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Absurd rule
Agreed.
It feels like the filibuster in the US. A bonkers rule that exists due to history but no one has ever had the political will, clout or appetite to reform.
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The speaker should've done a better job of explaining why Blackford was ejected. A good explainer here:
https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmselect/cmproced/writev/language/p19.htm
andyp
Absurd rule, frankly. Don’t see what the actual point of Parliament is, if this is what it’s reduced to.