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Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle exclaimed 'what a day!' as he finished overseeing a febrile Prime Minister's Questions amid fallout from Partygate.
Sir Lindsay was forced to repeatedly intervene in the chamber today as excitement and emotions boiled over following the shock defection of Tory MP Christian Wakeford to Labour.
He rose several times to silence MPs shouting advice and abuse across the floor - and was forced to shut down labour leader Sir Keir Starmer for using the Queen as a way of attacking the Prime Minister.
The Labour leader attempted to compare the behaviour of the monarch sitting alone at the funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh to Mr Johnson's actions linked to Downing Street party allegations.
But Sir Lindsay Hoyle insisted discussions about the royal family were not matters for MPs to get into and stopped the Prime Minister from needing to answer the claims.
Later he also cut in as SNP MP Peter Grant quoted a constituent calling the Prime Minister a liar.
Sir Lindsay was forced to repeatedly intervene in the chamber today as excitement and emotions boiled over following the shock defection of Tory MP Christian Wakeford to Labour.
He rose several times to silence MPs shouting advice and abuse across the floor - and was forced to shut down labour leader Sir Keir Starmer for using the Queen as a way of attacking the Prime Minister.
The Labour leader attempted to compare the behaviour of the monarch sitting alone
