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Speaker’s Office doubles under Hoyle

3 January 2025

3:51 AM

3 January 2025

3:51 AM

When John Bercow finally left the Speakership at the end of 2019, MPs breathed a sigh of relief. At last, they thought, no more endless partisan showboating from the Speaker’s chair. Yet, over time, his replacement has faced a mounting chorus of criticism. Lindsay Hoyle’s interruptions at PMQs seemed to become more frequent, prompting sketch writers to accuse him of ‘headline-hoggery’.

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