Pandemonium inside the court twice forced the trial's adjournment.
In a Commons adjournment debate about the pension schemes of both the Telegraph and another business owned by the Barclay brothers, the Littlewoods store chain, the Conservative MP called the twins both "hypocritical" and "bullies".
It said the Australian prime minister, Tony Abbott, and foreign affairs minister, Julie Bishop, had sought a six-month adjournment in September in an attempt to allow the two countries "to seek an amicable settlement".
"Let no one among us ever be blamed for dividing our people," he said.In this section A different country Jaw-jaw for now Their own men Blues Brothers No more own goals ReprintsThe president's deputy, William Ruto, also accused of masterminding electoral violence five years ago, was granted an adjournment by the ICC after finding himself in court in The Hague at the time of the attack.
During this adjournment, a lone senator would drive to the Capitol every three days to gavel in and, seconds later, gavel out.Since Republican senators had pledged to block his preferred candidates, Mr Obama laughed off these pseudo-sessions and installed his nominees something George W. Bush did not dare to do when Democrats used similar tactics against him in 2007.
Whereupon certain members on the Ministerial side thought fit that they should be gagged; and persevered, with something very like stupidity, in refusing to permit the adjournment.
At each adjournment he stood, touched his clasped hands to his forehead, and bowed to the crowded court.
No sooner had his trial begun than he won an adjournment because one of his lawyers was ill.
The court gave his deputy, William Ruto, who is being tried in a separate but related case, a brief adjournment to return to Kenya during the crisis, but it has since called him back.
WHATEVER happens, the trial of the two Libyans accused of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, which resumed this week after a 13-day adjournment, will make legal history.
An adjournment of the debate was proposed on Friday night till the following Monday, several members not having had opportunity of joining in it.
