Pressure Builds on UK Commons Speaker After Gaza Vote Chaos
- Dozens of MPs sign motion calling for Lindsay Hoyle to quit
- Tories, SNP furious at rule change seen as favoring Labour
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House of Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle faced growing calls from Conservative and Scottish National Party politicians to resign over the chaotic scenes in Parliament late Wednesday, triggered by accusations he had intervened to help the Labour Party avoid a rebellion over a vote on Gaza.
Over 65 Members of Parliament had signed a motion declaring no confidence in the Speaker as of Thursday evening — one in 10 of all MPs — all SNP and Tory except for a former Conservative sitting as an independent. Though non-binding, the number will alarm Hoyle, whose position depends on broad support.