A mass walkout of MPs marks the end of an SNP opposition day that began with a fight over Sir Lindsay Hoyle’s choice of a Labour amendment.
The SNP declared Wednesday to be opposition day. They debated the Israel-Hamas conflict and aimed to convince lawmakers to support their demands for an immediate end to hostilities.
However, Tory MPs were outraged by Sir Lindsay’s contentious decision to allow a Labour amendment to be brought before the House. As a result, the government promised to “play no further part” in the proceedings, and the SNP was denied the opportunity to vote on its initial proposal.
Following the protests of Conservative and SNP lawmakers, Sir Lindsay addressed his detractors in the Commons again, expressing regret for “how it all ended up” and accepting “responsibility” for his acts.
Leader of the SNP Stephen Flynn, however, stated that it would “take significant convincing” to persuade him that the Speaker’s stance was “not now intolerable”.
