Academic protesters and many on the left declared the resignation a victory for people power, intellectual standards and national honor.
After two independent parliamentarians counselled Mr Slipper to step down, he declared his resignation "in the interests of the parliament".
In the past week, many young members have declared their resignation and many more are showing signs of dissatisfaction.
The path to a free press was cleared.Today's MPs including Michael Martin, the speaker, who was forced to declare his resignation on May 19th might well curse their forebears.
He declared on resignation that they would be carried out, and we strongly urge his successor to ensure that they are.
Dr Theo Zwanziger, the president of the German FA, upstaged the ceremony in Kiev by declaring his resignation after October 2012 that very evening.
Her announcement came less than a month after Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICEE) Director John Morton declared his resignation.
In order to survive he's had no choice but to declare his resignation and return to beautiful Seattle!" another quipped.
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the Hezbollah leader, said Saudi Arabia's detention of Hariri, a long-time Saudi ally who declared his resignation while in Riyadh last Saturday, was an insult to all Lebanese and he must return to Lebanon.
As part of its package of labour reforms passed last year, the technocratic government of Mario Monti singled out the issue, with welfare and employment minister Elsa Fornero declaring blank resignations to be a practice that weighed "heavily and negatively on the working conditions of women and on their dignity, representing a real breach of freedoms which are fundamental to civil society".
Prime Minister David Cameron would soon declare his pending resignation.
