![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “We now go up north to Bradford, where Mary Cummins is waiting…” It may look innocuous written down, but you’ve got to do the voice! On the negative side, he is a suspected Brexiter (just look at the harm Brexit has already wrought if you don’t see why that’s a black mark) and the ‘bingo-caller’ persona he often adopts when moderating debates can be irritating. Hoyle has also asked the House authorities to consider naming a tea-room after Julia Clifford, a popular member of the catering staff who died of Covid-19 in February shortly after finishing cancer treatment. Can you take against someone who allows himself to be photographed wearing a coral-pink sweater and accompanied by his menagerie of animals? Or fail to be touched by him taking a video call from a young man with a stammer who had challenged himself to speak to as many “important” people as he could to help raise awareness and to improve his own speech. One comment in particular gave me pause: “Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP is the worst speaker the House of Commons has ever had. There are frequently messages of disappointment with him floating around social media. Sir Lindsay Hoyle has been Speaker of the House of Commons for almost eighteen months now. ![]()
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