Guerrilla Welsh-Fare (Free subscription) | yesterday
With the Iraq war enquiry starting as a result of the work done by Plaid in Westminster in the past it is good to note that once again the party is bringing the government to task over Afghanistan . Joined by the SNP and some of Labour MPs who still have a conscience. Adam Price, who is once again the most vocal critic of New Labour, is right to highlight that of all the forces in Afghanistan the UK...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Rather than worrying about the costs of redecorating his new apartment, surely new Speaker Bercow would be better occupied by establishing a Speaker's commission to examine the protocols involved if the next general election results in a hung parliament ( Clegg dents Labour hopes of Lib-Lab pact , 23 November). The existing arrangement between monarch and prime minister is unlikely to withstand the...
Not a sheep (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
The Mail claims that: "The wife of Commons Speaker John Bercow was sacked from a leading City firm after it claimed she had lied about having a degree from Oxford University. Sally Bercow was dismissed by public relations business Consolidated Communications after it contacted the Oxford authorities and discovered they had not granted her a degree. The company accused her of having lied on her...
Times Online (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
THE wife of John Bercow, the Commons Speaker, was dismissed from a City public relations firm after claims she he had misled the company about having a degree from Oxford University.
As I See It (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
I s there a sillier man in British politics than speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow? Please don’t write in on a postcard because the question was a rhetorical one to which the answer is no there isn’t. Last weekend Mr Bercow popped up on the BBC’s Andrew Marr programme to tell us all that in his esteemed opinion MP’s should expect to receive ‘rough justice’...
Talk about Newsnight (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Here is what is coming up on the programme: There was one aspect of today's Queen's Speech which made a decisive break with tradition - the Commons Speaker John Bercow ditched the stockings worn by his predecessors for the State Opening of Parliament in favour of trousers. Tonight, Michael Crick will examine the details of the speech to assess what other change is afoot - looking at the new measures...
Malcolm Clarke Labour (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Speaker John Bercow ditched the traditional stockings for the State opening of Parliament. And who can blame him.
BBC News (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
Commons Speaker John Bercow opts to wear trousers - rather than the traditional stockings - for the State Opening of Parliament.
Samizdata.net (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
This comment on the current Speaker, of the House of Commons, John Bercow, who is generally regarded by many people as a slimeball of the first order: "If you feel that is an exaggeration, look what they did when last entrusted with what was potentially a great reforming measure – the chance to elect a new Speaker to replace the compromised and incapable man we must learn to...
Gareth Wyn (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
I have signed up to one of those websites which tells you who has looked at your blog and how they found you. Common searches include 'caru ti' Welsh for Love you, people looking for a Welsh language version of I can sing a rainbow, (apologies but I can't provide one) residents in the Middle East who are looking for their favourite relative, and top of the list perverts who come to me looking for pictures...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
SPEAKER John Bercow will break with tradition at his first Queen's Speech by wearing tails, rather than the court dress worn by his predecessors, including Michael Martin.
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
MPs have been warned not to water down expenses reforms if they want to win back the public's trust.
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
The Speaker, John Bercow, today warned it would be catastrophic for the reputation of parliament if any attempt was made to row back on the sweeping reforms of MPs' expenses proposed by Sir Christopher Kelly last month. The unusually stern remarks will be taken as a warning to the new chairman of the independent parliamentary standards authority, Sir Ian Kennedy, not to meddle with the package presented....
The Independent (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
John Bercow, the Commons Speaker, warned yesterday it would be a “catastrophic mistake” to water down tough plans for sweeping reform of MPs’ expenses.
SNP Tactical Voting (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Across England and Wales in the General Election to come there will be three parties slugging it out and it's not unreasonable to expect all MPs from these areas to come exclusively from Labour, the Conservatives and the Lib Dems. As far as I am aware, the three parties who have the best chance of messing with this expectation are the Green Party, UKIP and, sadly, the BNP. For the Greens, although...
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