tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post9071969354420732487..comments2024-03-04T17:54:32.559+00:00Comments on Iain Dale's Diary: Speaker Bercow's First TestIain Dalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03270146219458384372noreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-85031792542030290502009-06-26T10:57:01.412+01:002009-06-26T10:57:01.412+01:00I see Balls has announced an announcement todayI see Balls has announced an announcement todayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-50795433180484572492009-06-24T14:15:17.069+01:002009-06-24T14:15:17.069+01:00He did it boys - he did it!
Credit to Bercow.He did it boys - he did it!<br /><br />Credit to Bercow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-44591183847611451802009-06-24T11:23:59.865+01:002009-06-24T11:23:59.865+01:00Constantly Furious,
No legislation exists giving ...Constantly Furious,<br /><br />No legislation exists giving the Speaker the right to dictate to ministers to whom they should or should not speak, or where this is or isn't permissible. <br /><br />Bercow shows himself to be alarmingly ill informed, and a self opinionated bully.<br /><br />This is not Nazi Germany - it's democratic Britain, where MP's are elected to serve and communicate freely and opening with those they are paid to serve, the electorate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-6727345311413798682009-06-24T11:16:17.049+01:002009-06-24T11:16:17.049+01:00The Speaker has no power to legislate. Parliament...The Speaker has no power to legislate. Parliament has neither debated nor approved a 'gagging order' on ministers appointed to serve the public and keep the public fully and openly informed - a principle of democracy.<br /><br />Bercow's immediate 'threat' on arrival was well 'out of order' - he's paid to serve ministers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-48284986647315380712009-06-24T02:25:57.038+01:002009-06-24T02:25:57.038+01:00Lord Iain of PlayRadio said "I wonder if John...Lord Iain of PlayRadio said <i>"I wonder if John Bercow will have the courage of his convictions and bring the Prime Minister before the House to explain himself."</i> <br /><br />Computer says no...The Grim Reaperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05543130733645367498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-77479446027353157832009-06-23T23:31:13.533+01:002009-06-23T23:31:13.533+01:00Slightly off topic, hope you don't mind!
Bill...Slightly off topic, hope you don't mind!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ministry-of-truth.net/thebill.html" rel="nofollow">Bill to imprison MPs who lie</a>Elby the Beserkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15060519682739666145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-40480891293123330192009-06-23T23:04:44.843+01:002009-06-23T23:04:44.843+01:00What a silly post, Iain. Bercow has many tests ahe...<i>What a silly post, Iain. Bercow has many tests ahead of him but this isn't one of them.</i><br /><br />Yes, it was. It was his first one. And he failed it. Oh dear, how sad, never mind.Martin Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04148241391183658112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-17502990517988166252009-06-23T22:37:51.244+01:002009-06-23T22:37:51.244+01:00Give Bercow a break and let him prove himself or o...Give Bercow a break and let him prove himself or otherwise.<br />No one said a Speaker has to be popular but he must be respected.<br />I find the idea of a maverick Speaker who answers to no one but himself rather appealing.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06810788783886456639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-3533795870561984512009-06-23T22:16:12.063+01:002009-06-23T22:16:12.063+01:00Well said, strapworld!
Most, if not all, of the &...Well said, strapworld!<br /><br />Most, if not all, of the "archaic nonsense" is there for a good reason.<br /><br />The Speaker's costume is there because the office is greater than the man (or woman) who occupies it.<br /><br />MPs refer to each other as "the Honorable Member for X" - even if they believe said member to be one of the most dishonorable persons ever to enter Parliament - to emphasize that MPs represent their constituents, not themselves. The extra level of indirection also helps MPs stay on the right side of the line between impassioned debate and personal abuse.<br /><br />In general, the traditional stuff is there to remind MPs that Parliament, and the rights of the British people, existed centuries before they did and, God willing, will still exist long after they are dead and forgotten.<br /><br />In my experience, people who despise the past usually despise the future as well - their main priority seems to be to grab what they can while the going's good and then disappear, leaving a mess for someone else to clear up. Tony Blair is a classic example.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-64093947181140821672009-06-23T22:09:37.012+01:002009-06-23T22:09:37.012+01:00Widdecombe honest MP who cares passionately about ...Widdecombe honest MP who cares passionately about cleaning up Parliament.<br /><br />Bercow diddled expenses to avoid capital gains tax and wants to give MPs a 100% pay rise.<br /><br />Which one do MPs (mainly Labour) vote for?<br /><br />Yes the tax avoider and expenses fiddler who wants to pay them more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-75696836436360453972009-06-23T22:05:35.245+01:002009-06-23T22:05:35.245+01:00Paul Halsall - go read PoliticalBetting. You are m...Paul Halsall - go read PoliticalBetting. You are misinformed - even if it is written in that fountain of wisdom Metro.Oscar Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09423019456579337438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-73164395486173993442009-06-23T22:04:02.953+01:002009-06-23T22:04:02.953+01:00Sorry, but I really do not understand why people t...Sorry, but I really do not understand why people think that old Etonians or people who graduated from the many fine universities in this country are the "lowest of the low" (constantly cretinous). OK, so many of these people come from monied backgrounds, but equally, many people work and save hard, don't have flash cars or holidays or the big wide-screen tv's and sky. Instead, they choose to use their earnings to send their children to good schools (not public or private, just have to pay for transportation over many miles) and the children, to their great credit, work very hard to achieve great results. They then go on to the good uni's, ie Oxbridge, St. Andrew's and some London uni's. <br /><br />Constantly Cretinous (you really are)how dare you denigrate my children and their achievements, and how hard my husband and I work for them to go to good universities. Think before you write, not everyone who attends good school/universities are wealthy - we just choose to use our money on education for our children.