Submitted on Wednesday 29th May 2019
Rejected on Friday 7th June 2019
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: honours (see below for details)
Speaker John Bercow should be Required to Resign
Speaker John Bercow has let his personal views on Brexit become known thereby compromising the perceived impartiality of his rulings. To retain respect for Parliament across the country Speaker Bercow should be required to resign.
House of Commons Speaker John Bercow has been seen driving a car with a notice reading “Bollocks to Brexit”. Many of his subsequent rulings in the House of Commons have been regarded by those supporting Brexit as biased against them. For Parliament to be respected the Speaker must not only be impartial but must also be seen to be impartial and for John Bercow this can no longer be the case. For this reason and out of respect for his high office he should now resign.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We can't accept petitions about appointments, which includes calling for people to be sacked or to resign.
In any case, the resignation of the Speaker is a personal decision for the Speaker, and is therefore not the responsibility of the Government or Parliament.
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