Quotation for Today, Friday 15 May
“I want to see the Speaker – and I am sure that he realises this now – as the embodiment of the whole Parliament, expressing a sense of real contrition on behalf of the whole Parliament but also being very much on the front foot, promoting the most radical reform possible of the system of pay and expenses, not seeking to turn on precisely those people who have been advocating those reforms,” Mr Clegg.
“It wasn’t a good day for him the day before yesterday. I think it didn’t reflect the needs of Parliament to restore trust in the system. I am sure that he realises that now.”
Nick Clegg – Liberal Democrat leader renewing criticism of the Speaker of the House of Commons, Michael Martin. At the same time there is support growing for a motion of no confidence motion in The Speaker . The first such motion in centuries.
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