Brexit and triple PM ‘disaster’ tested respect for democracy, says Commons speaker
by Rowena Mason Whitehall editor from on (#67835)
Lindsay Hoyle tells of divisiveness of EU vote and bizarre' revolving door of ministers in 2022
People's respect for democracy has struggled in the aftermath of Brexit and throughout a year of political turmoil in which the UK was governed by three prime ministers, Lindsay Hoyle, the speaker of the House of Commons, has said.
The Labour MP who keeps order in the Commons said Westminster had never seen anything like it before" with the disaster" of three prime ministers within three months.
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