Michael Gove infuriates speaker after delivering 'off the cuff' statement on coalmine

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The speaker of the house, Lindsay Hoyle, called out Michael Gove in the Commons after he reportedly delivered an 'off the cuff' statement on the new Cumbrian coalmine.
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Hoyle suspended parliament to give transcribers time to provide a suitable copy of Gove's statement. The minister was accused of potentially breaching ministerial code as the statement provided to the speaker and the opposition did not match the one given at the dispatch box.
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@QuantumWalnut Рік тому

That's interesting from a procedural standpoint. We don't usually give it much thought, but of course the transcription is more impotant than the in-person statement. At the end of the day, it is what goes into the paper record that affects policy down the line.

@philjones4685 Рік тому

Gove said that it was "off the cuff", charlie can make you talk nonsense for ages.

@Robin-cf9ts Рік тому

😂😂

@deepee6602 Рік тому

Gove probably high on coke when he said this.

@David_Jones8112 Рік тому

Coalmine kind of looked like c0caine in the title.

@lowemasterpro Рік тому

Why do you suppose he was so keen to approve it?

@johnbinnie5697 Рік тому

I ain't no conservative but perhaps this in a very small way unpicks the the mess left by Thatcher. It's crazy that the UK ended up importing coal and steel. It makes environmental sense that steel used in the UK is created in the UK.

@Iamnobody88884 Рік тому

same.... thats what I first saw ....

@dannyvine3605 Рік тому

@@johnbinnie5697 Most of this coke -coal, about 85%, is not being produced for UK industries - it is being exported - so of no benefit to UK steel. Also most steel producing plants around the world are moving away from being coal powered to hydrogen powered as it is greener and cheaper.

@johnavery3941 Рік тому

The speaker should have interupted him the moment he went away from the speach he had and the one delivered to the opposition not let him do the whole thing. Gove and the Tories think they can get away with anything now they know that there days are numbered.

@ajons190 Рік тому

That would be too robotic and take away the point in a minister talking at all. The point the Speaker rightly made is that Gove made a difference of substance by his informal ramblings. It would be awful if every time a sentence was accidently missed or misread the speaker jumped in - indeed, the speaker could not even do his job properly if that level of detailed listening was required.

@nb9797 Рік тому

Tories being Tories

@manvirsingh6400 Рік тому

Typifies the show that this government has been since Cameron left office. He should have taken the rest of his party with him. Pathetic.

@charlielynes Рік тому

Off the back of his hand remark.

@peterstead7510 Рік тому

probably did not have some snow

@martinrobinson9061 Рік тому

Too little to late from the speaker. The Tories know they can do what they want, and have time and time again. With all the speaker knows his place in the lords is secure and they ‘can go get a early cup of tea’. I mean the weakness of the man.

@kylenetherwood8734 Рік тому

His job is about law and convention not ethics or protecting the country.

@runlarryrun77 Рік тому

If he was weak he wouldn't have intervened. What he did was the appropriate intervention in the appropriate way at the appropriate time. He was clearly furious, but instead of getting angry he used the tools at his disposal to stop Gove in his tracks & get things back to their proper course. I'm confused as to what you want him to do? Sure we'd all like to see him order Gove be tarred & feathered, then thrown in the Thames, but that's not realistic.

@mendikhan4426 Рік тому

UK need general election inmigatly and we support to labour party for future

@sebastianbelcher5354 Рік тому

Hey it’s the guy from spitting image

@chalkus Рік тому

It's almost as if he's trying to distract attention from something.

@eamonnsiocain6454 Рік тому

Micheal Gove tried to cheat and was caught in the act. LOL!

@zakzeus.shuufHunaak Рік тому

my case also wbk racism!

@MalachaiHough Рік тому

Is it because they are liars by any chance? Even the speaker is getting sick of it

@daviestewart1725 Рік тому

Potential impact on the local environment. 😂 In 20 years time they are going to take the most radioactive material on the planet, currently being stored at Sellafield, which is really handy and stick it down that coal mine. 🤫

@CCRob720 Рік тому

Ooooooooooooooooooooooooo

@davecap2641 Рік тому

The EU has just arrested politicians suspected of corrupt dealings. It would be wonderful if the UK authorities could do the same to our MPs, finally trust could return in government.

@countycricklewood Рік тому

Hoyle? Like being slapped with tissue paper, one eye and foot ready to go into the Hse of lords

@zzirSnipzz1 Рік тому

Get the mine open we need industries not green tourist attractions they dont bring any power in the long run and make us a joke

@heidra9498 Рік тому

Weird how some people spout facts on the basis of their false instict.

@philjohnson2213 Рік тому

Lindsay Hoyle is just a waste of space. Pretending to be a tough guy

@warriorbeta Рік тому

Well your country's quickly crumbling around you but at least you can pontificate about chamber rules not being followed like a true Brit

@zennor_man Рік тому

Why did this speaker allow Gove to finish the statement before intervening? The Speaker should have called to order the minister as soon as he deviated from the transcript that had been made available. I do not hold the present Speaker in any great regard.

@KingMacintosh2 5 місяців тому

Easy, kid. So what extra he blurted would be on the record VS what he provided. And those two could be compared for full effect of action taken and or punishment. Let people dig their own holes.

@hasse102 Рік тому

Why didn't he send it to everybodys laptops so they could read it in the parliament?? Ooh, I forgot this is the english parliament that work like they did 100-200 years ago, not a modern parliament like they have in Scotland, Wales and NI. And for that matter in most democracies around the world.

@paulhawthorne2960 Рік тому

Vote Reform Party.