Davey wanted to be thrown out and got what he wanted. He was only really thrown out because his fellow Lib Dem MPs were shouting and thus preventing Jim Murphy making his speech. I think Davey could've stood there all day while the debate was going on around him but that wouldn't've been newsworthy. The Lib Dems were only in the camber en masse to shout down the deputy speaker and more importantly to be seen to walk out en masse.
Michael Lord who was shaking and I think genuinely angry actually started smiling before he decided to throw Davey out. I took that to mean his acknowledging the pantomime aspect of what was going on.
But it does put a bit more pressure on Michael Martin so not all bad.
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