As readers even remotely aware of my political persuasions can probably guess, I'm not remotely inclined to our Speaker Michael Martin, and am in no way sad to see him go.
That said, watching his statement on the box, I couldn't help but feel a bit sorry for our Mick. I do understand the implicit difficulties in having a Speaker who can't actually really Speak, but at the same time, why is one man taking the flak for the entire, disreputed House of Commons?
It seems a diversionary tactic to me, and isn't going to solve the problems of corruption that have come as the result of an entrenched, insular, greedy and arrogant political class.
Speaker Michael Martin may be many things, but what he is not is an adequate scapegoat. The adequate, deserving scapegoat should be Parliament itself.
It should be dissolved immediately, and a General Election should be called.
Rich & Mark’s Monday Morning View
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