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Remoaner MPs in hot water for singing Ode to Joy in the Commons during Brexit vote
ANTI-BREXIT MPs were told off for singing the EU's anthem Ode to Joy ahead of the vote to trigger Article 50, in an act of apparent protest.
Members of the SNP faced a wrist slap from the Deputy Leader of the House of Commons after they hummed and whistled the tune.
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All 45 members of the SNP in Westminster voted against Theresa May's 'Article 50 Bill', which would give permission for Britain to begin the process of leaving the EU.
The vote was carried with a majority of 372.
But the Scottish members were clearly against Brexit as they were conducted in their performance of the Beethoven composition by SNP MP Patricia Gibson.
The party has argued Scotland voted by a majority to remain a part of the EU and as such the Scottish Parliament was being denied a say.
Deputy Speaker Lindsay Hoyle shouted: "Order! It's a very good reason to hold a choir but what I would say is I don't mind singing but I certainly can't allow it in the chamber.
"Because before we know it we could hear other tunes and I don't want to get into that."
He continued, joking that some MPs "haven't quite got the voice on this side of the chamber".
Adding: "It's been a very tense week already. I just don't need any extra."
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Ode to Joy was adopted as a European anthem in the 1970's.
This comes after Mr Hoyle clashed with former-SNP leader Alex Salmond this week.
The Prime Minister is now a step closer to triggering our EU exit tonight after the Government won a series of 10 votes on the Brexit bill.
Plots by the opposition parties to try and amend the legislation all failed after a mammoth debate in the House of Commons.
The final vote, officially known as the ‘third reading’, was passed with a majority of 372, meaning the Article 50 bill now heads to the House of Lords.
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The Prime Minister had warned potential Conservative rebels they would be “obstructing” the will of the people if they joined forces with Labour and the SNP to alter it.
But in the end the pro-EU Tories backed down and failed to force Mrs May’s hand, ensuring the bill’s smooth passage, and to cheers it was announced it had gone through without any changes this evening.
But 122 chose to block the Article 50 legislation, which will now pass to the next stage in the Parliamentary process in the House of Lords.
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