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Kick bishops out of Lords so they can focus on Church crisis, Commons told
AOL 12 Nov 2024
Pete Wishart, the SNP MP for Perth and Kinross-shire, suggested members of the clergy would be better off dealing with the row behind the Archbishop of Canterbury’s resignation than attempting to “run our country”.
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SNP MP calls for House of Lords to be abolished
London Evening Standard 12 Nov 2024
Pete Wishart described Parliament’s second chamber as an ‘absurd embarrassment’ ... .
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MPs to consider call to remove Church of England bishops from House of Lords
AOL 12 Nov 2024
He said last month. “There’s a big opportunity here ... Other MPs have also put forward proposals, with the SNP’s Pete Wishart (Perth and Kinross-shire), a long-term critic of the House of Lords, proposing the abolition of the upper chamber ... .
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MPs reject bid to remove Church of England bishops from House of Lords
AOL 12 Nov 2024
The division list showed of the Tory MPs who took part in the vote, 15 voted in favour of the amendment and 18 against ... SNP MP Pete Wishart (Perth and Kinross-shire) also suggested the bishops “stick to their ministries”, telling the Commons ... He added.
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Gavin Williamson says he is more radical over House of Lords reform than Labour
AOL 15 Oct 2024
SNP deputy leader in Westminster Pete Wishart briefly intervened on Sir Gavin, urging the speaker to “make him stop this inconsequential nonsense”, to which the Conservative MP said he ...
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Calls to remove bishops from House of Lords as MPs support upper chamber reforms
AOL 15 Oct 2024
Cabinet Office minister Nick Thomas-Symonds replied to the Gainsborough MP ... SNP MP Pete Wishart compared peers to the Baratheons and Targaryens from Game Of Thrones, and described the House of Lords as a “red leather-upholstered, gold-plated Narnia” ... .
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Embarrassing! Politicians and fans unite in anger over Scotland
The Daily Mail 11 Oct 2024
It had been hoped a similar arrangement could be found for the matches against Croatia in Zagreb on Saturday night and Portugal at Hampden on Tuesday ... Branding the situation entirely unacceptable, Pete Wishart, SNP MP for Perth and Kinross, said ... .
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Inside the TV row tearing Scottish football apart: Hot air from politicians is proving a ...
The Daily Mail 11 Oct 2024
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Lammy criticised for 'Orwellian' Gaza comments at Labour meeting
The New Arab 23 Sep 2024
'Orwellian' comments ... SNP Deputy Leader Pete Wishart criticised the Labour Party, under Prime Minister Keir Starmer, for showing "no courage or leadership" in response to the conflict ... ....
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Fergus Ewing: Salmond case is 'scandal of our age'
The Spectator 16 Sep 2024
But for Mr S, there was one interview in particular that rather stood out… ... Others – including deputy leader Keith Brown and veteran MP Pete Wishart – have even started to make noises about working with Salmond’s SNP-bashing separatist party ... .
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The battle for Britain: Wily Salmond played Old Etonian David Cameron like a cheap fiddle
The Daily Mail 14 Sep 2024
Alex Salmond was ever the showman ... Only a full-blown media event would do to mark the historic occasion ... And on October 15, 2012, the First Minister got his way ... This view was confirmed by Nationalist MP Pete Wishart, who said before the first event ... .
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‘Different, uncertain, fractious:’ Perth MP Pete Wishart considers independence movement 10 years after referendum
The Courier 07 Sep 2024
The veteran SNP MP - first elected to represent Perthshire in 2001 - admits independence seems further away now than it did after the No vote in 2014 ... .
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SNP faces budget fears as cross-party relations break down
The Spectator 05 Sep 2024
All is not well in Holyrood ... When the SNP’s Pete Wishart tried his hand at a bit of Labour-bashing in PMQs yesterday, the Prime Minister was quick to taunt the parliamentarian over his own party’s rather spectacular fall from grace, noting ... .
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Keir Starmer is acting like he’s still in opposition
The Spectator 04 Sep 2024
Keir Starmer made a couple of verbal slips at Prime Minister’s Questions ... Isabel Hardman ... Davey now gets two questions as the leader of the third largest party in the Commons, with the SNP relegated to just one, which was asked today by Pete Wishart ... .
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