Purple Faced Starmer Assails The Speaker

"Purple-faced, eyes blazing, Starmer let rip at Sir Lindsay - then whacked his fist on the side of Mr Speaker's throne."

As per Quentin Letts 

Starmer is a vindictive, spiteful, thin skinned little man.  

Hoyle Kowtows To The Mob and Sue Gray

 

"I regret how it's ended up... it was never my intention for it to end up like this"

Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle says he "tried to do what he thought was the right thing for all sides of this House" as he apologises for his decision

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Hoyle's decision yesterday to kowtow to the mob (as represented by Starmer and Gray) caused chaos in yesterday's meaningless Gaza vote, and has now put his position in the firing line.

Despite his semi tearful apology, he knows that he can't unfuck this!

Whilst in the short term Labour managed to avoid an embarrassing public split; in the coming months it will realise that by pandering to religious zealots, it has made a rod for its own back. 

Labour will reap what they have sown. 

The lessons for Labour are as follows:

-Don't kowtow to the mob. 

-Don't call political opponents "scum". 

-Don't try to placate religious fanatics.