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Momento insólito, mas simbólico, no Parlamento. Em protesto
pela recusa de May de continuar um verdadeiro debate, um membro do mesmo,
retirou momentâneamente o símbolo de soberania Parlamentar para ilustrar o
"contempt" / desprezo de May pela soberania Parlamentar.
OVOODOCORVO
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Labour MP causes uproar by swiping giant Parliament symbol,
but avoids Tower of London lockup
The Labour MP who grabbed the ceremonial mace was expelled
from the House of Commons for what he said was a protest against the prime
minister's delay of a Brexit vote.
Dec. 11, 2018 / 12:15 AM GMT+1
By Minyvonne Burke
A Labour member of the House of Commons was booted out of
the chamber on Monday after causing an uproar by grabbing the ceremonial mace,
a symbol of Parliament's authority, and starting to carry it out of the room.
The rest of the world may not have known before today what a
mace in Parliament is, but many people learned after watching the video on
social media. It was also apparent to viewers that removing the mace from its
resting place in the House of Commons is decidedly improper.
MP Lloyd Russell-Moyle was caught on video posted by BBC
walking to the center of the House of Commons chamber, picking up the mace from
a table and carrying it toward what appeared to be the exit before he was
stopped.
The mace in Parliament symbolizes royal authority and
without it neither House can meet or pass laws, according to Parliament's
website. The House of Commons mace is a silver gilt ornamental club, dating
from the reign of Charles II in the 1600s.
As some other MPs erupted at Russell-Moyle's move, with at
least one person yelling for him to put it back, a woman approached and took
the mace to return it to its proper spot.
Russell-Moyle was then expelled from the chamber.
Lloyd Russell-Moyle
✔
@lloyd_rm
When the PM doesn’t
allow a vote of the people on the Europe deal, now she won’t even allow a vote
of parliament or give us a date as to when we get a vote. The only option is to
heckle this shower of a government that can’t negotiate their way outa a paper
bag. 🤬😤
In a tweet afterward, he said that he tried to exit the room
with the mace to protest the prime minister's postponing a Brexit vote.
"When the PM doesn’t allow a vote of the people on the
Europe deal, now she won’t even allow a vote of parliament or give us a date as
to when we get a vote. The only option is to heckle this shower of a government
that can’t negotiate their way outa a paper bag," he wrote.
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