It all kicked off in the Commons and this is what British democracy looks like today

It’s not the final PMQs of Boris Johnson’s so-called premiership until next week, but the signs are that he won’t bother turning up again so today was his final farewell.

Except it wasn’t Johnson’s typical non-performance that caught the attention, it was what happened before the PM stood up. If you want to know how British democracy is operating right now, look no further.

“Shut up or get out”

Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle orders Alba MPs Neale Hanvey and Kenny MacAskill “to leave this chamber” as #PMQs beginshttps://t.co/2N3E2Jw15T pic.twitter.com/jxrogjGRPN

— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) July 13, 2022

The absolute state of it. Just imagine what would happen if someone lied to Parliament.

And here are just a few of the things people were saying about it.

1.

Britain is now a badly botched amateur dramatic slapstick farce.

What on earth have I just watched. pic.twitter.com/Xiwc87Yr80

— Brendan May (@bmay) July 13, 2022

2.

Two minutes into #PMQs and Lindsay Hoyle has already lost any semblance of control and the entirety of his shit.

Fucking ranting like a pissed off supply teacher who just spent a quarter of an hour dodging erasers.

— Sally Forth 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ (they/them) (@SpillerOfTea) July 13, 2022

3.

I'm afraid his voice going very high at 0:34 is making me cry with laughter. https://t.co/x8unjc1oJW

— Simon Blackwell (@simonblackwell) July 13, 2022

4.

Do you want to know what makes Lindsay Hoyle angry? Other MPs holding the Conservatives accountable. He’s responsible for enabling Johnson’s reign of terror.#PMQs

— Supertanskiii (@supertanskiii) July 13, 2022

5.

This is like those clips which occasionally emerge from the parliament of some failing state that go viral.

Only it's the UK. https://t.co/WkQSOmQc8J

— Alex Andreou (@sturdyAlex) July 13, 2022

6.

https://twitter.com/YvonneBurdett3/status/1547174909339639810?s=20&t=kaVKIquhDzxlArZTIZHAKA

7.

Hoyle is seriously pissed off jesus christ.

— Ian Dunt (@IanDunt) July 13, 2022

8.

Auto-captioning for #PMQs is playing a surreal blinder right now. pic.twitter.com/6WRIxvDKAM

— Dr Adam Rutherford (@AdamRutherford) July 13, 2022

And just in case you were wondering, the two people expelled were Kenny MacAskill and Neale Hanvey, the only two MPs of Alex Salmond’s Alba party who were trying to launch a protest over Scottish independence.

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Source Twitter @BBCPolitics