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Luxury Lobbyist: Commons Speaker Splashes £250k of Taxpayer Cash on Fancy Getaways

The Daily Mail reports that Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the 158th Speaker of the House of Commons, has spent £250k of taxpayer money on luxury travel to Gibraltar's famous Rock Hotel. He is said to make an annual pilgrimage to the hotel, which boasts a large outdoor swimming pool and has hosted celebrities like Winston Churchill, John Lennon, and Gemma Arterton.

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