End of political era as big beast MPs say last goodbyes to Parliament

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In their farewell speeches, many of the MPs leaving Parliament reminded viewers most politicians are committed public servants

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Next was Theresa May, that doughty survivor whose stature has only grown since she left Downing Street. She joked about her Brexit agonies, remarking that politics “has its frustrations when you’re in government and people don’t vote on your own side for your legislation – three times – but there we are, we get over these things”.

More divisive figures too are leaving the stage. Matt Hancock, whose foresight in helping to push through the Covid vaccine programme has been overshadowed by his folly in the way he got fired and his conduct afterwards, told the Commons: “I’ve tried my hardest.” Caroline Lucas, the lone voice of the Green party for 14 years; Ian Blackford, who led the SNP in Westminster during the national nervous breakdown after the Brexit referendum; and Dame Margaret Beckett, first elected to the Labour benches in 1974 – all these have poured heart and soul into their work.

 

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