This looks like a spectacular bust up between the SNP and the Speaker but it does look staged
WATCH: SNP leader @IanBlackfordMP gets thrown out of the Commons and his MPs follow pic.twitter.com/1sgWkJOCsH
— PoliticsHome (@politicshome) June 13, 2018
https://twitter.com/elashton/status/1006862131898306560
SNP MPs due to stage a mass-walkout from Parliament for the media.
— Aubrey Allegretti (@breeallegretti) June 13, 2018
Dare I suggest that being thrown out of the chamber was precisely what Ian Blackford wanted? John Bercow played straight into his hands. #PMQs
— Kevin Schofield (@KevinASchofield) June 13, 2018
Ian Blackford and the other SNP MPs held up every division last night for as long as they could to deliberately reduce devolution debate time. This pathetic grandstanding is a manufactured drama from a party so out of touch and out of ideas it's reduced to stunts
— Paul Masterton (@pmasterton1985) June 13, 2018
Some random thought's about the SNP's mass walkout today.
1) Speaker Bercow has just antagonised 36 MPs which is a courageous move when a lot of MPs want Speaker Bercow gone. Has Bercow just hastened his own departure?
— TSE (@TSEofPB) June 13, 2018
2) How will this play out in Scotland? A boost for the SNP and Independence or just a meh?
3) The SNP do have a point out the Sewel convention being violated, which I think will have more of an impact than 2)
— TSE (@TSEofPB) June 13, 2018
https://twitter.com/TSEofPB/status/1006641936927805441