'Scotland Will Not Be Disrespected': WATCH SNP MPs Stage Mass Parliament Walkout

Scottish National Party MPs have staged an en-masse walkout from the House of Commons after Westminster leader Ian Blackford was asked to leave the chamber for repeatedly challenging Speaker John Bercow.
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After repeatedly intoning "Scotland will not be disrespected by this Parliament," Bercow ordered the SNP's London leader to depart the chamber.

​In response, Blackford called for the House to sit in private, in order to disrupt proceedings. If successful, his demand would've disrupted parliament for 15 minutes — the call was a mechanism for forcing a vote on clearing the private gallery.

​The leader's protest stemmed from Scotland's treatment in the Brexit negotiations, and the EU withdrawal bill in particular.

​Bercow said he would take it at the end of the parliamentary session, and told Blackford to resume his seat. Blackford refused, so he was ordered to leave — when he departed, his fellow parliamentarians left with him.

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