Lindsay Hoyle
![Keir Starmer and Lindsay Hoyle face a probe into their actions around the ceasefire vote](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17939980.jpg)
![Keir Starmer and Lindsay Hoyle face a probe into their actions around the ceasefire vote](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17939980.jpg)
![A new bid has been launched to have Keir Starmer investigated over his handling of the SNP's ceasefire vote](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17853268.jpg)
![A new bid has been launched to have Keir Starmer investigated over his handling of the SNP's ceasefire vote](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17853268.jpg)
![The UK’s unwritten constitution has given protection to the heavily criticised Speaker of the House of Commons](/resources/images/128x89/1x/13493947.jpg)
![The UK’s unwritten constitution has given protection to the heavily criticised Speaker of the House of Commons](/resources/images/180x180/1x/13493947.jpg)
Letters
![Frank Hester donated 10 million pounds to the Conservative Party](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17866323.jpg)
![Frank Hester donated 10 million pounds to the Conservative Party](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17866323.jpg)
LETTERS
![Speaker Lindsay Hoyle looks at Labour leader Keir Starmer](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17866228.jpg)
![Speaker Lindsay Hoyle looks at Labour leader Keir Starmer](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17866228.jpg)
REAL SCOTTISH POLITICS
![Speaker Lindsay Hoyle (left) and First Minister Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17865663.jpg)
![Speaker Lindsay Hoyle (left) and First Minister Humza Yousaf](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17865663.jpg)
EXCLUSIVE
![From left: First Minister Humza Yousaf, Speaker Lindsay Hoyle, and MP Diane Abbott](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17861702.jpg)
![From left: First Minister Humza Yousaf, Speaker Lindsay Hoyle, and MP Diane Abbott](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17861702.jpg)
EXCLUSIVE
![SNP MPs jeer as Rishi Sunak speaks at Prime Minister's Questions on March 13, 2024](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17856668.jpg)
![SNP MPs jeer as Rishi Sunak speaks at Prime Minister's Questions on March 13, 2024](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17856668.jpg)
COMMENT
![Clockwise from left: Speaker Lindsay Hoyle, MP Diane Abbott, and SNP group leader Stephen Flynn](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17856506.jpg)
![Clockwise from left: Speaker Lindsay Hoyle, MP Diane Abbott, and SNP group leader Stephen Flynn](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17856506.jpg)
![Speaker Lindsay Hoyle is under fire for ignoring Diane Abbott at PMQs](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17854837.jpg)
![Speaker Lindsay Hoyle is under fire for ignoring Diane Abbott at PMQs](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17854837.jpg)
![Protesters block Westminster Bridge during a Free Palestine Coalition demonstration in central London](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17827497.jpg)
![Protesters block Westminster Bridge during a Free Palestine Coalition demonstration in central London](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17827497.jpg)
COMMENT
![The SNP Westminster group](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17786805.jpg)
![The SNP Westminster group](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17786805.jpg)
comment
![Keir Starmer may have a few sleepless nights after George Galloway's victory in Rochdale](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17809851.jpg)
![Keir Starmer may have a few sleepless nights after George Galloway's victory in Rochdale](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17809851.jpg)
Newsletter
![The Speaker said he was only guilty of protecting everyone in the House of Commons](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17792830.jpg)
![The Speaker said he was only guilty of protecting everyone in the House of Commons](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17792830.jpg)
Letters
![Stephen Flynn must keep up momentum on calls for Speaker to go, writes Lesley Riddoch](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17786805.jpg)
![Stephen Flynn must keep up momentum on calls for Speaker to go, writes Lesley Riddoch](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17786805.jpg)
COMMENT
![Liz Truss gives a speech on the economy at the Institute for Government in London](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17238155.jpg)
![Liz Truss gives a speech on the economy at the Institute for Government in London](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17238155.jpg)
REAL SCOTTISH POLITICS
![Lindsay Hoyle is fighting for his job following a chaotic day in Westminster on Wednesday](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17777275.jpg)
![Lindsay Hoyle is fighting for his job following a chaotic day in Westminster on Wednesday](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17777275.jpg)
![A general view of the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17641320.jpg)
![A general view of the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17641320.jpg)
![Lindsay Hoyle is facing pressure to step down as Commons Speaker after almost 70 MPs called for him to go.](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17786474.jpg)
