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Mr Speaker
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2022 12:06 am
by davidjay
Imagine if the previous incumbent made such a blatantly biased statement?
Re: Mr Speaker
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2022 2:37 am
by Oboogie
What was the context? Did he offer any justification for his intervention?
Re: Mr Speaker
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2022 9:34 am
by Yug
Thinks he's in line for a seat when his tenure as least effective Speaker ever comes to an end?
Re: Mr Speaker
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2022 10:09 am
by Andy McDandy
I suspect he thinks that if he does a good enough job, they'll let him keep the jacket.
Re: Mr Speaker
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2022 11:16 am
by Bones McCoy
It's significant that almost all the voices urging a retention of the lords come from two groups.
1. Lords
2. Senior parliamentarians whose "service" translates to a near guaranteed lordship.
Re: Mr Speaker
Posted: Wed Dec 21, 2022 12:08 pm
by Oboogie
Yug wrote: ↑Wed Dec 21, 2022 9:34 am
Thinks he's in line for a seat when his tenure as least effective Speaker ever comes to an end?
As far I know that's the norm for former Speakers. Or it was until Johnson failed to bestow a peerage on John Bercow.