Speaker berates Kemi Badenoch over bypassing informing MPs about EU law U-turn

[@musicloverlondon6070]

The implication from Kemi, in the form and tone of her first response, was that no protocols had been broken and that the Speaker's reaction was mere arbitrary annoyance; it wasn't. I'm glad that Mr Hoyle stood by his point and insisted that she recognise the need to advise her fellow MPs of such information as she had, rather than going to a newspaper with it first. Her first pseudo-apology was that the "Sequencing was not to YOUR satisfaction" and only later does she acknowledge that she did not "Meet the standards" required for an MP in the HoC. We need Speakers like Mr Hoyle to watch for such attempts to ignore or side-step those standards, which are happening more and more frequently, especially with the scarcity of quality and ability in political circles these days.

exactly , well said .

[@craftforfun36]

Different when a Labour MP does it 🤨

[@wecandothiswarriors]

She’s in the running for pm 🙄

[@samueleborn9909]

Thank you for clarifying

[@_Gecko111]

Typical tory gaslighting. No respect for anyone or anything.

[@MulkRaj101]

Let's see this kind of enforcement and reprimand applied consistently. I believe this is not the first time this has happened.

[@michaeloleary2248]

If I had a dollar for every time the speaker has reprimanded ministers for not informing the House before going to the media I would be a rich man.

[@lesigh1749]

But its BULLYING when you talk to a civil servant like this. 🙂

[@samanthapatrick4345]

@@lesigh1749 How is that bullying exactly?

[@Mr_badjoke]

It's not funny it's disingenuous and it's disgusting and people are suffering

[@Leiz06]

I don’t understand what happened please tell me

[@violetrodney6042]

What a contemptible woman, think she should have been removed from the house to reflect on her disrespectful manners.

[@nchcroy3877]

She is just one of many - they are called Tories.

[@adam28xx]

I thought Priti Patel, Suella Braverman and Therese Coffey were hopeless enough as female government ministers but it looks like we have another one to add to the list. Mind you, when you look at the likes of Michael Gove, Jacob Rees-Mogg and Dominic Raab, to name just three, the Tory male contingent has also got its fair share of chuckle-heads.

[@toneloc-cz2xi]

Yeah, Keith Starmer & Labour r gonna be perfect yah 👍

[@hopscotch484]

​@@toneloc-cz2xi Just as Labour needed to go in 2010, the Tories need to go ASAP

[@sunny96789]

You forgot the main one: Liz Truss

[@adam28xx]

@@sunny96789 ... So I did! ... Somehow she vanished from my memory but with any luck, this preposterous woman, who thought she was fit to occupy the same chair as was once occupied by Disraeli, Gladstone, Asquith, Churchill, Attlee, Wilson, etc,. will soon occupy the oblivion she so richly deserves.

[@profdrrameshkumarbiswas1337]

“Chuckle-heads” sound cute, but these guys are really dangerous!!

[@mazibukomail]

Even the way she said "thank you Mr speaker" at the beginning had attitude.

[@jazebkhan4316]

Yes very disrespectful

[@richards9750]

Well said! About time they were told. They have circumvented Parliament too often since mid-2019. I wonder what happened then 🤔

[@goodshiplollipop]

I don't know what side she's on but she got OWNED

[@pokeybit]

When looking at the speaker. The conservatives are sat to the left. On the right side of the hall are Labour, independants, SNP etc

[@goodshiplollipop]

@@pokeybit Now I know. Thank you ❤️

[@JuttaBerlin]

@@pokeybit Pretty empty on both sides

[@pokeybit]

@@JuttaBerlin Yeah it would be the time of the day just quiet.

[@stephenrichards871]

One thing for sure, she’s not on our side😂

[@talkttalk2010]

You should show the whole exchange. The speaker was very calm when giving the initial reprimand and lost his rag when she gave her sarky response. The woman made the wrong move today

[@kenk4269]

Just became a big fan of this speaker.🔥

[@chrisstrider]

Bad girl …..and stop slouching

[@daam]

Who is feeding her the lines via the ipad?

[@bilbomalice2643]

Liz Truss?

[@daam]

@@bilbomalice2643 haha

[@zigzagnemesist5074]

Klaus Schwab from the WEF probably.

[@richards9750]

Probably Michael Spicer

[@RenegadeShepTheSpacer]

Who cares? The Tories are all the same. Scumbags.

[@sallyraynor8984]

Sunak the coward has disappeared again refusing to face the music for his lies snd treachery, motion of no confidence in him starting soon.

