Penny Mordaunt accuses Labour of doing ‘damage’ to house speaker – video

Penny Mordaunt said the Labour party had ‘done damage’ to the office of the speaker as more than 50 MPs signed a motion of no confidence in Sir Lindsay Hoyle.

Mordaunt said it had fallen to the government to defend the rights of the Scottish National Party and added that the Labour party should reflect on the damage it had done to the office of the speaker.

Dozens of lawmakers stormed out of Britain’s parliament on Wednesday with tempers flaring as the three biggest political parties sought to outmanoeuvre each other over a vote on a ceasefire in Gaza. The uproar followed a decision by the speaker to ignore precedent and allow a vote which helped the opposition Labour Party avoid a large-scale rebellion among its own lawmakers over its position on the Israel-Hamas war