'm sure you can tell from the fact that i've now called for him to go, that he was not able to convince me that his position is untenable. the reality is that because i keir starmer met with lindsay hoyle and then, moments later, he changed, by his own volition, the rules of the house of commons, in a way which suited the labour party, on a day which was meant to be about talking about the situation in palestine, and it ended up that the house of commons descended into farce. that is his responsibility and ultimately, he needs to go. in the meeting, presumably sir lindsay hoyle told you, as he said in the house of commons, that his decision was not motivated by party politics, but by concerns of what we do of the safety of mps, and when he made a c

sir lindsay hoyle . lindsay hoyle had behaved hoyle.you describe it, martin is having a bearing on what mps discuss here in the house of commons. >> i think we need to be very careful about how the house of commons operates. careful about how the house of commons operates . we shouldn't commons operates. we shouldn't be guided by influences outside that can impact on the proper functioning of parliament. >> parliament is supreme. >> parliament is supreme. >> it is independent isn't, and the debate should be free flowing. they shouldn't be skewered because of protests of one kind or another that are happening outside, because then people would suddenly say, okay, we know how we can manage the system. if we do this and that, then we can make sure that the speaker will take this position rather than the other one. the reality of our politics is that the house of commons debates freely and fairly, and that the speaker is totally, totally impartial . and i'm afraid what impartial. and i'm afraid what happened yesterday , whatever the happene

starmer and sir lindsay hoyle in a i back room, in westminster.aker has lost my confidence and that of my colleagues. - he's going to have to go. support from a tory veteran. i think the speaker will be all right. i hope he will be all right. he deserves be all right. he deserves to be all right. and ijust hope that over the weekend, people reflect on the fact that, yes, he made a mistake, but he did make a mistake through trying to act for the best of good reasons. and so, i think a little bit of compassion and understanding and forgiveness wouldn't go a miss this thursday evening. the speaker's position is difficult, though not yet precarious. there are a growing number of conservative and snp mps saying they no longer have confidence in him, and i spoke to one member of the cabinet who said to me, "i hope lindsay hoyle goes away for the weekend, has a long think and then steps down." but the speaker does have his backers. but in all of this, lindsay hoyle has looked absolutely devastated. he genuinely believes he acted in the interests of parli

better speaker than lindsay hoyle.has been amazingly supportive of me and other members of the house who have run into trouble with threats, had real trouble in terms of the kind of hate they get on social media, the threats they may have. he is the best speaker in my experience. i hope common sense will prevail and ts nonsense of a no-confidence vote will go away. sarah: we are aware of the violence against mp's. of course, the murders of joe cox and david amos. is this level of intimidation and threat getting worse? barry: i think it is. when i was a young mp, people would wre a letter in green ink and you would say, yes. then when we got social media, you would get emails in the middle of the night. we are used to that. but now the intensity of social media allows people, very often anonymously, to tck you and threaten you. in my own case, 18 months ago, i was threatened by somebody who said he was coming down from yorkshire and sort me out, hoped that the people at the palace were still armed. that was very worryin

sir lindsay hoyle said he made — on what happened.indsay hoyle said he made the decision _ on what happened. sir lindsay hoyle said he made the decision to - on what happened. sir lindsay hoyle said he made the decision to allow. said he made the decision to allow the labour amendments out of concerns for the safety of mps, because he did not want them injured or killed. do you accept the explanation? figs or killed. do you accept the explanation?— explanation? as i said, my understanding _ explanation? as i said, my understanding is _ explanation? as i said, my understanding is the - explanation? as i said, my l understanding is the speaker explanation? as i said, my - understanding is the speaker has apologised because the usual way that parliament works as change and that parliament works as change and that was concerning on the speaker said he would reflect on that but the substance on this and the government position is clear, we want to see an immediate pause in what is happening in gaza so we can get more aid in and crucially ge

