Kellfire
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Not if the right thing to do was to make decisions that appeared to be biased towards remain.
John Bercow.
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SocketRocket
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What! Always.
spongebob59
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More than 50 present and former parliamentary staff have written an open letter calling on the next House of Commons speaker to implement an independent complaints system.
They say they are dismayed that no action was taken to end self-regulation under John Bercow, despite it being one of the key recommendations of the inquiry led by the former judge Dame Laura Cox into bullying at Westminster last year.
At present, staff who have faced mistreatment are directed to a helpline but any sanctions against an MP will ultimately be decided by other MPs
They say they are dismayed that no action was taken to end self-regulation under John Bercow, despite it being one of the key recommendations of the inquiry led by the former judge Dame Laura Cox into bullying at Westminster last year.
At present, staff who have faced mistreatment are directed to a helpline but any sanctions against an MP will ultimately be decided by other MPs
spongebob59
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He should stand down now , any shred of impartiality gone
https://www.itv.com/news/2019-09-12/bercow-warns-boris-johnson-against-disobeying-law-over-brexit/
https://www.itv.com/news/2019-09-12/bercow-warns-boris-johnson-against-disobeying-law-over-brexit/
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Folk get confused, all the Speaker does is stand up for parliament and the right of parliament to hold the Executive to account. When both May and Johnson tried to force through laws by bypassing parliament he has intervened. That has affected Brexit but only because those PMs tried to go it alone like dictators, only them and their advisors calling all the shots, which wasn't/isn't right. He has also been an effective moderniser.
drdel
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He has vowed to cause the PM/ government grief. Well that's good impartial chairmanship: I don't think.
howbow88
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I think he has vowed to stop the PM from breaking legislation. As speaker, part of his job is to make sure that everyone, including the PM, plays by the rules.
ColchesterFC
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By using "procedural creativity" and that the "limitations of the existing rule book" won't stop him. Isn't that him, at the very least, bending the rules if not actually breaking them?
howbow88
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I don't think so. We all know what the PM and his allies want to do here, and that would involve breaking a recent law that has come to pass. Again, that is part of the speaker's job.
spongebob59
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It's also his job to be fair and impartial.
His job is to sit in the Chair and act as referee. As much as I think he's been way beyond the line many times, what he says when he's out and about is up to him. And from the piece I heard on the news, everything he said was reasonable and proper. He has every right to ensure the govt follows the law that has just been passed.
Beezerk
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True, he just seems to be becoming a Remainer poster boy, I think its maybe that which isn't sitting right with people.
drdel
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Agreed, but this speech was more of an angry rant, and, IMO, just Bercow grandstanding his own ego again.
Seen him rant in the Commons on a number of occasions. Yesterday wasn't an angry rant, nor was he grandstanding. He been invited to make a speech, and I was surprised at how measured and reasonable he was.
Hitdaball
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Yes woe betide anyone suggesting a standing PM should obey the law.
IanM
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He cheapened the Office with his lack of impartiality on issues and indulging his own ego.
drdel
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Well his language was a bit petulant IMO for a Speaker! but we'll have to agree to disagree.
e.g.
BBC, Bercow "...If that demands additional procedural creativity in order to come to pass, it is a racing certainty that this will happen, and that neither the limitations of the existing rule book nor the ticking of the clock will stop it doing so,"
SocketRocket
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He has clearly stated he will not break the law. Lets wait and see.
