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Whilst a thread has been running for a few weeks concerning Speaker Bercow and the activities of his wife Sally, it is now the Speaker's declared view that hunting should be banned.
It is time all hunting people woke up and realised they are being taken for a ride!
The following report from today's Daily Mail, says it all!
Frankly we are all being taken for mugs by all these MPs
Minister hits out at Bercow and wife over impartiality
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 7:33 AM on 20th January 2011
A senior minister has launched an outspoken attack on Commons Speaker John Bercow and his wife.
Mr Bercow infuriated international development minister Alan Duncan by criticising the Government’s political reforms and defending the ban on foxhunting.
In a sign of the growing tension between the Speaker and the Government, Mr Duncan said Mr Bercow faced ‘very worrying’ questions about his impartiality.
He also hit out at the ‘conduct’ of Mr Bercow’s wife Sally, who has angered Tory MPs with her repeated – and often highly personal – attacks on the Government. He said this was ‘becoming a pretty serious problem’, and pointed out that she lives at taxpayers’ expense in the luxurious Speaker’s House in the Palace of Westminster.
Wedded alliance: Commons Speaker John Bercow has come under fire for his support for the hunting ban. His wife Sally has also angered Tory MPs with her repeated attacks on the Government Long-standing conventions dictate that the Speaker must be politically neutral and avoid commenting on contentious issues. But yesterday it emerged that Mr Bercow had written to a constituent saying there was a ‘compelling’ argument for the hunting ban. He added that killing foxes was ‘wrong’.The Speaker also criticised the Government’s flagship political reforms which involve cutting the number of MPs.
He said at a Westminster event discussing parliamentary scrutiny: ‘It may well be that MPs will have to work harder to scrutinise effectively if the balance between backbenchers and ministers is squeezed more in favour of ministers. Would that concern me? It would.’
Mr Bercow's comments represent a U-turn from his previous opposition to the ban and are likely anger the Tories who are hoping to repeal the act
Mr Duncan told the BBC’s Daily Politics Show yesterday: ‘The top rule for any Speaker is that they are politically impartial and they stand back from expressing party political opinions of any sort.
‘[His comments] seem seriously to conflict with the essential rule of the Speaker’s life [which] is that he should be above party politics and I think that’s very worrying.’
Lady Boothroyd said Mr Bercow's refusal to wear traditional court dress harmed his authority because people did not look up to him as much as they should Mrs Bercow stunned Westminster shortly after her husband’s election to the role of Speaker by giving an interview in which she admitted enjoying binge drinking and one-night stands in her youth.
But it is her political outbursts that have angered many Tories – and brought warnings that she risks breaching the impartiality of the Speaker’s office.
Mrs Bercow, who stood as a Labour council candidate at the last election, uses Twitter to launch almost daily attacks on Government policy.
In 2009 she called Mr Cameron a ‘merchant of spin’. Last year she criticised William Hague for the way in which he dealt with internet rumours about his private life.
Mr Duncan, once a close friend of Mr Bercow, said: ‘The wife of the Speaker is entitled to opinions of course. But she’s living in the House and then says “I have a separate life”, and a lot of it is a personal attack on Conservative politicians. ‘That’s quite different from saying “I want to stand as a Labour candidate in a local council”.’ Mr Bercow’s office declined to comment yesterday.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1BYiaEFCz
It is time all hunting people woke up and realised they are being taken for a ride!
The following report from today's Daily Mail, says it all!
Frankly we are all being taken for mugs by all these MPs
Minister hits out at Bercow and wife over impartiality
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 7:33 AM on 20th January 2011
A senior minister has launched an outspoken attack on Commons Speaker John Bercow and his wife.
Mr Bercow infuriated international development minister Alan Duncan by criticising the Government’s political reforms and defending the ban on foxhunting.
In a sign of the growing tension between the Speaker and the Government, Mr Duncan said Mr Bercow faced ‘very worrying’ questions about his impartiality.
He also hit out at the ‘conduct’ of Mr Bercow’s wife Sally, who has angered Tory MPs with her repeated – and often highly personal – attacks on the Government. He said this was ‘becoming a pretty serious problem’, and pointed out that she lives at taxpayers’ expense in the luxurious Speaker’s House in the Palace of Westminster.
Wedded alliance: Commons Speaker John Bercow has come under fire for his support for the hunting ban. His wife Sally has also angered Tory MPs with her repeated attacks on the Government Long-standing conventions dictate that the Speaker must be politically neutral and avoid commenting on contentious issues. But yesterday it emerged that Mr Bercow had written to a constituent saying there was a ‘compelling’ argument for the hunting ban. He added that killing foxes was ‘wrong’.The Speaker also criticised the Government’s flagship political reforms which involve cutting the number of MPs.
He said at a Westminster event discussing parliamentary scrutiny: ‘It may well be that MPs will have to work harder to scrutinise effectively if the balance between backbenchers and ministers is squeezed more in favour of ministers. Would that concern me? It would.’
Mr Bercow's comments represent a U-turn from his previous opposition to the ban and are likely anger the Tories who are hoping to repeal the act
Mr Duncan told the BBC’s Daily Politics Show yesterday: ‘The top rule for any Speaker is that they are politically impartial and they stand back from expressing party political opinions of any sort.
‘[His comments] seem seriously to conflict with the essential rule of the Speaker’s life [which] is that he should be above party politics and I think that’s very worrying.’
Lady Boothroyd said Mr Bercow's refusal to wear traditional court dress harmed his authority because people did not look up to him as much as they should Mrs Bercow stunned Westminster shortly after her husband’s election to the role of Speaker by giving an interview in which she admitted enjoying binge drinking and one-night stands in her youth.
But it is her political outbursts that have angered many Tories – and brought warnings that she risks breaching the impartiality of the Speaker’s office.
Mrs Bercow, who stood as a Labour council candidate at the last election, uses Twitter to launch almost daily attacks on Government policy.
In 2009 she called Mr Cameron a ‘merchant of spin’. Last year she criticised William Hague for the way in which he dealt with internet rumours about his private life.
Mr Duncan, once a close friend of Mr Bercow, said: ‘The wife of the Speaker is entitled to opinions of course. But she’s living in the House and then says “I have a separate life”, and a lot of it is a personal attack on Conservative politicians. ‘That’s quite different from saying “I want to stand as a Labour candidate in a local council”.’ Mr Bercow’s office declined to comment yesterday.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz1BYiaEFCz
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cannot be much fun ..but he does indeed need to deal with her toute de suite.