for the snp, this is primarily on the speaker, sir lindsay hoyle. ed into a farce - because of a decision you made, and that you alone made. sir lindsay tried to win back the snp support in a meeting this morning. he failed. as i have expressed to you privately prior to proceedings here today, - we do not on these benches therefore believe that you can continue - in your role as speaker. just feel the emotion in the speaker's response to that. i regret it, i apologise to the snp. i never, ever want to go through a situation where i pick up a phone to find a friend of whatever side has been murdered by a terrorist. threats to mp5, especially since october the 7th, have weighed heavily on the speaker. that's the core of his defence of his extraordinary decision. last week dozens of pro—palestinian protesters turned up outside the home of conservative mp tobias ellwood. thankfully the police were able to provide a necessary barricade with their own vehicles, but ultimately it was deeply distressing to learn about that. but also for my village, that had

we will be asking whether sir lindsay hoyle can stay in post and will be looking at the increasing threats and pressure mps face from constituents. in alabama, the real life consequences of a court ruling as the state's largest hospital pauses all ivf procedures for fear of prosecution. at half past, it's ai decoded — our weekly look at the latest in the world of artificial intelligence. this week, will ai wipe out humanity? is a universal kill switch needed to prevent an ai apocalypse? and how the technology is being used to decipher scrolls carbonised when mount vesuvius erupted 2,000 years ago. and as if that's not enough, there's another mission to the moon due to land in the next couple of hours. we'll look at the latest contender in the space race. all those stories are coming up, but first some breaking news. spanish firefighters are battling a huge fire in a multi—storey residential block in the eastern port city of valencia. 22 teams of firefighters battling high winds to tackle the fire, according to emergency services. these are dramatic pictures we have had in that show people

let's start with lindsay hoyle, the speaker . the first hoyle, the speaker.his amendment to be tabled. do you think that curries any favour? >> no, i think that's absolutely wrong. >> i think lindsay hoyle, mr speaken >> i think lindsay hoyle, mr speaker, has shown himself whilst he's been speaker , to be whilst he's been speaker, to be completely impartial . this was completely impartial. this was not an easy decision because you've got a number of conventions knocking against each it would very each other. it would be very unusual not to accept an amendment by the leader of the official opposition and unprecedented not to accept one by the government. so you had unprecedented not to accept one by tclash/ernment. so you had unprecedented not to accept one by tclash ofnment. so you had unprecedented not to accept one by tclash of precedence ou had unprecedented not to accept one by tclash of precedence in had unprecedented not to accept one by tclash of precedence in thei this clash of precedence in the order in which they came. so he didn't have an easy deci

lindsay hoyle stepped now lindsay hoyle stepped in. now he's a decent man.ally. well about mp safety. he knows the of essure mps locally. well about mp safety. he knows the of the|re mps locally. well about mp safety. he knows the of the pressure,s locally. well about mp safety. he knows the of the pressure, the :ally. well about mp safety. he knows the of the pressure, the threats lot of the pressure, the threats we don't hear in the media because don't want to tell because mps don't want to tell us want encourage us they don't want to encourage it. offer labour mps it. he tried to offer labour mps a third to vote for the a third option to vote for the party's position, an attempt to try and bring some pressure off them locally. that's been seen as bad faith by the snp and the tories and they've walked away and now , right now, pressure is and now, right now, pressure is building on sir lindsay hoyle to resign as we as we sit here, as you said there , 57 mps have you said there, 57 mps have backed this . motion, this edm, backed this. motion, this edm, whic

so even, um, sir lindsay hoyle , uh, was scared lindsay hoyle, uh, was scared and wanted to protect, people . we've got to get a grip people. we've got to get a grip on this. and uh, and go in the right direction. and obviously enough with language. be clear about what you're saying and who you're directing it at. and, uh, we should all right with we should be all right with that. i would agree that, that. but i would agree that, uh, mps need extra protection. ian. >> stephen, much, >> stephen, thank you very much, sir. stephen carlton—woods, our political commentator, for joining um you joining us on that one. um you know, saw , frankly, a chaotic know, we saw, frankly, a chaotic is putting it politely this week, isn't it , is putting it politely this week, isn't it, in the house when we had the mob outside , we when we had the mob outside, we had from the river to the sea, beamed to on the elizabeth tower, big ben, etc. um, and we saw lindsay hall basically admitting that he was very worried about mps safety . so, i worried about mps safety. so, i mean, maybe we shouldn't be surpri

