After his election as the Commons speaker on a promise of restoring calm after the rancorous final years of John Bercow, Sir Lindsay Hoyle finds himself facing the sort of bitter criticism once directed at his predecessor.
On Wednesday, amid shouts of “resign”, Hoyle issued an apology to MPs after the Commons chamber descended into chaos over his handling of a tense Gaza vote, which had prompted a walkout by SNP and Tory MPs.
