Commons speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has called on the Ian Blackford to withdraw his comment that the prime minister has “misled the House”.
Mr Blackford replied: “That the Prime Minister may have inadvertently misled the House.”
Sir Lindsay countered: “To help me help the House, you’ve withdrawn your earlier comment and replaced it with inadvertently?”
Mr Blackford said: “It’s not my fault if the Prime Minister can’t be trusted to tell the truth.”
After wrangling over whether the SNP Westminster leader had withdrawn his statement, Sir Lindsay Hoyle ejected him from the Chamber - but it appears he had already left.
This comes as Boris Johnson faced MPs in the wake of the publication of Sue Gray's partygate 'report'.
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7 сен 2024