lindsay hoyle accepted that labour amendment for debate, infuriating the snp and several mps from thelindsay has said he regrets what happened and will hold meetings with all concerned parties. let�*s get our now see what happens just a few moments ago in the house of commons, we heard from penny mordaunt, the conservative who addressed this issue, and addressed what happened. she is the leader of the house. let�*s take a lesson. it fell to the government benches to defend the rights of a minority party in this house. if the honourable lady opposite cannot bring herself to reflect on the appalling consequences of her party�*s actions yesterday, if she cannot rise above the narrow and immediate needs of her weak and fickle leader... to fulfil her duties to this house, as it shadow leader, perhaps she might like to reflect on the damage her party has done it to the office of the speaker. i would done it to the office of the speaker. iwould never done it to the office of the speaker. i would never have done it to him what the labour party have done to him. so that was just in the last 15

and what lindsay hoyle did yesterday, frankly , hoyle did yesterday, frankly, was to try to appease extremistces in this country , voices in this country, threatening everything we stand for as a free, open democracy. so my question to you is, should hoyle go .7 give me your thoughts. hoyle go.7 give me your thoughts. farage at hoyle go? give me your thoughts. farage at gbnews.com or as someone said earlier, just just stop. >> hoyle . >> hoyle. >> hoyle. >> hey, i'm sure that'll be in the cartoons tomorrow or the day afterwards. well joining me down the line is danny kruger , the line is danny kruger, conservative member of for parliament devizes. and, danny, you're one of i think it's 57 members of parliament that have called on the speaker to go, um, is that movement gaining momentum ? um, and do you have momentum? um, and do you have a credible alternative ? credible alternative? >> i think there has been growth today in the numbers of people who've signed that motion . so, who've signed that motion. so, yes, whether it will grow much more, we'll see. and no, i'm not aware that there is an

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the speaker of the house there, sir lindsay hoyle. to get - there, sir lindsay hoyle.ening —— happening, we canjoin my colleague at the commons. ijust happening, we canjoin my colleague at the commons. i just want to start with trying to work out what exactly has happened in the last hour and what exactly was voted through the end? i what exactly was voted through the end? , ., ., , what exactly was voted through the end? ., end? i shall do my best but it has been one of— end? i shall do my best but it has been one of those _ end? i shall do my best but it has been one of those evenings - end? i shall do my best but it has| been one of those evenings where end? i shall do my best but it has - been one of those evenings where we have been struggling to keep on what has been going on, it has been very chaotic. earlier on today we had a debate about whether or not the uk parliament should call for an immediate ceasefire in gaza, a debate put forward by the snp. the labour party put forward their own amendment which was slightly different, calling for an immediate humanita

but rishi sunak stopped short of saying sir lindsay hoyle should resign. than 60 mps have now called for sir lindsay to go after he changed parliamentary convention in a way that ended up helping labour. the move sparked chaos in the commons as dozens of snp and conservative mps walked out. the speaker today apologised again saying he had made a mistake. 0ur chief political correspondent henry zeffman reports. this is another example of our politicians getting involved in bun fights. it has stopped being about gaza and it became about them. it just takes you away from the real issue. l shocking. geopolitics descending into petty politics. nobody involved thinks yesterday was parliament's finest hour. but the day on and there is still furious disagreement over who is to blame. the government blames sir keir starmer. i would ask all honourable members not to do this house a further disservice by suggesting that the shameful events that took place yesterday were anything other than party politics and behalf... than party politics on behalf... right back at yo

um, in sir lindsay hoyle . i um, in sir lindsay hoyle. i don't think they'll get anywhere.entially a petition been laid by mps , but the more the bigger by mps, but the more the bigger issue.i by mps, but the more the bigger issue. i think, is there's rumours here tonight that the snp may have a issues about confidence in in lindsay, sir lindsay, and whether that goes anywhere. tomorrow we'll wait and see. but certainly i can't remember it. and jacob, you used to be called the minister for the 19th century. do you remember it happening back then ? remember it happening back then? >> i mean, there were extraordinary scenes in the 19th century. if you think back to the issues with parnell and the filibusters , where the speaker filibusters, where the speaker tookit filibusters, where the speaker took it upon himself to end the filibusters, eventually , and the filibusters, eventually, and the standing orders to bring cloture as they called it in the 19th century, cloture motions, as we call it now, um , came about call it now, um, came about following the speaker's interventi

