Starmer insists he did not threaten Lindsay Hoyle ‘in any way’ over Gaza vote

Starmer insisted he did not threaten Lindsay Hoyle 'in any way' over the Gaza vote.Source: ITV News

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00:00 I can categorically tell you that I did not threaten the Speaker in any way whatsoever.

00:06 I simply urged him to ensure that we have the broadest possible debate, so that actually

00:15 the most important thing, which is what do we do about the awful situation in Gaza, could

00:20 be properly discussed by MPs with a number of options in front of them. That's the right

00:25 thing to do. The Speaker did the right thing in making sure the debate was broad, but the

00:31 tragedy is the SNP walked off the pitch because they wanted to divide the Labour Party and

00:36 they couldn't, and the government walked off the pitch because it thought it was going

00:40 to lose a vote.