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Can Lindsay Hoyle survive as Speaker?

22 February 2024

7:14 PM

22 February 2024

7:14 PM

Lindsay Hoyle’s justification for tearing up convention on the Gaza vote was that he had become worried for MPs’ safety and was trying to give members the widest range of options to express their view. It didn’t work out that way, as he acknowledged last night, and the Speaker will spend today in private meetings with the individuals concerned.

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