i _ house, lindsay hoyle. i wish to make a short statement. i know— house, lindsay hoyle.now the whole house will wish tojoin me in our sympathies with his majesty the king following the news announced this evening. ourthoughts following the news announced this evening. our thoughts will be of course with his majesty and his family. we all wish to send him our very best wishes for the successful treatment and a speedy recovery following tonight news. just treatment and a speedy recovery following tonight news.— following tonight news. just a reminder of _ following tonight news. just a reminder of the _ following tonight news. just a l reminder of the announcement following tonight news. just a - reminder of the announcement we following tonight news. just a reminder of the announcement we got as the late queen was suffering and the shot that went around the house. this different circumstances. and by no means less serious given what we've heard from the palace. talk to me about this golden triangle of communication that goes on between the private sector in the palace and

the point about lindsay hoyle is it's not so much has an open door policy, he has an anyone can talk open. he's happy to talk to the prime minister as he is to talk to the cleaner. 0r his parrot. and he has lots and lots and lots of people talk to him. can i ask you to explain how both of those things can be true without revealing your sources are saying what you were told. how it is possible that a senior figure in the british establishment can receive communications if we also have a senior politician saying on the record there weren't communications, nobody did it, no members of staff would have tried, keir starmer didn't, laid david lammy didn't, the chief would didn't. what are we talking about here? smoke signals? pigeon with a message? something written in the sky above the thames saying "allow our amendment or you're toast"? what kind of thing might be talking about inasmuch as you can tell us — and i know it is important to protect your sources. what i reported was that senior labour sources had passed on these messages. i didn't say who they were because you don't name your

sir lindsay hoyle is to hold talks with party leaders after he broke with convention to allow a votebour amendment to a scottish national party proposal. this was a walk—out of members of the snp and the conservatives in protest at the way the vote was handled. it was after the speaker was acccused of hijacking the debate by selecting both labour and government amendments. he later apologised. 0ur deputy political editor vicki young reports. that is... there was confusion. there were angry demands for the speaker to explain himself. where on earth is the speaker of the house of commons? loud cheering. how do we bring him to that seat? and there was a walk—out by the snp and conservatives — an unlikely alliance. chaotic scenes in the commons after mps had been debating one of the most serious foreign policy issues of the day. 0utside parliament, feelings were already running high... chanting: ceasefire now! ..with hundreds of people queuing for hours to lobby their mps. the rules meant the only motion that was being considered was one from the snp, calling for an immediate ceasefire.

i'll come back to said, there, i'll come back to you because there is a big debate here about why lindsay hoylendependent hoyle, who's an independent speaker the of commons, speaker, the house of commons, why effectively changed why is he effectively changed the rules of debate midway through this parliament? it's like a referee in football changing the rules at half time on offside is a problem . the on offside is a problem. the tories are unhappy. so is the snp, but labour are happy tonight because of course they're their mps won't have to vote for a position which wasn't a party position. >> i'm going to let you go in a second and listen to penny. but before i do, there's been suggestions that actually the reason, uh, sir lindsay hoyle changed position on this and changed his position on this and broke convention essentially was because had put because pressure had been put onto by the labour party. is onto him by the labour party. is there any truth that? do you there any truth in that? do you think? yeah >> well, what happened? um, after pmqs today, michel, the speaker went for a meeting b

