Sir Lindsay Hoyle is not planning to quit as Speaker of the House of Commons despite dozens of MPs saying they have no confidence in him after the chaos of Wednesday's Gaza ceasefire vote.
Sir Lindsay Hoyle is not planning to quit as Speaker of the House of Commons despite dozens of MPs saying they have no confidence in him after the chaos of Wednesday's Gaza ceasefire vote. Sir Lindsay was seen in the tea room of the House of Commons for breakfast on Thursday morning, where Labour MPs are said to have broken into a round of applause.
"This motion has previously seen speakers leave the role, with one famous example including former speaker Michael Martin who resigned in 2009 in anticipation of losing the vote. Stephen Flynn, leader of the SNP in the Commons, said he feared the Speaker's position is untenable, though he refused to call for him to resign. Richard Thomson, SNP MP for Gordon, told Nick that the Speaker's authority was "significantly diminished".
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