Tory MP is 'first to call' for Speaker to resign
A backbench Tory MP, Douglas Carswell, trying to make a name for himself has gone on record calling for the expenses fiddling Speaker, Michael Martin, to resign.
UPDATE: Tory MP under fire for calling on Speaker to step down
A former Labour minister yesterday called on David Cameron to discipline Conservative backbencher Douglas Carswell, after he became the first elected MP to demand that the Speaker quit his job.
Denis MacShane, the former Foreign Office minister, warned attacks on the Speaker were turning the job into a "political football" and that who becomes Speaker "should not be decided by snobbish Daily Mail readers".
3 comments:
Well, he has succeeded in making a name for himself.
How about.... twat!
Good on him.
Just a shame that our so called democracy means the Speaker will now ignore him everytime he wants to speak. Of course not letting the MP speak is also denying all people living in his constituency a democratic voice.
Bob: You will note I have updated the post with a counterblast from Denis McShane.
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