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First, the news with tatiana sanchez. Beth, thank you very much and good morning. Your top stories from the gb newsroom. The speaker of the house of commons is facing calls to resign after a debate on a ceasefire in gaza turned chaotic last night, 35 snp and tory mps have now signed a no confidence motion against Lindsay Hoyle after he allowed a Labour Amendment to an snp motion calling for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. The break from convention sparked fury in the house, with commons leader Penny Mordaunt claiming hed hijacked the debate. Labours National Campaign coordinator, pat mcfadden , says coordinator, pat mcfadden, says he sees no reason why his position should be under threat. Position should be under threat. Weve got the highest respect for mr speaker and i feel bad for mr speaker and i feel bad for him today because hes taking the blame and apologising for a situation that he couldnt have foreseen when he took that decision on who would have thought that the government of the day didnt even have the numbers on its own side on a Foreign Policy proposition and that their decision to withdraw more from the debate would effectively crater the plan that the speaker had put together to make sure that all three propositions could be voted on. At least one person has died, and five people have been left injured in a shooting near jerusalem. The incident happened on a highway in the occupied west bank. One woman was seriously wounded , four others seriously wounded, four others moderately. Theyre now in hospital. Local police say they opened fire towards two palestinian gunmen, killing them both. A third is said to be in a critical condition. Police are critical condition. Police are currently examining the area and say theyre trying to open the road towards jerusalem. And road towards jerusalem. And employers could be sued if they dont make reasonable adjustments for menopausal women in the workplace. The equalities in the workplace. The equalities watchdog issued the guidance to companies to reiterate their legal obligations towards women. Legal obligations towards women. Symptoms include hot flushes , symptoms include hot flushes, brain fog and difficulty sleeping , which brain fog and difficulty sleeping, which can be considered a disability. Under the 2010 equality act if it impacts the ability to carry out ulez day to day activities. And ulez day to day activities. And Police Chiefs are calling for new powers to allow them to instantly ban drink or drug drivers at the side of the road. They say it would allow them to take drivers who pose a risk to others off the road immediately. Currently drivers charged with drug or drink driving offences are banned following a sentencing hearing in court, but that can take weeks, during which time drivers are allowed to get back behind the wheel. The national Police Chiefs council for roads policing also want tougher punishments for drivers who kill under the influence, including potential murder charges. For all the murder charges. For all the latest stories, you can sign up to gb news alerts by scanning the qr code on your screen. Or you can go to gb news. Common alerts now back to andrew and. Bev. Very good morning. It is 935 thursday morning. This is britains newsroom on gb news with me bev turner and Andrew Pierce. More scandal with a post office. Ministers are looking at shutting hundreds of branches across country. And that is across the country. And that is across the country. And that is a of a scandal. Frankly, it is. And its a gb news exclusive. So you want to stick around for that. But first, westminster its but first, westminster at its worst, scenes worst, more embarrassing scenes last you believe worst, more embarrassing scenes lasi you believe worst, more embarrassing scenes lasi couldnt you believe worst, more embarrassing scenes lasi couldnt. You believe worst, more embarrassing scenes lasi couldnt. House believe worst, more embarrassing scenes lasi couldnt. House of lieve worst, more embarrassing scenes lasi couldnt. House of commons it . I couldnt. House of commons descended after descended into chaos after the speaken descended into chaos after the speaker, hoyle , was speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, was accused did , of favouring accused and he did, of favouring the labour partys amendment to gaza motion. Gaza ceasefire motion. So this follows hours of debate. There was arguing tory debate. There was arguing tory and snp members left the floor in protest at what they saw as the speaker basically being not able to control the room. Able to control the room. Im partisan how does this help the suffering in gaza and in the end, there was no vote whatsoever. Thats right. Speaker Lindsay Hoyle did have this to say in the fallout after the vote. The fallout after the vote. There wasnt a vote. There wasnt a vote. I am, and i regret with the deepness. I am, and i regret with the deepness. With my sadness that deepness. With my sadness that its ended up on like that in this position. That was never my this position. That was never my intention for it to end up like this. I was upset lutely absent , this. I was upset lutely absent, lutely convinced that the decision was done with the right intentions. Decision was done with the right intentions. I recognise , i intentions. I recognise, i recognise the strength of feeling of members on this issue i when 5mm when you say there wasnt a vote , well, there wasnt vote, well, there wasnt ultimately a vote, was there in the way that it was intended. It was nodded through. It was nodded through. So its the worst of all. So its the worst of all. Words were at worlds, in my view. Commons at its worst. And we shouldnt forget. I like lindsay hall. Ive known him a long time. He was a labour mp. Hes