Mr Speaker.

[gulliver1]

Boris Johnson has threatened to get swift revenge on Lindsay Hoyle for humiliating him at PMQs last week .
Boris muttered the words... "not for long",, after the speaker said "... "in this house I am in charge"..
"You may be the PM of this Country , but in this house I am in charge" Apparently Boris does not like being told what to do ....Who would have thought that.

[naomi24]

Gulliver seems to know - and you agreed with him. You pointed us to the OP.

[naomi24]

^that to anneasquith.

[Khandro]

The PM does not hire & fire the speaker, that would be disastrous if he/she did, think about it.

[dannyk13]

Naomi, reported here but is all alleged or said to have said.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10225435/Boris-Johnson-accused-threatening-revenge-Sir-Lindsay-Hoyle-silenced-Speaker.html

[dannyk13]

Khandro //The PM does not hire & fire the speaker,//
NO, but the house can, as Bercow found out.

[pat2604]

This is one thread that really does need a link to a reputable source (if there are any reputable news sources these days!!)

[emmie]

gulliver doesn't do links of any description Pat.

[naomi24]

danny, as you say, the mail is 'alleging' too.

[Khandro]

danny //NO, but the house can, as Bercow found out.//

Bur why would the 'house' wish to change the speaker ?

[emmie]

that just won't do, alleging and saying are not the same.

[emmie]

it doesn't khandro. he was elected by secret ballot. I can't see him being deselected any time soon.

[dannyk13]

Khando, I am not saying that anyone wants to change the speaker.Personally I think he is the best speaker since George Thomas.

[emmie]

he certainly is a major improvement on John Bercow.

[gulliver1]

Emmie @11.05 Boris will love you comparing him with Churchill.

[emmie]

i didn't compare him with Churchill, he was a one off,

[gulliver1]

Even Boris's own MPs are furious that Boris mouthed the words "not for long"
as an apparent threat to remove him.

[grumpy01]

Whose he got in mind,failing Grayling?

[andy-hughes]

I think the Speaker comes across as what the Speaker should be - an impartial moderator of the House, who runs things smoothly, and knows how to deal with a large group of people who have large egos and trenchant opinions as part of their job requisites.

His Lancashire accent just underlines his no-nonsense approach.

[gulliver1]

The rub is , the Speaker ain't a member of the Con Party .

[bobbinwales]

Not really. Bercow was but he was a thorn in the Tory's side.
I like Lindsy Hoyle just as I liked his dad Douglas Hoyle