Sir Lindsay Hoyle is the new Speaker of the House of Commons

[andysays]

Bercow is gone, there's a new sheriff in town, and it looks like he will be doing things differently from his predecessor

New Speaker to disallow unusual parliamentary procedures

The new Speaker says he will not permit the kind of parliamentary manoeuvres recently used to block a no-deal Brexit allowed by his predecessor John Bercow.

Sir Lindsay Hoyle said he would not allow the procedures used by MPs to seize control of the agenda. It would make it harder for MPs to derail a government after the election, even if it does not have a majority. Sir Lindsay said he wanted MPs to agree to change the Commons rules to close off those options.

 

[StoneRoad]

Certainly going to be different, Bercow will be a difficult act to follow.

But I think Hoyle is wrong to try and block those procedural "loopholes".