Lindsay Hoyle's time is up

[teqniq]

It can hardly have escaped most people's attention the the Speaker. Lindsay Holye shows rather a lot of bias in favour of the vermin. There is speculation that is not unreasonable that he has his eye on a peerage and this is the main reason for his behaviour. It is for this reason that I feel his time's well up. Here's two tweets from today to start things off:




I feels reasonably certain that other examples will be forthcoming.

 

[killer b]

This is just mad centrist weirdo shit, and a waste of your energy and time.

 

[platinumsage]

 

[platinumsage]

I think Bercow wrecked the role so much that people now expect speakers to just bend the rules whenever they think it might make them look good.

 

[Chilli.s]

Yeah he's useless, obviously following some agenda that will get him some kind of gong, not rocking the boat, safe pair of hands... smells of corruption to me.

Remember when Mountbatten wanted to have a coup to oust the labor party in the 60s and 70s, that's what the current situation makes me think of.

 

[killer b]

obviously following some agenda that will get him some kind of gong,

maybe check how many speakers haven't gone to the lords on retirement. they don't need to follow an agenda.

 

[StoneRoad]

It used to be the tradition that the outgoing [retiring] HoC Speaker would get kicked up to the Other Place.

Bercow didn't get the peerage he should have done under that tradition, several reasons spring to mind.
Which is why Hoyle is crawling to the vermin in the way that he is.

 

[killer b]

Remember when Mountbatten wanted to have a coup to oust the labor party in the 60s and 70s, that's what the current situation makes me think of.

dude the tories have an 80 seat majority.

 

[killer b]

I think you guys are stuck in the world of 2010-2019, when stuff could actually happen in parliament that wasn't just dull theatre before they rubber stamp whatever it is the government tell them to rubber stamp.

 

[teqniq]

This is just mad centrist weirdo shit, and a waste of your energy and time.

Hmmm yes well I am on annual leave this week so time on my hands, perhaps it is a waste of my energy and time if so guilty as charged. I am a little nonplussed as to why you categorise it as 'mad centrist weirdo' shit though.

 

[Pickman's model]

Remember when Mountbatten wanted to have a coup to oust the labor party in the 60s and 70s, that's what the current situation makes me think of.

he won't be trying that again

 

[Pickman's model]

dude the tories have an 80 seat majority.

only at certain times

 

[Pickman's model]

Hmmm yes well I am on annual leave this week so time on my hands, perhaps it is a waste of my energy and time if so guilty as charged. I am a little nonplussed as to why you categorise it as 'mad centrist weirdo' shit though.

wtf are you on here when you're on annual leave, when as everyone knows this place flourishes on people posting on their bosses' dime

 

[killer b]

I am a little nonplussed as to why you categorise it as 'mad centrist weirdo' shit though.

Obsession over meaningless parliamentary procedure is mostly a mad centrist weirdo twitter thing is all. Plus your first link was to the twitter account for Best for Britain - total mad centrist weirdos those guys.

 

[DaveCinzano]

he won't be trying that again

I heard they were going to make a biopic about him but the producers were worried it would be a box office bomb

 

[Calamity1971]

Keeps nice company though.

 

[teqniq]

Proper clown show stuff here:

 

[Numbers]

He was all over the shop today.

 

[Calamity1971]

Proper clown show stuff here:

Quite funny when he went high pitched and lost his voice. Useless twat.

 

[PR1Berske]

Quite funny when he went high pitched and lost his voice. Useless twat.

 

[platinumsage]

I’ve always thought he lacked gravitas, although after Bercow that was actually a good thing, it’s certainly not easy to do the job without it.

 

[two sheds]

 

[DaveCinzano]

 

[teqniq]

Doctor, my sides:

 

[Elpenor]

Remembered, more like cursed

 

[PR1Berske]

It seems that, indeed, his time isn't long.....

 

[Ĝasper]

His time may not be quite up, but our democracy's is. He's putty in Starmer's hands and can't be allowed to continue, especially if Starmer becomes PM.

 

[PR1Berske]

50 MPs have signed a no confidence EDM against him, so far.

 

[skyscraper101]

I find it really hard to understand what happened and why.

From what I underastand he broke with convention to allow a Labour vote on a ceasefire in Gaza, without allowing a a differently-worded SNP motion to get a vote?

And the implication is that as this was done under pressure from Labour, so Labour MPs wouldn't need then to vote on the SNP worded motion (thus limiting a potential Labour rebellion) Am I right?

And why should he have felt pressure? He was being partisan? He wants to curry favour from an incoming Labour govt? Because? I'm so confused.

 

[two sheds]

I read that Labour would vote against him when he stood for Speaker again unless he did what Starmer told him to.