article_snippet: The Conservatives used the last day of Parliament to lead a so-called 'Payback Plot' on the controversial figure.
article_snippet: Mr Hague, the Leader of the Commons, was accused of damaging Senior Tories reputation with what Labour called a 'grubby' and 'squalid' attempt to ambush the Speaker on Senior Tories final day in Parliament.
article_snippet: Commons Leader William Hague today defended the move which Labour branded 'petty and spiteful' The coalition parties wanted to change the rules so that MPs who vote to remove a Speaker can do so in a secret ballot.
article_snippet: Mr Hague defended the proposed reform as 'fair, democratic and thus completely justified' and denied the proposed reform was linked to any 'grudge' against the Speaker. '
highlights_snippet: After clashes with Cameron, one senior Tory said: 'It's payback time'
  Labour brands the move 'petty and spiteful' on eve of general election .