![Lindsay Hoyle is facing pressure to step down as Commons Speaker after almost 70 MPs called for him to go.](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17786474.jpg)
REAL SCOTTISH POLITICS
![Labour MP Chris Bryant has revealed that he deliberately delayed proceedings in the House of Commons](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17796250.jpg)
![Labour MP Chris Bryant has revealed that he deliberately delayed proceedings in the House of Commons](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17796250.jpg)
Letters
![SNP Westminster group leader Stephen Flynn speaking in the Commons](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17796883.jpg)
![SNP Westminster group leader Stephen Flynn speaking in the Commons](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17796883.jpg)
![Labour leader Keir Starmer is accused of having threatened the Speaker for his own political gain](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17793973.jpg)
![Labour leader Keir Starmer is accused of having threatened the Speaker for his own political gain](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17793973.jpg)
![SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn is one of more than 80 MPs calling for Speaker Lindsay Hoyle to lose his position](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17793589.jpg)
![SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn is one of more than 80 MPs calling for Speaker Lindsay Hoyle to lose his position](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17793589.jpg)
![Stephen Flynn said the events of the past two weeks had left him 'disheartened'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17793123.jpg)
![Stephen Flynn said the events of the past two weeks had left him 'disheartened'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17793123.jpg)
![From left: Labour MP Chris Bryant, Speaker Lindsay Hoyle, and Labour leader Keir Starmer](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17792618.jpg)
![From left: Labour MP Chris Bryant, Speaker Lindsay Hoyle, and Labour leader Keir Starmer](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17792618.jpg)
REAL SCOTTISH POLITICS
![Stephen Flynn has hit back at the Speaker for refusing to allow the party an emergency debate](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17792295.jpg)
![Stephen Flynn has hit back at the Speaker for refusing to allow the party an emergency debate](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17792295.jpg)
![Lindsay Hoyle is facing calls to resign after causing chaos last week in the Commons](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17790968.jpg)
![Lindsay Hoyle is facing calls to resign after causing chaos last week in the Commons](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17790968.jpg)
EXPLAINED
![Allowing a vote on the Labour amendment before the SNP’s original motion ensured there was no vote on the latter](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17788534.jpg)
![Allowing a vote on the Labour amendment before the SNP’s original motion ensured there was no vote on the latter](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17788534.jpg)
Letters
![Keir Starmer has been accused of intimidating the Speaker before the Gaza ceasefire vote](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17787611.jpg)
![Keir Starmer has been accused of intimidating the Speaker before the Gaza ceasefire vote](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17787611.jpg)
![The chaos of the Gaza debate in the Commons shows Westminster is](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17786458.jpg)
![The chaos of the Gaza debate in the Commons shows Westminster is](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17786458.jpg)
Analysis
![Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has abandoned the impartiality of his role](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17786639.jpg)
![Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has abandoned the impartiality of his role](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17786639.jpg)
COMMENT
![Another debate on the SNP's Gaza ceasefire motion is due to take place](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16718162.jpg)
![Another debate on the SNP's Gaza ceasefire motion is due to take place](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16718162.jpg)
![This week showed the reality of the SNP's position in Westminster, writes Ruth Wishart](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17786805.jpg)
![This week showed the reality of the SNP's position in Westminster, writes Ruth Wishart](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17786805.jpg)
COMMENT
![Mhairi Black writes that the chaos in Westminster on Wednesday was entirely of the Speaker's making](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12971063.jpg)
![Mhairi Black writes that the chaos in Westminster on Wednesday was entirely of the Speaker's making](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12971063.jpg)
COMMENT
![Former prime minister Boris Johnson (left) and Labour leader Keir Starmer](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17785641.jpg)
![Former prime minister Boris Johnson (left) and Labour leader Keir Starmer](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17785641.jpg)
REAL SCOTTISH POLITICS
![Speaker Lindsay Hoyle is fighting for his job after sending the Commons into self-destruct mode](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17777439.jpg)
![Speaker Lindsay Hoyle is fighting for his job after sending the Commons into self-destruct mode](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17777439.jpg)