technically still a labour mp and was doing a favour for mp and was he doing a favour for the party . Because there the labour party . Because there was huge revolt was going to be a huge revolt for starmer on this snp for keir starmer on this snp motion, which is quite an allegation really, it . Allegation really, isnt it . The only one youre not the only one saying that this morning though. Lets ask labour mp for Birmingham SteveBirmingham Selly oak, steve mccabe. Morning steve. And mccabe. Good morning steve. And do you agree with andrews assessment of the situation that Lindsay Hoyle acted effectively assessment of the situation that lirasay hoyle acted effectively assessment of the situation that lira ratheryle acted effectively assessment of the situation that lira rather unprofessional ively in a rather unprofessional manner partisan in this manner by being partisan in this very, um, febrile atmosphere there in the. House of commons . There in the. House of commons . Im afraid i dont, andrew. I dont think thats what happened at all. I think its largely misrepresenting the situation. Misrepresenting the situation. Its not entirely new. The existing arrangements were set up existing arrangements were set p by existing arrangements were set up by Norman Stevens back in, uh, margaret thatchers government because there was a dispute about the way opposition debates were handled. So uh, speaker hoyle did parted from recent precedent. But its not recent precedent. But its not in itself , recent precedent. But its not in itself, uh, that you, recent precedent. But its not in itself , uh, that you, the in itself, uh, that you, the problem was that he was given to believe, as i understand it, problem was that he was given to believe, as i understand it , the believe, as i understand it, the problem was he was given to believe that the government fully intended to put and vote on its amendment. Had that on its amendment. Had that happened there would have been three votes. Um at the last minute, you saw it yourself. These leader of the house of commons announced that the government had changed its mind , government had changed its mind, and we can only speculate and why that happened. Steve. It was grubby. It was the commons at its worst. There wasnt a vote in the end. It went through on the nod. It was meant be a Scottish National meant to be a Scottish NationalParty Opposition day. They didnt their put didnt get their motion put to the what grubby the vote. What sort of grubby little leader of little deal did the leader of the sir keir the opposition, sir keir starmer, do behind the speakers chair the speaker . Because chair with the speaker . Because thats it thats what it looks like. It reeks. Reeks. Yeah, well, i certainly agree the scenes were very unedifying. The scenes were very unedifying. I totally share that. Um, i i totally share that. Um, i mean, i think actually the truth is theres been far too much posturing around the whole gaza issue. Too much hot air, too much posturing , too many people much posturing, too many people trying to grab headlines and not thinking about the real situation on the ground. And i situation on the ground. And i dont think the house of commons did itself any favours yesterday, but im not aware of any deals that were done , and i any deals that were done, and i think its wrong of people to suggest that this is an exceedingly difficult situation. There was a good argument for saying that three quite different sets of views should be allowed to be put forward , be allowed to be put forward, and thats what the speaker, as i understand it, sought to do. I understand it, sought to do. Oh, steve, come on. There are labour mps whove been threatened by those who understandably feel very strongly about palestine. I understand the sense of passion behind this issue, but theyve been threatened with violence from islamist constituents of theirs. And this is the way in which our democracy has now bent to this sort of religious, sectarian ism in this country. Thats what happened last night. Well, there are mps , not just well, there are mps, not just laboun well, there are mps, not just labour. I mean, i seem to recall that the snp member, chris lowe, was shouted down when he attempted to address a rally in dundee and we saw the horrendous scenes outside Tobias Ellwood , scenes outside Tobias Ellwood, uh, home. Uh, just the other week. Its certainly true. There week. Its certainly true. There are elements in this country who have used the gaza situation to display their contempt for democracy. I see no argument democracy. I see no argument about that whatsoever. Uh, the about that whatsoever. Uh, the point im trying to make is that there were three slightly different positions , uh, that different positions, uh, that were of significance yesterday. I think , in good faith. Uh, i think, in good faith. Uh, Lindsay Hoyle attempted to reflect that, which is kind of what the speaker is required to do, in my understanding. Look, i do, in my understanding. Look, i have been to Lindsay Hoyle to try and make represent notations on things. My experience of on things. My experience of deaung on things. My experience of dealing with the mine is that he politely listens to you and he makes it clear that he makes the judgement that thats what we elected him to do. Elected him to do. Steve isnt the truth here isnt the truth here. The leader of the opposition is panicking because so many independent muslim candidates are being put up in key labour seats because they do not like the labour partys position on the war in gaza, because starmer had refused to use the word ceasefire. Even your own ceasefire. Even your own frontbencher, wes streeting has got an independent muslim standing against him in a constituency where hes only got a majority of 5000. Another u turn and then they mug the