[@toneloc-cz2xi]

Yeah, Keith Starmer & Labour r gonna be so much better right? 👍

[@wizkid5296]

About time someone reminded the Tories they’re not demigods - just demagogues.

[@toneloc-cz2xi]

Yeah, Keith Starmer & Labour r gonna be so much better right? 👍

[@wizkid5296]

@@toneloc-cz2xi Keep licking those boots, my guy

[@KernowFishy]

@@toneloc-cz2xi comparing the broken state of everything now to 2010? evidentially yes.

[@f.s7932]

The way this woman reacted to the speaker's frustration is disgusting. Hopefully her constituency will kick her out at the next election.

[@Eric-mp4ft]

Bets she doesn’t act like that towards her constituents, bet there’s complaints of her bullying attitude from her staff well hidden!!!!

[@profdrrameshkumarbiswas1337]

She is the pits!

[@stevenhoward3358]

She is so very far below the standard required, like most of her ministerial colleagues.

[@toneloc-cz2xi]

Yeah, Keith Starmer & Labour r gonna be so much better right? 👍

[@stevenhoward3358]

@@toneloc-cz2xi probably, but they don't get my vote either

[@WannabeBackbencher]

She is such a menace. Just like the rest of this Tory govt

[@bigkdog5091]

I bet while the speaker was giving her a dressing down, she rolled her eyes, blew a bubblegum bubble, then started checking out her nails. What a completely arrogant cow

[@toneloc-cz2xi]

Yeah, Keith Starmer & Labour r gonna be so much better right? 👍

[@profdrrameshkumarbiswas1337]

“Off with her head!” said the Queen of Hearts!

[@patrickdoyle9369]

She needs removing from her position.,

[@Lucia-kb9oi]

Why is she completely hanging over the box?

[@stefanc4520]

So what was the consequence for not heeding his instruction? Nothing? Oh ok I guess business as usual, carry on.

[@rickdee7179]

Sadly, Hoyle is like a failing Headmaster who nobody respects anymore. It is high time he started to impose penalties on ministers who announced policy before briefing the house - this should also include the numerous 'leaks' that precede budget and defence announcements. MP's have been warned on numerous occasions about the correct protocol but so far there had been no punishments. Time for this to change. As a previous poster correctly stated, people are suffering.

[@ameradam4605]

This young girl is so inexperienced and too early for her to be in public office

[@glasgowmcglasgowfacevotegr7049]

She’s 44! But yes she is incompetent

[@utubebroadcaster]

She's so incompetent and out of her depth

[@lunalea1250]

Well @ least he didn't say, know your place!

[@facehugger3]

What is the point of Brexit if it isn't carried out?

[@Tom_murray89]

She’s going to be a disastrous leader for the opposition and great for keir starmer and the government

[@olicreasey2702]

Bravo

[@public.public]

When is an apology not an apology? When a Tory opens it's skanky mouth.

[@markhayward7400]

What we are actually seeing here is our elected representatives failing to hold our Govt to account. The Speaker's powers derive from the authority given to him by the House of Commons and its members. That authority is non-existent if all he can do is offer a verbal 'rebuke' to a Govt minister who has acted in a way that undermines the ability of the House of Commons to hold ministers and the Government to account.

[@mattyhew5121]

I suppose you have a point there, but the speaker of the house is respected as a figure of authority, sorta like a referee. If a government minister or any member of the commons does not adhere to the rules set out to allow a discussion (not an argument) they are berated and sometimes ordered to leave the house, a big no no for the MP as they are elected to represent their constituents in the house and are unable to do this if they are removed. Also, if an MP or government minister did go against the speaker, they would be DEMOLISHED in the press for trying to undermine democracy, act as an autocrat, etc.

[@markhayward7400]

@Matthew Gogle Surely your reply highlights just how limited and ineffectual the Speaker's powers to act actually are? The Speaker has no power, for example, to suspend the Minister for the clear failure in this case. Nor can he even make a referral for investigation to the Commons Standards Committee. All he can do, after the event, is rebuke the Minister concerned. This doesn't undo the damage done to our Parliamentary democracy by Ministers clearly acting in a way that is not compatible with the need for democratic oversight before, not after, public policy announcements are made.

[@carlin9893]

Ouch!

[@ThomasKing19933]

Bunch of children

[@Tortuosit]

Why do they say "oadah" this way, is it tradition?

[@cincsem]

Yes. It means ‘I insist we return to an orderly mode of conduct’ when they yapping away. There used to be a brilliant Speaker who they just instantly shut up for (Betty Boothroyd). The last two have been a bit let authoritative.

