Keir Starmer comes under pressure over claims he ‘bullied’ Commons Speaker Lindsay Hoyle before the chaotic Gaza vote

• Sir Keir printed full particulars of their conversations in the run-up to Gaza vote 

Sir Keir Starmer is under pressure to dispel claims he ‘bullied’ the Commons Speaker by publishing full particulars of their conversations in the run-up to final month’s vote on Gaza.

Former Tory Cabinet minister Sir Liam Fox mentioned Parliament had an obligation to research ‘not if, however how’ Sir Keir ‘pressurised the Speaker into setting a horrible precedent’ by permitting the Labour chief to hijack an SNP debate on Gaza to be able to cowl up divisions in his personal social gathering.

Writing in the Daily Mail, Sir Liam says: ‘The Labour Party hope that now we have all forgotten about the incident and can quietly let it drop… however we have to know the way the Speaker’s ruling happened.

‘Who did the Speaker meet with, and when in the run-up to the debate on Gaza? Were all the guidelines adopted equally for every social gathering, with officers in attendance to maintain a document? What, precisely, was mentioned?’

Sir Liam provides: ‘Only then can Parliament take a view on whether or not the matter must be examined extra formally.’ 

Sir Lindsay Hoyle prompted uproar final month when he tore up Commons guidelines to permit Labour MPs to vote on their very own modification on Gaza throughout what was meant to be an SNP debate calling for a right away ceasefire.

READ MORE: LIAM FOX: The speaker set a horrible precedent… We should reply the query of not if, however how Keir Starmer pressurised him

Parliamentary sources say that Sir Keir gatecrashed a gathering between Sir Lindsay and Labour’s chief whip simply minutes before the Speaker’s controversial ruling. Commons clerks are mentioned to have been requested to go away the assembly.

Sir Keir has ‘categorically’ denied placing pressure on Sir Lindsay to alter the guidelines on his behalf.

And Sir Lindsay mentioned he had acted to permit MPs the ‘widest potential’ debate. 

But Sir Liam factors out right now that he rejected a bid from the Liberal Democrats to debate its personal modification.

More than 90 MPs have known as on Sir Lindsay to resign over the concern. 

But Sir Liam says right now it’s now time to show scrutiny on the Labour chief, who might finally face an investigation by Parliament’s sleaze watchdog.