and sir lindsay hoyle. let's face it, he must be breathing a massive sigh of relief right now because the attention has deflected away from him, but only for a moment, because now it's back on him again. he's refused an snp motion for a debate on the conflict in gaza. the number of no confidence motions in him are rocketing . there are about 80 rocketing. there are about 80 now, so should he stay or should he go . yes, indeed. there is so he go. yes, indeed. there is so much for us to get stuck into . much for us to get stuck into. but before we do, let's cross live to polly middlehurst for tonight's 6:00 news. michelle thank you and good evening to you. >> well, the top story from the gb news room tonight is that the london mayor, sadiq khan, has now accused lee anderson of pounng on now accused lee anderson of pouring on flames pouring petrol on the flames of islamophobia . he was speaking islamophobia. he was speaking after the prime minister described former tory deputy described the former tory deputy

there's lots more still to come between now and 5:00, including there's growing pressure on sir lindsay hoyles. 77 now want to just stop hoyle, but first, here's your latest news headlines with polly middlehurst . polly middlehurst. >> the top stories this hour. the prime minister has refused to describe lee anderson's comments as islamophobic after he said this morning that they were unacceptable and wrong. the former tory deputy party chairman released a statement this morning aimed at clarifying remarks he made on this network when he suggested that islamists had control of the mayor of london. admitting his words were clumsy, lee anderson said he was intending to highlight what he believes is mr khan's failure to tackle pro—palestine protests . s tackle pro—palestine protests. s writing in the evening standard today, sadiq khan described the comments as vile, racist, anti—muslim and islamophobic. well, the common speaker has refused an snp application for an emergency debate on gaza this week. that's after the commons was plunged into chaos last week when sir lindsay hoyle allowed a labou

i would say lindsay hoyle _ position shaky. i would say lindsay hoyle is— position shaky. have confidence in him, i think it all— don't have confidence in him, i think it all depends what comes out over the _ think it all depends what comes out over the weekend of what pressure may have _ over the weekend of what pressure may have been put on him, what stories— may have been put on him, what stories are — may have been put on him, what stories are in the sunday papers. we will see _ stories are in the sunday papers. we will see next— stories are in the sunday papers. we will see next week whether or not he stays in _ will see next week whether or not he stays in his _ will see next week whether or not he stays in his post. a will see next week whether or not he stays in his post-— stays in his post. a particularly different issue _ stays in his post. a particularly different issue and _ stays in his post. a particularly different issue and particularly| stays in his post. a particularly - different issue and particularly the israel gaza issue is one which is particularly d

in your praise and support for lindsay hoyle . you don't want lindsay hoyle. don't want him to go anywhere. why is that? >> well, look, lindsay made a bad decision on on on wednesday. no, you know, it's his decision was indefensible . i certainly was indefensible. i certainly wouldn't try and defend his decision . he made completely the decision. he made completely the wrong decision . um, but, look, wrong decision. um, but, look, he made a he made a mistake. unlike most politicians, he's come to the house of commons at least twice now to say i made a mistake. if only other mps would be quite so willing to come forward and i made a forward and say i made a mistake, he admits he made a mistake, he admits he made a mistake and he apologised for making that mistake and look, if the point i made is that if, if, if everyone lost their job every time they made a mistake, i would have lost my job within about week of being to about a week of being elected to parliament ago, and parliament 19 years ago, and i probably have it probably would have lost it every since. e

oh, lindsay hoyle, he's toast.ou know, he'll be gone, but he'll have to go he'll be gone, but he'll have to 90 by he'll be gone, but he'll have to go by the weekend. well, he's still in a post at the moment, isn't he? but it's a bit hard to see him how he can get out of this. uh it's a real conundrum here, isn't it? what sort of pressure was put on him by sir keir starmer ? you know, all i keir starmer? you know, all i have heard from starmer is all of all of us have heard is a one line saying, oh, no question of it or whatever the phrase he used, i think an awful lot of people are not going to be at all happy with that. what the devil happened in that little office behind the speaker's chair? >> we heard he went in shortly before this moment where before for this moment where lindsay obviously chose before for this moment where linclabour obviously chose before for this moment where linclabour amendment, chose before for this moment where linclabour amendment, you;e before for this moment where linclabour amendmen

