"Nearly twice as many want Commons Speaker to quit as want him to stay" (poll)

Britannist · 01-03-2008, 11:35 PM

45% want The Speaker of the House of Commons, Michael Martin, to quit - while 28% hope he will "stay for now" - according to a new opinion poll from YouGov published in yesterday's Telegraph.

To read about the other findings of YouGov in their latest opinion poll for the Telegraph, please click on the following link:

New opinion poll reveals that support for the pro-EU Cameron Conservatives is down

Britannist · 01-03-2008, 11:39 PM

More about The Speaker of the Commons at:

"The Speaker has to go" - new call for "Gorbals Mick" to quit

rjt · 02-03-2008, 06:40 AM

It is sad that it has come to this but he should never have been speaker, he had no cross party support and thus his authority was weakened before he started. He could have overcome this bu he has made blunder after blunder and his left wing bias is obvious at times.

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Britannist Uber Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: London Posts: 22,896	"Nearly twice as many want Commons Speaker to quit as want him to stay" (poll) 45% want The Speaker of the House of Commons, Michael Martin, to quit - while 28% hope he will "stay for now" - according to a new opinion poll from YouGov published in yesterday's Telegraph. To read about the other findings of YouGov in their latest opinion poll for the Telegraph, please click on the following link: New opinion poll reveals that support for the pro-EU Cameron Conservatives is down

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rjt Uber Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Aldershot Posts: 5,174	It is sad that it has come to this but he should never have been speaker, he had no cross party support and thus his authority was weakened before he started. He could have overcome this bu he has made blunder after blunder and his left wing bias is obvious at times. __________________ Mr Delors said that he wanted the European Parliament to be the democratic body of the community, The Commission to be The Executive and The Council Of Ministers The Senate. NO! NO! NO! (Margaret Thatcher 30 Oct 1990) Ignore List: The Prophets of ST Al the Unelectable.

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