“INACCURATE” RIGHT BUT “LIAR” WRONG
HUBBUB IN THE COMMONS ATTORNEY-GENERAL ASSAILED LABOUR MEMBER SUSPENDED By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright LONDON, Thursday. In the closing stages of the third reading of the Trade Union Bill destructive Opposition amendments to it were successively rejected on party lines. Mr. J. Maxton (Labour) hotly assailed the Attorney-General (Sir Douglas Hogg) and characterised him as “a political blackguard and liar.” The Speaker demanded a with drawal. Mr. Maxton: I have heard the word hurled across the floor a dozen times to-day. The Speaker: If you charge the Attorney-General with inaccuracy, this is common enough; but the word “liar” must not be flung across the House. Mr. Maxton: I am charging him with worse than inaccuracy. The Speaker: I call upon you to withdraw from the rest of the debate. Mr. Maxton sat motionless, and the Speaker appealed to him to respect his authority. Mr. Maxton: That is not the issue. The Speaker: “named” Mr. Maxton, and Mr. Winston Churchill’s motion for suspension was carried by 148 votes to 73. Mr. Maxton walked out amid Labour cheers.—A. and N.Z.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 80, 25 June 1927, Page 13
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