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| Huhne joins calls to oust speaker | Huhne joins calls to oust speaker |
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| Liberal Democrats Home Affairs spokesman Chris Huhne has joined the calls for Commons Speaker Michael Martin to be removed from his post. | Liberal Democrats Home Affairs spokesman Chris Huhne has joined the calls for Commons Speaker Michael Martin to be removed from his post. |
| Mr Huhne told the BBC: "I think Michael Martin will have to go. I don't think he's the right person to do this job." | Mr Huhne told the BBC: "I think Michael Martin will have to go. I don't think he's the right person to do this job." |
| A no confidence motion in the Speaker is to be tabled over what some view as his poor handling of the expenses row. | |
| Some MPs felt he was more concerned with attacking those who criticised him than responding to public anger. | Some MPs felt he was more concerned with attacking those who criticised him than responding to public anger. |
| Speaking on BBC 2's Newsnight, Mr Huhne said: "Whatever his virtues in the past, the truth is we need new leadership to make sure we grapple with this issue. | |
| "I think that the Speaker needs to be a reformer who's going to be determined to sweep the stables clean." | |
| Conservative backbencher Douglas Carswell is to table the no confidence motion next week. | |
| Labour MP Gordon Prentice and fellow Labour MP Paul Flynn, along with Lib Dem Norman Lamb, have already said that they will back the motion. | |
| Mr Prentice argued the speaker was now "too compromised" by recent events and so should stand down immediately. |