Rejected petition John Berkow has abused his role as Speaker of the House and should stand down

Berkow should be fired/resign after abusing his role by giving his opinion on Trump's UK visit. The Speaker of the House is an important role of neutrality. Feedom to speak opinions are for elected MPs of front/back benches, NOT the Speaker who's job is to facilitate debates without personal bias.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

The resignation of the Speaker is a personal decision for the Speaker, and is therefore not the responsibility of the Government or Parliament.

If you like, you could sign the petition below, which asks the House of Commons to debate a vote of no confidence in the Speaker:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/183279

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 8 February 2017
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