sir lindsay hoyle said there could be a vote first and foremost on the vote.he labor party came up with an edition fairly different in tone. we had a lengthy debate this afternoon. the thinking was that there'd be a series of three different votes because the government has the numbers. it would have been their amendment that won out. but no, what happened just before they were about to get to the vote was utter chaos. lots and lots of m.p.'s standing up. the leader of the commons saying that the conservatives didn't awayability to take part anymore. they were really angry with the speaker for allowing labor amendments to be put forward so some of them started walking out. eventually they did all come back in. the speaker came back, apologized, said that he'd made a mistake and promised to meet with the various party leaders in the coming days. but the labor amendment did ultimately pass because none of the conservative m.p.'s took party so in theory there should be an immediate cease-fire but that's massive oversimplification. let's get more reaction from the

oh lindsay hoyle, he's toast.ou know, he'll be gone, but he'll have to go he'll be gone, but he'll have to 90 by he'll be gone, but he'll have to go by the weekend. well, he's still a post at the moment, still in a post at the moment, isn't he? but it's a bit hard to see him. how he can get out of this. uh it's a real conundrum here, isn't it? what sort of pressure was put on him by sir keir starmer? you know, all i have heard from starmer is. and all of all of us have heard is a one line saying, oh, no question of it. or whatever the phrase he used, i think an awful lot of people are not going to be at all happy with that. what the devil happened in that little office speaker's chair? >> we heard went in shortly >> we heard he went in shortly before moment where lindsay before this moment where lindsay hoyle obviously labour hoyle obviously chose the labour amendment. , broke with amendment. you know, broke with protocol, with his own protocol, broke with his own clerk's we then also clerk's advice. we then also

the row that erupted here in westminster last week overture lindsay hoyle's essentially unprecedented settled. this afternoon we will get a new tally of the number of mps who have signed a non—binding but still very significant motion calling for the speaker, basically, to resign. at the end of last week, when the mps broke for the weekend, it was more than one in ten of mps, pretty significant. we also have the scottish national party demanding a binding vote on compelling the government to take various diplomatic actions in the middle east. i think so lindsay hoyle is extremely unlikely to grant that, but then there is a question about how the snp respond if, when he doesn't. also, ithink how the snp respond if, when he doesn't. also, i think this fairly bitter row is linked to the even more bitter row that you were just discussing about lee anderson's comments. what followed from so lindsay hoyle's decision last week was a real debate in westminster and particularly on the political right, both within and outside the conservative party, about the threat of islamist extremism. how m

this week— choppy waters, sir lindsay hoyle. it talks to what politicians were willing to do on a debate of that nature which is about life and limb and horror in the middle east. and it is, of course, i feel very uncomfortable sort of mixed match between our politicians behaviour this week and the sort of reality what is happening on the ground in gaza. but you newscasters, please forgive us, because it is extremely important because the independence of the house of commons chair who the referees really matters in our political parties are grappling with these really had emotive issues around what is going on in the middle east and extremism and islamophobia and anti—semitism, it is really important. it is and islamophobia and anti-semitism, it is really important.— it is really important. it is an unedifying — it is really important. it is an unedifying spectacle - it is really important. it is an unedifying spectacle that i it is really important. it is an| unedifying spectacle that you it is really important. it is an i uned

it is inadmissible and the snp accused of lindsay hoyle of effectively lying and in terms of the promisethe speaker because 80 mps signed a no—confidence motion in sir lindsay hoyle but this debate has shown there is a lot of common ground across the came —— chamber on how to achieve a ceasefire and earlier today downing street said they felt a ceasefire in gaza is now within reach. they felt a ceasefire in gaza is now within reach-— within reach. president biden said it could come _ within reach. president biden said it could come as _ within reach. president biden said it could come as early _ within reach. president biden said it could come as early as - within reach. president biden said it could come as early as next - within reach. president biden said | it could come as early as next week after the talks that have been going on in paris and qatar.— on in paris and qatar. that's right, and i on in paris and qatar. that's right, and i think— on in paris and qatar. that's right, and i think it _ on in paris and qatar. that's right, and i think it framed _ on in paris and qatar. that'

