Martin should go

It seems Speaker Michael Martin is still held in regard by some people.

A story in the Mail yesterday revealed Tory MP Douglas Carswell had told a reporter from House Magazine in an interview that Martin should resign - but the comments were never published.

Could it be that editors worried about the House Magazine’s wide distribution on the parliamentary estate?

Martin controls what is and isn’t distributed here and has little time for troublesome hacks.

If that is the case the Magazine should’ve just gone for it. The Speaker is a lame duck and the more people prepared to point that out the better.