Mr Speaker#36811 By davidjay - Wed Dec 21, 2022 12:06 am - Wed Dec 21, 2022 12:06 am #36811 Imagine if the previous incumbent made such a blatantly biased statement? Oboogie liked this
Re: Mr Speaker#36814 By Oboogie - Wed Dec 21, 2022 2:37 am - Wed Dec 21, 2022 2:37 am #36814 What was the context? Did he offer any justification for his intervention?
Re: Mr Speaker#36817 By Yug - Wed Dec 21, 2022 9:34 am - Wed Dec 21, 2022 9:34 am #36817 Thinks he's in line for a seat when his tenure as least effective Speaker ever comes to an end? Oboogie, mattomac liked this It might only be the Imperial Service Medal, but I've got a gong. What's Paul Dacre got?
Re: Mr Speaker#36818 By Andy McDandy - Wed Dec 21, 2022 10:09 am - Wed Dec 21, 2022 10:09 am #36818 I suspect he thinks that if he does a good enough job, they'll let him keep the jacket. As the actress said to the bishop, rabbi, imam and priest "My eyes have seen the glory, I'm a born again Atheist!"
Re: Mr Speaker#36823 By Bones McCoy - Wed Dec 21, 2022 11:16 am - Wed Dec 21, 2022 11:16 am #36823 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. mattomac liked this
Re: Mr Speaker#36826 By Oboogie - Wed Dec 21, 2022 12:08 pm - Wed Dec 21, 2022 12:08 pm #36826 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.
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