When Letwin and Watson are on the same page, we should all study the book very carefully.
Churchill in his Liberal days wore with pride the scar inflicted on his forehead by the copy of Commons Standing Orders hurled at him by an enraged Tory in 1912.
If they want a more old-fashioned product, they may go for Lindsay Hoyle. If someone more like the present incumbent, for Harriet Harman.
“Do your job, for which you’re handsomely paid,” says one Conservative MPs as he heckles the Speaker.
Labour members attempt to stop Bercow leaving the Chair as they protest against the proceedings.
Ian Austin and Ivan Lewis, former Labour MPs, both of whom tore into Jeremy Corbyn during the debate, voted with the Government
A High Court judge recommended that Bercow leave his post in order to allow institutional reform to begin.
He must neither sign an extension nor break the law. Which could leave only one road open to him.
Two different conceptions of it are widely held in the UK, representative and direct. In 2019, they collide.
The Prime Minister needed the support of 434 of them. But Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs abstained.
The reasons not to do so are threadbare. And he has merrily torn up plenty of other conventions in the process of his partisan Speakership.
An amendment from Stephen Kinnock may pave the way for further consideration of the Withdrawal Agreement.
The whip will apparently not be withdrawn from her. The rationale for the decision is that, unlike yesterday, this vote had not been declared one of confidence.
Jeremy Corbyn’s Surrender Bill won’t just delay Brexit. It threatens to stop it altogether.
He or she should be totally prejudiced in favour of Brexit, and this should overrule the usual priority of putting Parliament before the Executive.