the speaker , sir lindsay hoyle, the speaker, sir lindsay hoyle, has said he was just responding out those mps . out of concern for the safety of those mps. now i'm not sure that we should be subverting democracy to appease threats from islamists. but when hoyle was questioned on sky about the threats faced by mps , different threats faced by mps, different groups were formed in his mind. let's have a look at what he said . said. >> and you can't divorce anti—semitism from the threats and attacks he's faced . and attacks he's faced. >> do you agree with that? framing is that the key risk and cause at the moment? >> we have lots of risks and we have lots of people who don't. whether people at white whether it's people at white fundamentalists, the people there, the rise of the extreme right to terrorists coming across, we face many threats as . across, we face many threats as. >> now, i have to clarify that this interview took place before this interview took place before this week, but it's in the same context . i mean, are you worried context. i mean, are you worried about the threa

more on the future of the speaker of the house of commons, sir lindsay hoyle.and presides over business in the house of commons. it follows last night's debate on a ceasefire in gaza, when sir lindsay departed with convention in choosing which party's proposition should be voted on. let's speak to labour's nick thomas—symonds. hejoins us live he joins us live now from westminster. nick, thank you for being here on the programme. who do you blame for the absolute chaos there last night?— you blame for the absolute chaos there last night? firstly, very good to 'oin ou there last night? firstly, very good to join you this _ there last night? firstly, very good to join you this evening. _ there last night? firstly, very good to join you this evening. sir- tojoin you this evening. sir lindsay hoyle, yesterday, made a decision in good faith, he has explained the reasons for that decision, the reason in the end why there was not a vote on the snp proposition, the labour proposition and the government proposition was because the government itself, late last night, deci

for the best part of three years, i worked with lindsay hoyle , the worked with lindsay hoyle, the speaker of the house of commons, on a daily basis. >> when parliament was sitting . >> when parliament was sitting. knowing him as i do, i have absolutely absolute confidence in his suitability to remain speaker . lindsay in his suitability to remain speaker. lindsay is a man of the greatest integrity of honour and impartiality of leader of the house, or indeed a shadow leader. there are endless discussions that go on about the decision a speaker has to make every some times these go every day. some times these go in your favour. sometimes not. on occasions they cause political inconvenience, sometimes for your opponents rather than for you. but all sides need to have confidence that the speaker makes his decisions with the best interests of the house of commons at heart, and i am absolutely convinced that lindsay does this . he is there lindsay does this. he is there to protect the interests of all members of the house of commons, not the government of the day. and inevitably, some of his de

um, in sir lindsay hoyle . i um, in sir lindsay hoyle. i don't think they'll get anywhere.ly a petition been laid by mps , but the more the bigger by mps, but the more the bigger issue.i by mps, but the more the bigger issue. i think, is there's rumours here tonight that the snp may have a issues about confidence in in lindsay, sir lindsay, and whether that goes anywhere. tomorrow we'll wait and see. but certainly i can't remember it. and jacob, you used to be called the minister for the 19th century. do you remember it happening back then ? remember it happening back then? >> i mean, there were extraordinary scenes in the 19th century. if you think back to the issues with parnell and the filibusters , where the speaker filibusters, where the speaker tookit filibusters, where the speaker took it upon himself to end the filibusters, eventually , and the filibusters, eventually, and the standing orders to bring cloture as they called it in the 19th century, cloture motions, as we call it now, um , came about call it now, um, came about following the speaker's intervention. so

to the side, watching all this unfold was sir lindsay hoyle, who'd had no choice but to come back tohe mess. i am honest to this house. i am true to this house. i believe in all members of this house and i tried to do... i have tried to do what i thought was the right thing for all sides of this house. it is regrettable and i apologise. all this meant labour avoided another damaging rebellion over gaza and they were happy to defend sir lindsay's decision. the speaker was rightly playing his role. he's there to protect the rights of all mps. he was wanting to ensure the widest possible debate. the serious issue of what's going on in the middle east was debated. it was never going to change uk foreign policy but several mps have said this was an embarrassing episode for parliament. vicki young, bbc news, westminster. and we will have more on that story shortly. ivf fertility treatments have been put on hold at alabama's main hospital after the us state's top court ruled that frozen embryos were classified as children. the hospital authorities say they are concerned patients or doctors