![SNP chief whip Owen Thompson joins The National's podcast after a dramatic week in Westminster](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17785080.jpg)
![SNP chief whip Owen Thompson joins The National's podcast after a dramatic week in Westminster](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17785080.jpg)
PODCAST
![BBC Question Time host Fiona Bruce (left) and Speaker of the Commons Lindsay Hoyle](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17784349.jpg)
![BBC Question Time host Fiona Bruce (left) and Speaker of the Commons Lindsay Hoyle](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17784349.jpg)
EXCLUSIVE
![Humza Yousaf has called Suella Braverman 'the worst of politicians'](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17782128.jpg)
![Humza Yousaf has called Suella Braverman 'the worst of politicians'](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17782128.jpg)
![Lindsay Hoyle is continuing to face pressure over his job](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17781914.jpg)
![Lindsay Hoyle is continuing to face pressure over his job](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17781914.jpg)
![Walker writes that no amount of grovelling apologies from Lindsay Hoyle will stop anyone who harbours any last vestige of respect for the Commons from hanging their head in shame](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17781431.jpg)
![Walker writes that no amount of grovelling apologies from Lindsay Hoyle will stop anyone who harbours any last vestige of respect for the Commons from hanging their head in shame](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17781431.jpg)
COMMENT
![The career of Sir Lindsay Hoyle is seriously in doubt after the outrageous scenes in the Commons on Wednesday](/resources/images/128x89/1x/12971063.jpg)
![The career of Sir Lindsay Hoyle is seriously in doubt after the outrageous scenes in the Commons on Wednesday](/resources/images/180x180/1x/12971063.jpg)
REAL SCOTTISH POLITICS
![Lindsay Hoyle was urged by Keir Starmer to break convention and allow Labour’s amendment on Gaza](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17781207.jpg)
![Lindsay Hoyle was urged by Keir Starmer to break convention and allow Labour’s amendment on Gaza](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17781207.jpg)
Letters
![Owen Thompson has hit out at the chaos caused by the Speaker's decision to break convention over the party's Gaza motion](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17781014.jpg)
![Owen Thompson has hit out at the chaos caused by the Speaker's decision to break convention over the party's Gaza motion](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17781014.jpg)
EXCLUSIVE
![Rishi Sunak speaking at Prime Minister's Questions](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17742621.jpg)
![Rishi Sunak speaking at Prime Minister's Questions](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17742621.jpg)
![Speaker Lindsay Hoyle is facing calls to resign from the SNP and group leader Stephen Flynn (right)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17779003.jpg)
![Speaker Lindsay Hoyle is facing calls to resign from the SNP and group leader Stephen Flynn (right)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17779003.jpg)
![Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar looked to blame the SNP and Tories for the chaos at Westminster](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17777915.jpg)
![Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar looked to blame the SNP and Tories for the chaos at Westminster](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17777915.jpg)
![The SNP are set to call for an investigation after the Commons descended into chaos](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17777873.jpg)
![The SNP are set to call for an investigation after the Commons descended into chaos](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17777873.jpg)
EXCLUSIVE
![Clockwise from top right: SNP MPs Stewart McDonald, Joanna Cherry, and Pete Wishart, and Speaker Lindsay Hoyle](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17776957.jpg)
![Clockwise from top right: SNP MPs Stewart McDonald, Joanna Cherry, and Pete Wishart, and Speaker Lindsay Hoyle](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17776957.jpg)
![Speaker Lindsay Hoyle's career hangs in the balance](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17776939.jpg)
![Speaker Lindsay Hoyle's career hangs in the balance](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17776939.jpg)
INSIDE STORY
![Nicola Sturgeon shocked Scotland and the political world when she quit as first minister (Andrew Milligan/PA)](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17753782.jpg)
![Nicola Sturgeon shocked Scotland and the political world when she quit as first minister (Andrew Milligan/PA)](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17753782.jpg)
![Speaker Lindsay Hoyle was pressured to alter parliamentary convention to benefit Keir Starmer's Labour, reports say](/resources/images/128x89/1x/17775619.jpg)
![Speaker Lindsay Hoyle was pressured to alter parliamentary convention to benefit Keir Starmer's Labour, reports say](/resources/images/180x180/1x/17775619.jpg)
![Lindsay Hoyle has been slammed for the decision](/resources/images/128x89/1x/16815236.jpg)
![Lindsay Hoyle has been slammed for the decision](/resources/images/180x180/1x/16815236.jpg)
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