It’s a varied list, from Graham Brady to Sir Richard Shepherd, and Tracey Crouch to Jacob Rees-Mogg.
A mismanaged motion led to embarrassment and yet another odd turn in the bizarre tale of a controversial Speaker.
“I have been played as a fool. But I would much rather be an honourable fool, in this and any other matter, than a clever man.”
I refer, of course, to the funeral of Richard III. But some MPs, not all of them Tories, have a different committal in mind.
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. That John Bercow is the Speaker is a good thing for two important reasons. Firstly, out of the two final candidates in the Speakership election during the last election, Bercow is the man with the more stern manner when dealing with Parliamentarians misbehaving. Sir George Young, a good man, […]
By Joseph Willits Follow Joseph on Twitter It would probably be fair to say that anything the Speaker and his wife Sally do, will attract criticism from somewhere. The latest in a long list of 'what's wrong with the Bercow's' is a Christmas card, originally a Sun cartoon by Andy Davey. The image, bought by the Bercows […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter. A question asked yesterday by Conservative MP David Burrowes suggests that Parliamentary authorities are restricting the rights of constituents to bring material of a political nature into Parliament. The incident in question occured when a constituent from Mr Burrowes' Enfield Southgate division tried to attend a Palestine-focused lobby meeting. […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter Last month we covered the findings of a survey which showed Speaker Bercow’s oft-repeated complaint (as shown in the video segment above) about “the public” not liking robust debate in the House of Commons, was unsupported by public opinion. But a survey is only a survey, and the wording – […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter I don't seek to trivialise the debate, or the subject of debate that Parliament was recalled for today. However, as well as the content of today's debate, there was an important procedural/sartorial development. Rob Flello, the Labour Member for Stoke-on-Trent South, was allowed to speak in the Chamber without […]
By Matthew BarrettFollow Matthew on Twitter A variation of the segment of the above video, in which Speaker John Bercow tells a noisy chamber that "the public doesn't like it", is a regular occurrence at Prime Minister's Questions.
By Tim MontgomerieFollow Tim on Twitter. Conservative MP Rob Wilson has launched a direct attack on the Speaker, John Bercow. He hasn't done it on the floor of the House but on the pages of The Daily Telegraph. He writes that Bercow "has emerged as a partisan, divisive figure, and one far too full of […]
John Bercow has just announced the result of the elections for the three Deputy Speakers. The successful candidates were: Lindsay Hoyle – Chairman of Ways and Means Nigel Evans – 1st Deputy Chairman of Ways and Means Dawn Primarolo – 2nd Deputy Chairman of ways and Means Needless to say, having backed both Lindsay and […]
6.15pm update: All eight candidates who attended the hustings listed below have been nominated for the post along with a ninth candidate, Anne McIntosh, the Conservative MP for Thirsk and Malton, who has also put herself forward for chairman of the Defra select committee on Wednesday. Given that one female candidate must be elected, there […]
A special Commons committee convened to consider the events surrounding the arrest of Damian Green and search of his Commons office (with regard to leaks he had received from a Home Office civil servant) has published its report this afternoon. You can read it in its entirety here, but suffice to say it is critical […]
"Mr. Speaker-Elect, may I join the Prime Minister in offering my congratulations, and in wishing you well, not least in crossing that last hurdle that the Prime Minister referred to: the agreement of the monarch? I would like to thank the Father of the House for the way in which he conducted proceedings. I was […]