00:00 Two significant things happened yesterday, and I'm not sure all honourable Members have
00:06 clocked. Firstly, it fell to the Government Benches to defend the rights of a minority
00:14 party in this House. If the honourable Lady opposite cannot bring herself to reflect on
00:25 the appalling consequences of her party's actions yesterday, if she cannot rise above
00:33 the narrow and immediate needs of her weak and fickle leader, to fulfil her duties to
00:42 this House as its shadow leader, perhaps she might like to reflect on the damage her party
00:49 has done to the office of the Speaker. I would never have done to him what the Labour party
00:58 have done to him. We have seen into the heart of Labour's leadership. Nothing is more important
01:08 than the interests of the Labour party. The Labour party before principle, the Labour
01:15 party before individual rights, the Labour party before the reputation and honour of
01:23 the decent man that sits in Speaker's chair, the Labour party before fairness, integrity
01:32 and democracy. In Rochdale, the Labour party before a zero tolerance policy towards anti-Semitism.
01:43 Many of us knew this about the Labour leader. I saw it in his frustration of our country
01:50 getting the best deal possible when we left the EU. The Labour party before country.
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