Rejected petition The Speaker of the House of Commons should resign

The Speaker of the House of Commons is elected. With this, they forfeit their right to vote and are to remain politically impartial.

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In order to protect democracy and the traditions of the House of Commons being abused by this and future Speakers.

Stop the Speaker of the House of Commons abusing his position and providing personal belief upon political matters for debate.

The Speaker is not only changing tradition dress in the House of Commons but now has passed his personal view in respect of President Trump addressing the both Houses by refusing to support this. The Speaker should be made to resign.

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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