This week on Electoral Dysfunction, Beth Rigby, Harriet Harman, and Ruth Davidson dive into the fallout from the newest Labour rebel.
Four MPs have misplaced the whip – formally for repeated defiance, however unofficially? A authorities supply known as it “persistent knobheadery.”
So is Keir Starmer tightening his grip or shedding management? And how does this examine to rebellions of Labour previous?
Plus: the huge Afghan information leak, the key superinjunction, and the constitutional chaos it’s unleashed. Oh and Chesney Hawkes will get an sudden point out.
Responding to claims within the podcast about whether or not Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle might have scrutinised the federal government, a House of Commons spokesperson mentioned: “As has been made clear, Mr Speaker was himself beneath a brilliant injunction, and so would have been beneath extreme authorized restrictions relating to talking about this. He would have had no consciousness which organisations or people had been and weren’t already conscious of this matter.
“The injunction couldn’t constrain proceedings in Parliament and between being served with the injunction in September 2023 and the 2024 General Election, Mr Speaker granted 4 UQs on issues referring to Afghan refugees and resettlement schemes.
“Furthermore, as set out in the Justice and Security Act 2013, the Speaker has no powers to refer matters to the Intelligence and Security Committee.”
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