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June 13, 2018 | John Bercow | Ian Blackford | David Linden SNP Westminster spokesperson Ian Blackford tries to use the private sitting parliamentary procedure to disrupt PMQ's. When Speaker John Bercow rules that the division must occur after the completion of PMQ's, Blackford stands in protest and is, consequently, instructed to withdraw from the House for the remainder of the day's sitting. In a show of solidarity, the rest of the SNP contingent walk out of the chamber.