Rejected petition Keep John Bercow as speaker of the House of Commons until he decides to retire

The Conservative party should not be able to remove a speaker for self serving political reasons.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

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

Mr Speaker has announced his intention to step down on 31 October 2019.

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Date submitted 8 September 2019
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