There isn't a single room in the world Michael Stewart would walk into and not think he's the smartest, most important person in it, never seen someone who was as irrelevant as he was as a player and is known most for making an arse of himself in the tunnel after being sent off get the platform to spout his pish week in, week out.
By definition they are both penalties, there's isn't anything subjective about it, you cannot make a argument for them not being penalties by the rule but Stewart will find a way. I don't even believe he actually thinks these aren't penalties, it's all about putting pressure on referees to give us nothing. The last penalty we got in the league before today was October 27th, 2019. 11 months exactly, some ridiculous decisions not given and as soon as we get penalties for something that there's zero subjective over now thanks to the recent rule change, the usual voices are out moaning about it.