would anyone make such a claim today? in recent years, british politics has been characterised by chaos and crisis. through brexit and covid, prime ministers have come and gone with alarming frequency. public trust in politicians has plumbed new lows. my guest is speaker of the house of commons, sir lindsay hoyle. on his watch, is parliament properly serving the people? sir lindsay hoyle, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you are about to celebrate four years in the job of speaker of the house of commons. and it has to be said that during your tenure, the public trust in politicians appears to have plumbed new depths. why is that? i think we inherited a situation where the country was divided, but notjust a division of the country north south far from it. what we saw was division within families, which you don t normally see, and brexit was so toxic for all, whichever side of the fence. you could have a household completely divided, and i think it divided trust in politicians
sir lindsay hoyle, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. you are about to celebrate four years in the job of speaker of the house of commons and it has to be said that during your tenure, the public trust in politicians appears to have plumbed new depths. why is that? i think we inherited a situation where the country was divided. but notjust a division of the country north south far from it. what we saw was division within families, which you don t normally see, and brexit was so toxic for all, whichever side of the fence. and you could have a household completely divided. i think it divided trust in politicians and the belief in politicians. and you look back to that time and you think both sides were making claims that could never, ever be delivered. it was a very difficult time. and i genuinely believe that, you know, the british public s always been questionable of politicians. i accept that. but i think a lot of that trust was lost over that period. whether you were for or
The Centrist Emanuel Macron is through to the next round of voting, along with the far rights Marine Le Pen, who reaches out to voters. Translation wherever they come from, whatever their origin, whoever they voted for in the first round, i invite them all tojoin they voted for in the first round, i invite them all to join us. Here, Jeremy Corbyn wont commit to renewing the trident weapons system, but labour says it will back the nuclear deterrent. A murder inquiry isrunderway. Theres a royal send off for Tens Of Thousands of runners in this years london marathon. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With us are rosamund urwin, columnist at the london evening standard, and france 24s uk correspondent benedicte paviot. Welcome to you both. The front pages, starting with the Financial Times it leads with the french elections and former banker, Emmanuel Macron going head to head against the far right leader the guardian says macron is no
The Centrist Emanuel Macron is through to the next round of voting, along with the far rights Marine Le Pen, who reaches out to voters. Translation wherever they come from, whatever their origin, whoever they voted for in the first round, i invite them all tojoin they voted for in the first round, i invite them all to join us. Here, Jeremy Corbyn wont commit to renewing the trident weapons system, but labour says it will back the nuclear deterrent. A murder inquiry isrunderway. Theres a royal send off for Tens Of Thousands of runners in this years london marathon. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With us are rosamund urwin, columnist at the london evening standard, and france 24s uk correspondent benedicte paviot. Welcome to you both. The front pages, starting with the Financial Times it leads with the french elections and former banker, Emmanuel Macron going head to head against the far right leader the guardian says macron is no
The Centrist Emanuel Macron is through to the next round of voting, along with the far rights Marine Le Pen, who reaches out to voters. Translation wherever they come from, whatever their origin, whoever they voted for in the first round, i invite them all tojoin they voted for in the first round, i invite them all to join us. Here, Jeremy Corbyn wont commit to renewing the trident weapons system, but labour says it will back the nuclear deterrent. A murder inquiry isrunderway. Theres a royal send off for Tens Of Thousands of runners in this years london marathon. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With us are rosamund urwin, columnist at the london evening standard, and france 24s uk correspondent benedicte paviot. Welcome to you both. The front pages, starting with the Financial Times it leads with the french elections and former banker, Emmanuel Macron going head to head against the far right leader the guardian says macron is no