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Holly Patrick | Wednesday 15 November 2023 17:14 GMT
Protesters disrupt Labour’s Israel-Hamas speech in House of Commons
Protesters disruptedYvette Cooper’s speech in theHouse of Commons as she spoke about the Israel-Hamas conflict on Wednesday, 15 November.
A group of around five or six people were removed from the public gallery after holding up “Ceasefire now” signs during the King’s Speech debate.
Doorkeepers approached the group and removed them from the public gallery.
Extinction Rebellion (XR) claimed responsibility for the protest.
It comes asLabour MPs were due to be subject to a three-line whip to abstain on the SNP’s amendment to the King’s Speech calling for a ceasefire.
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