The DUP leader was responding to a remark from the speaker-elect
DUP leader Gavin Robinson brought the House of Commons into fits of laughter as he responded to a remark from Speaker-elect Sir Lindsay Hoyle.
Mr Robinson continued to recall how he met a constituent of the Speaker while campaigning in the Foyle constituency which prompted a heckle from the SDLP's Colum Eastwood who shouted "Derry" following Mr Robinson referencing Londonderry. "The one piece of advice I would give every new member here is that the Speaker doesn't just chair the meetings, he is the boss. He is in charge of everything around this place and you would do well not to fall out with him. In fact, even a bit of sucking up sometimes is good," he quipped to the laughter of the Chamber, before praising the Speaker for his work during the last Parliament.
The TUV's Jim Allister was sat next to Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, despite Mr Farage having ripped up an agreement between the two parties and backed his opponent Ian Paisley in the election. "As I come to this House, I come on behalf of constituents in Northern Ireland with a very clear message that Northern Ireland's place within this United Kingdom must be restored. We must end the partitioning of our kingdom by a foreign border and we must end a situation where 300 areas of law in Northern Ireland are not controlled by this House, not controlled by Stormont, but controlled by a foreign parliament. That is an appalling constitutional affront.
SDLP TUV Ulster Unionist Party Jim Shannon North Down Stormont
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