Sir Lindsay Harvey Hoyle (born 10 June 1957) is a British politician who has served as Speaker of the House of Commons since 2019 and as Member of Parliament (MP) for Chorley since 1997.Before his election as Speaker, he was a member of the Labour Party.. As a Labour MP, Hoyle served as Chairman of Ways and Means and Deputy Speaker to John Bercow from …

Sir Edward Julian Egerton Leigh (born 20 July 1950) is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as a Member of Parliament (MP) since 1983.. Leigh has represented Gainsborough, Lincolnshire in the House of Commons since 1983 (representing its predecessor constituency, Gainsborough and Horncastle, until 1997).. Leigh was knighted in the Queen's 2013 Birthday …

Theresa May, after failing to pass her Brexit withdrawal agreement through parliament three times, announced her resignation as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on 24 May 2019 amidst calls for her to be ousted. Boris Johnson (a key person in the Vote Leave campaign who had served as the Mayor of London) had already confirmed at a business event in Manchester …

The 2019 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday, 12 December 2019. It resulted in the Conservative Party receiving a landslide majority of 80 seats. The Conservatives made a net gain of 48 seats and won 43.6% of the popular vote – the highest percentage for any party since 1979.. Having failed to obtain a majority in the 2017 general election, the …

Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs, officially known as Questions to the Prime Minister, while colloquially known as Prime Minister's Question Time) is a constitutional convention in the United Kingdom, currently held as a single session every Wednesday at noon when the House of Commons is sitting, during which the prime minister answers questions from members of …

Feb 05, 2020 · Sir Lindsay - Hoyle Speaker of the House Of Commons (62) Order orderer John Bercow’s ties and sonorous put-downs will be a tough act to follow, but tougher still will be reining in recent ...

The 1997 United Kingdom general election was held on 1 May 1997. The governing Conservative Party led by Prime Minister John Major was defeated in a landslide by the Labour Party led by Tony Blair, achieving a 179 seat majority.. The political backdrop of campaigning focused on public opinion towards a change in government. Blair, as Labour Leader, focused …

The site of the Palace of Westminster was strategically important during the Middle Ages, as it was located on the banks of the River Thames. [clarification needed] Known in medieval times as Thorney Island, the site may have been first-used for a royal residence by Canute the Great during his reign from 1016 to 1035.St Edward the Confessor, the penultimate Anglo-Saxon …

The betrayal of Britain by our leaders is the theme for this week's monologue, in a similar vein to last week's excellent piece. The net zero scam climate scam is first up in Neil's line of attack, followed by the disastrous Covid mandates which combined with the former are clearly aimed at reducing the world's population.

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