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Calls for resignation of UK parliament speaker grow after Gaza ceasefire debate

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A debate on whether to call for a ceasefire in Gaza, brought the UK parliament into disarray — with the Speaker of the House now accused of ‘party politics’. Nearly 60 MPs are calling on Speaker Lindsay Hoyle to quit for his handling of the parliamentary session. The Scottish National Party, which had tabled the motion, and the Conservative government have both condemned him for selecting the Labour party’s amendment. They accuse the Speaker of trying to avoid internal divisions within the Labour party — despite his duty of impartiality. Al Jazeera’s Harry Fawcett has the latest from Westminster. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find […]

Nicola Surgeon’s husband held in SNP financial probe: UK media

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The husband of Scotland’s former first minister Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested as part of a police investigation into the finances of their Scottish National Party (SNP), UK media reported. In a statement on Wednesday, Police Scotland said they had taken a 58-year-old man into custody for questioning over the party’s “funding and finances”. The Guardian and the BBC reported that the man was Peter Murrell, the husband of the former Scotland leader, Sturgeon. The police investigation is looking at what happened to more than 600,000 pounds ($748,920) raised by Scottish independence campaigners in 2017, which was supposed to have been ring-fenced for spending on that issue but was missing […]