speaker to make sure the vote goes their way. Goes their way. Well, i dont as i say, andrew, i accept that thats the situation at all. The situation in gaza is really difficult. It in gaza is really difficult. It requires people to show a bit of grit and a bit of understanding, and with the greatest respect, it doesnt matter how many motions are passed in the house of commons or how many people chantin of commons or how many people chant in the streets, or what threats certain individuals make, this will only be resolved at the point that we can make the talks in egypt and qatar. At the talks in egypt and qatar. At the un bear fruit. And you know, we should concentrate our energies on that. People who who think that theyre posturing in the house of commons is going to make a difference, are mistaken. Make a difference, are mistaken. Steve. Thank you. Weve finished on a very common sense note there. Labour mp for Birmingham Selly oak, steve mccabe there just to save the number of mps who have now signed a motion confidence signed a motion of no confidence in the speaker, has risen to 49. This getting quite now this is getting quite serious view. Got in the serious in my view. Got in the studio, lister, was studio, sam lister, who was there, of course, political edhon there, of course, Political Editor, express editor, the daily express and lovely sam fels, who was not there, actually was, oh, you there, but actually was, oh, you were there too. I was in parliament a speech on Parliament Giving a speech on parliamentary while it parliamentary ethics while it was down, believe it was all going down, believe it or extraordinary, or not. How extraordinary, amazing. Honestly , i mean, the so the honestly, i mean, the irony of that though, youre there talking about ethics amongst that behaving amongst that rabble behaving like children. Sam lister , like children. Um, sam lister, lets let me just ask you then. Can you just explain the can you just explain to the British Public this matters . British public why this matters . Because be many because there will be so many people morning because there will be so many peoplei morning because there will be so many peoplei dont morning because there will be so many peoplei dont care morning because there will be so many peoplei dont care , morning because there will be so many peoplei dont care , care,1ing because there will be so many peoplei dont care , care, ing going, i dont care, care, i dont care, particularly about whats happening in the middle east. I dont care particularly about whats happening amongst these people in the house of commons. Why is important . Commons. Why is it important . Well, lets just kind okay, well, lets just kind of down bare of take it to down its bare bones. Speaker has ultimate bones. The speaker has ultimate power what happens power to choose what happens in that. So various people that chamber. So various people will amendments to will put forward amendments to change bills to change the laws that affect all our lives. Hes the who chooses them. He has the one who chooses them. He has the one who chooses them. He has the ultimate power. So mps have to be able to completely trust in him to be an independent arbiter. He essentially hes like a referee on a football pitch. If one team thinks that hes the referee is favouring the other side , how can they the other side, how can they continue playing that match . Its not a fair match. And is that a role that people do normally hold with impartial people do normally hold with imfhistorically, they always historically, they always come party, but they come from a party, but they renounce that party allegiance. They become an independent mp until bercow , until john until john bercow, until john bercow, and they we saw during the brexit years , uh, what the brexit years, uh, what happens when a speaker is perceived to be partial . He was obviously perceived to be a remainer. He made comments that made people clearly feel that. And then he took a lot of actions that stymied brexit. And so we saw how angry the house got. I sat through all those brexit wars in the commons as the anger. It was nothing. On the anger. It was nothing. On the anger. It was nothing. On the anger in the chamber last night. I mean, mps were furious. This wasnt just tory mps , this this wasnt just tory mps, this was mps. Even the smaller was snp mps. Even the smaller parties, green party. This parties, the green party. This has implications for all the other parties. Only labour were happy happened happy with what happened last night has to tell you night and that has to tell you something about the scale of this, because he effectively , by this, because he effectively, by what did with by manipulating what he did with by manipulating the commons procedure in an unprecedented way, he stopped there a massive there being a massive labour revolt on whether there should be a ceasefire immediately. Yeah. And it was the biggest revolt of his leadership in november. It would have been even bigger last night. And he has got this problem, starmer, hasnt he, with all these independent muslims, this is going will going to mean even more will come would imagine, come forward. I would imagine, because there wasnt a vote, it wasnt a vote. Because there wasnt a vote, it wasand| vote. Because there wasnt a vote, it wasand| votestarmer it and keir starmer i mean, it would a huge, huge would have been a huge, huge night for him. He faced this massive rebellion, you say. Night for him. He faced this mwould rebellion, you say. Night for him. He faced this mwould rebelibeen you say. It would have been deeply divisive for his party. Just remind why the just remind us why the rebellion, though, his rebellion, though, because his party to for party didnt want to vote for his they his amendments. Yes, they were on with the snp ve