tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post2420700192884073127..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: A Matter for Regret?Iain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-65614328529393502652010-03-11T18:22:50.500+00:002010-03-11T18:22:50.500+00:00I think it says a lot about the Tory blogging frat...I think it says a lot about the Tory blogging fraternity as people that they still have the knives out for Bercow many months after he was elected and despite what is actually proving to be a fairly impartial and intelligent Speakership. Oh and by the way, the MP in question is both a bore and boorish.<br /><br />As for Bird and his ritualised attacks on the BBC, I am beginning to suspect he is a Murdoch plant on this blog.DespairingLiberalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02903904463236135611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-21071762173400645642010-03-11T12:16:03.957+00:002010-03-11T12:16:03.957+00:00If the Tories win the General Election I would hop...If the Tories win the General Election I would hope that they have more to concern themselves with than trying to get rid of Bercow. <br />The country needs fixing before anything else and it would be extremely poor publicity to waste time on what would essentially be a petty internal party squabble. <br /><br />I'm not a huge fan of Bercow but he is there, he was elected there and it doesn't matter who elected him. Time to move on.Richard Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07555026126768037725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-65920690679384454472010-03-11T09:22:52.385+00:002010-03-11T09:22:52.385+00:00"I'm not sure I understand the complaint?..."I'm not sure I understand the complaint?"<br /><br />Nobody is the least bit surprised.Moriartyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02636946960473769348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-23508782102044585102010-03-10T22:21:24.783+00:002010-03-10T22:21:24.783+00:00Bercow the only declared 'eurosceptic' who...Bercow the only declared 'eurosceptic' who voted against a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty...<br /><br />Farage is the answer to Bercow. <br /><br />While his party are Brown's best friends.<br /><br />curious and curiouserTapestryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17267094484651413428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-62672339405357903882010-03-10T22:13:47.074+00:002010-03-10T22:13:47.074+00:00Paul Halsall
Were you interested when he was elec...Paul Halsall<br /><br />Were you interested when he was elected for ideological reasons ?Newmaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11922161971821380803noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-59456386008385496162010-03-10T22:03:36.004+00:002010-03-10T22:03:36.004+00:00I'm not sure I understand the complaint? Is i...I'm not sure I understand the complaint? Is it that Burns was falsely accused or that boorish behaviour should not be discouraged?Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542633492362670045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-68567872019700132342010-03-10T21:12:55.749+00:002010-03-10T21:12:55.749+00:00Paul Halsall:
If a Speaker is elected from any pa...Paul Halsall:<br /><br />If a Speaker is elected from any party and simply does his job of ensuring fair debate and keeping order, fine.<br /><br />If he engages in naked prejudice against any party, whether his own or the other, it becomes a matter of ideology.<br /><br />Suppose that the Conservatives got in, and Bercow, realising which way the wind was now blowing, creaked round like an unlubricated weathercock and started shamelessly favouring them, that would be equally discreditable.Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-6487619002377373802010-03-10T20:34:08.456+00:002010-03-10T20:34:08.456+00:00Well this speaker and the last one were elected fo...Well this speaker and the last one were elected for idealogical reasons Mr Halsall.<br /><br />That certainly is more than interesting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-49839633329532290982010-03-10T19:13:55.708+00:002010-03-10T19:13:55.708+00:00You seem to want to fire a speaker for ideological...You seem to want to fire a speaker for ideological reasons.<br /><br />Interesting.Paul Halsallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602075031268155220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-77920060892869485162010-03-10T16:36:12.208+00:002010-03-10T16:36:12.208+00:00An MP disloyal to his party can be denied the whip...An MP disloyal to his party can be denied the whip, but that has no relevance if the MP is the Speaker. Or he can be deselected by his constituency, but there is no sign of that happening.<br /><br />Suppose, and it's far from certain at the moment, that the Conservatives win a clear majority at the GE, and Farage fails to beat Bercow at the polls. What sanction against him is available beyond the above? Can an MP be expelled from a party? Can he be forced to resign for any conduct short of plain criminal?Ralph Hancockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686354797977020917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-28240292267740819822010-03-10T16:36:12.209+00:002010-03-10T16:36:12.209+00:00There may be a bit of rancour here:
http://servic...There may be a bit of rancour here:<br /><br />http://services.parliament.uk/hansard/Commons/ByDate/20090702/mainchamberdebates/part005.html<br /><br />This is where Simon Burns took a swipe at Bercow over his alleged leaking of Parliamentary Business to the media before it was announced in the House. This just days after Bercow moaned about other MPs and Ministers doing it.<br /><br />Just a guess...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-30620084569543461812010-03-10T16:31:34.661+00:002010-03-10T16:31:34.661+00:00I think you could be right, Iain.
Behaviour unbec...I think you could be right, Iain.<br /><br />Behaviour unbecoming of a speaker...Martin Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04148241391183658112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-73568888330451160192010-03-10T15:41:55.293+00:002010-03-10T15:41:55.293+00:00Bercow is useless. Pretends to be a reforming Spea...Bercow is useless. Pretends to be a reforming Speaker but allows Brown and his ghastly followers to undermine PMQs by such wonderfully witty references to Ashcroft. <br />Bercow should have reprimanded Brown to show who's boss---oh I forgot, voted for by by labour.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15350267503307455359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-63060484202167359322010-03-10T15:29:08.120+00:002010-03-10T15:29:08.120+00:00If the Tories win, Bercow should be replaced after...If the Tories win, Bercow should be replaced after the GE. Never mind today, he never gets Brown to answer PMQs.<br />Also for the chop: Public service job adverts in the Guardian which would bring the ant-Tory rag to its knees. (The job ads should go online.)<br />This leads to another priority - the savage cutting of the BBC, particularly its news departments, which have been doing Mandelson's work for him on the demonisation of Ashcroft.<br />Don't get me started on Labour-dominated quangos.Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12161658443183028628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-29016413626680872372010-03-10T15:20:36.254+00:002010-03-10T15:20:36.254+00:00Vote Farage.Vote Farage.Magical_Misthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07446193963152993371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-38063640150051892422010-03-10T15:16:06.601+00:002010-03-10T15:16:06.601+00:00I noticed that. I didn't know there was a his...I noticed that. I didn't know there was a history, but the chill was noticeable compared to the unctuous reprimand to the labour side.Piphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17017840702630093075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-47182386215098000352010-03-10T15:04:58.724+00:002010-03-10T15:04:58.724+00:00"A bore and boorish?" Talk about a sense..."A bore and boorish?" Talk about a sense of irony....................................https://www.blogger.com/profile/09387648864595329094noreply@blogger.com