[@Tortuosit]

@@cincsem I understand, I meant the weird way he says the word. As a not native speaker I thought it is pronounced in an old-english way.

[@slumbercat]

Wow. Arrogant.

[@briancornish5857]

She should have been removed. Setting of the Standard.

[@HonourBound578]

WHY DOES IT TAKE SO LONG TO IMPLEMENT THINGS AND WE NEVER HEAR BACK ON AN ISSUE! 10,000 SIGNATURES GIVENE ON A PETITION AND YET NO CONCLUSIVE ACTION TAKEN. HOW MANY LORDS AND LADIES DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHTBULB??

[@public.public]

I believe in REAL leveling up. Make ALL UK citizens Lords or Ladies with voting rights in the House of Lords

[@willhovell9019]

Started as she went on , incompetent, arrogant, ignorant and self confident and zero self awareness. A gift to the Labour Government

[@davidmartin-tv9rr]

She was a top brexiteer now she does what the top Tories tell her,shes been brought by the Tories,same has other 2 brexiteers ?

[@BigLebowski324]

Too bad the U.S. politicians cannot stop the crying themselves.

[@xxDarkSkullxx]

i hear nothing wrong can someone tell me what she say wrong

[@musicloverlondon6070]

Unfortunately, it's the fact that she said nothing at all. Instead she went to a Tory-supporting newspaper and made a political announcement before bringing that information to the House of Commons and its elected MPs for debate which is what she should have done. She knew this but acted as though she had done nothing wrong. Her response to the Speaker was disingenuous. Kemi knew exactly why he was angry with her but pretended otherwise. Her pretence frankly made things worse.

[@johng669]

hey! She might actually be reading these comments. Take it easy.

[@dylansmith1833]

People of the UK, please vote the Tories OUT! It's time for new leadership, and Keir Starmer is that leader! VOTE LABOUR!

[@JimBrodie]

Nah, Starmer is a thinly veiled Tory... Whole island needs to Balkanise.

[@toneloc-cz2xi]

Yeah, Keith Starmer & Labour r gonna be so much better right? 👍

[@paulheath7407]

Have you forgot to take you're medication lol

[@johnwardrope5820]

NOT FOR SCOTLAND

[@seanwallace3516]

Starmer cant define a woman. No chance

[@tafm3446]

It’s not the first time is it. Repeat offenders these tories

[@kkho2198]

1 word. quit

[@user-kf1he2pk3l]

And some people think this woman to be a suitable leader and potential Prime Minister...

[@matthewburns7989]

This aged well

[@sngs9565]

No buts.. ..

[@michaelkavanagh5947]

Tick, tick, tick....

[@alfching2499]

This parliament don’t look after its country’s people anymore,so what is the point of having a sham like it

[@wecandothiswarriors]

George knows full well where and who our money goes to . Their mates pockets in foreign lands

[@paullewis3419]

When did Kemi Badenoch, "to all intents and purposes a first-generation immigrant", adopt her faux public school accent?

[@kenk4269]

To right these tories think its high school.

[@VeronicaMarriott-b6t]

To big for her boots

[@public.public]

I believe in REAL leveling up. Make ALL UK citizens Lords or Ladies with voting rights in the House of Lords

[@supporth205]

Nobody should watch Eurovision song contest this year it was a fix last year never mix politics with a contest 😂😂😂😂😂

[@uniquevideosUk]

Ohhh cry babies 👶 at it again 😢😢

[@nickreid8927]

Badenoch is such an ignorant

[@harryhelliar1474]

whats totally not acceptable is speaker being corrupt, pathetic this didnt age well

[@shaphocane5443]

I don't know what the fuss's about that he had an outburst on her unnecessarily on Kemi

[@kpaige2928]

She’s a badass. Soon to be PM

[@andyshepard4309]

A sassy Aunt Jemima isn't the best representative of a leader

[@wobblybobengland]

It's going to go total chimp in the future

[@chrisbugden4288]

"Listen to all voices of colour" (as long as they're saying the right things) because remember "the party is always right"

[@teodytrinidad9497]

They wont present And will be include In The Lobby Trump ignore of Australia

[@heene]

She was only saying sorry, what is wrong with that? Looks like she ignored his rant anyway and apologised after it anyway.

[@Baronshill16]

Speaker a real bully

[@keorbats9429]

To misquote Norm Macdonald, “The Guardian audience is torn”

[@davidcrawford1616]

This is not russia Hoyle so like it or lump it

[@matthewbrummer8691]

Why is she lying on the podium, stand up! Have a backbone!!! Show some respect.

[@paulheath7407]

Thought they didn't stand for bullying in Westminster