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Mr Hanvey then rose to his feet and could not be heard over the heckling from Tory MPs, before he was subsequently told to leave the chamber. Mr MacAskill could be heard trying to raise a point of order and appeared to say “we need a referendum in the Prime Minister” before he was drowned out by other MPs. MPs Kenny MacAskill (East Lothian) and Neale Hanvey (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) were told to “get out now” by speaker of the House Lindsay Hoyle in furious scenes at the start of the session.
ALEX Salmond's Alba party's only two MPs have been kicked out the House of Commons after trying to launch a protest at Prime Minister's…
The question of Scottish sovereignty will not be denied and Scotland’s people will ultimately prevail.” “Scotland cannot, and will not, be held hostage within a Union completely detached from the needs, realities, and aspirations of her people. “It’s time Scotland had the right to determine its own future rather than having a future determined by a handful of Tory MPs and then by a handful of Tory members – none of whom have been elected in Scotland. And indeed no Tory prime minister has been elected in Scotland in my lifetime.” “We have a mandate for a referendum in Scotland, this is a Prime Minister who is distorting parliamentary democracy, who is denying Scotland its legitimate right to a referendum and at the same time … Scotland is an energy-rich country and over half our people are going to be facing fuel poverty. The two Alba MPs have today penned a letter to Boris Johnson, labelling his refusal to accept a Section 30 order that would pave the way for a re-run of the 2014 referendum to take place as an “egregious afront to Scottish Democracy and to the people of Scotland”. Alba’s Kenny MacAskill and Neale Hanvey were ordered by Speaker Lindsay Hoyle to leave the chamber after shouting at the Prime Minister to agree to a Scottish independence referendum to be held.
NEALE Hanvey MP was thrown out of the House of Commons after taking part in a protest at the start of Prime Minister's Questions.
"If you want to go out, go out now but if you stand again I will order you out. Serjeant-at-arms, escort them out!" "Chargehand, deal with them!
Alba Party pair Kenny MacAskill (East Lothian) and Neale Hanvey (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) were ordered to leave the chamber by Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle in ...
He said: “Neale Hanvey, I’m now naming you and Kenny MacAskill to leave this chamber. Mr MacAskill could be heard trying to raise a point of order and appeared to say “we need a referendum”, before he was drowned out by other MPs. Alba Party pair Kenny MacAskill (East Lothian) and Neale Hanvey (Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath) were ordered to leave the chamber by Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle in furious scenes at the start of the session.
Boris Johnson this week rejected a request for Scotland to hold a fresh referendum on independence.
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