<br /><br />You seem to me to be a mean spirited bigot. Are you just jealous of people who have money? Too lazy to work hard enough. Are you jealous that you did not have the academic ability to go to a good university? Perhaps if you worked harder, you too would have been accepted into the best educational establishments. <br /><br />I don't know your circumstance in relation to children. What I do know is that the hypocrite Paul McCartney made a big fanfare about sending his children to state comps, but when they finished, he used his influence to get them into fantastic jobs.salt and vinegar for cretinous' shouldernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-58564107818640249772009-06-23T22:03:53.094+01:002009-06-23T22:03:53.094+01:00I can't believe apologists for Bercow are re-r...I can't believe apologists for Bercow are re-running all the twaddle they pumped out to defend Michael Martin. All valid criticism has to be deflected as some kind of naughty 'ism'. This is an extremely tedious attempt to close down any proper analysis of what is going on. But this is what the Left now are - a hollow party that shouts 'racist' or vainly attempts to revive the class war in a pathetic final attempt to make their lives meaningful.Oscar Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09423019456579337438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-616088264895343592009-06-23T21:58:22.442+01:002009-06-23T21:58:22.442+01:00@Oscar Miller
I was accused of mis-citing a sourc...@Oscar Miller<br /><br />I was accused of mis-citing a source when I was citing the source from a text in front of me. <br /><br />And the conclusion stands. Labour is doing badly, but the public are not sold on the Tories.<br /><br />I do hope the Tory Party continues to ignore this; then there is chance for a hung parliament, a very narrow Labour victory, or, joy of joys, a Tory minority government.Paul Halsallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602075031268155220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-30600500740952949322009-06-23T21:52:36.391+01:002009-06-23T21:52:36.391+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-30832446605139382312009-06-23T21:52:07.286+01:002009-06-23T21:52:07.286+01:00Paul Halsall - can I refer you to PolitcalBetting ...Paul Halsall - can I refer you to PolitcalBetting where the analysis of polls is a little more sophisticated? The latest Ipsos Mori poll puts the Conservatives at 38, Labour at 21 and LibDems at 19 as anon @7.20 correctly states.Oscar Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09423019456579337438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-32913639634133432282009-06-23T21:28:22.267+01:002009-06-23T21:28:22.267+01:00Let's face it. Labour MPs thought it was a jol...Let's face it. Labour MPs thought it was a jolly good wheeze to vote Bercow. They have the utmost contempt for the electorate.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-40370265454278770752009-06-23T21:27:42.572+01:002009-06-23T21:27:42.572+01:00* * * Marian & Oscar Miller.
I agree that left...* * * Marian & Oscar Miller.<br />I agree that left wing loonies seem to have attacked this Blog,Just reading some of their comments prove that they cannot add anything sensible,and only offer personal insults. I off now to stir it up on Labour List and any other left wing leaning Blogs. I will just pretend I cannot spell PROPER or PUNCTUATE (Labour speak for a flat tyre)<br />WV....nomojo, yes I haveTory Attack Dognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-69869677372579356962009-06-23T21:26:39.212+01:002009-06-23T21:26:39.212+01:00Stronghold Barricades said...
Should I hold my bre...Stronghold Barricades said...<br />Should I hold my breath?<br /><br /><br />LOoooooooooooooooooooooooOL<br /><br />You been reading my Blog - Recover starts when Gordon loses his Job?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-25767141509675218712009-06-23T21:24:47.328+01:002009-06-23T21:24:47.328+01:00@Anon 7:20
I cited a news report from print in ME...@Anon 7:20<br /><br />I cited a news report from print in METRO. <br /><br />The Mori poll used said 30 Con/ 17 Lab/ 14 LD. 15% were undecided.<br /><br />Then METRO reported adjusted figures. I do not dispute in any way that Labour is in crisis. What I dispute is that the Tories have in anyway sold themselves to the public.Paul Halsallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01602075031268155220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-18188243079762235422009-06-23T21:24:45.939+01:002009-06-23T21:24:45.939+01:00Pass the Cheese.Pass the Cheese.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-76885978895908208002009-06-23T21:18:27.544+01:002009-06-23T21:18:27.544+01:00Bercow said he would come down like a tonne of bri...Bercow said he would come down like a tonne of bricks on media-grid pre-announcements - this is his "manifesto promise".<br /><br />Over to you Bercow......man or a mouse?Jonty (aka Jonathan) Prior the New Labour Liarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-16239217002098549972009-06-23T21:16:20.296+01:002009-06-23T21:16:20.296+01:00Did anyone see Berkow's interview with Tom Bra...Did anyone see Berkow's interview with Tom Bradby on the 6.30pm ITV News tonight? What an arrogant, pompous, oozy little hoon he is. Great. We've been utterly stitched up by the PLP. I used to work with his (future) wife in the early 90s): she was a snotty weirdo too. Socially dysfunctional to the nth with bad skin. God almighty ... what has this all come to?Jules Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07316327361072587324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-34980394057479198832009-06-23T21:12:07.656+01:002009-06-23T21:12:07.656+01:00Would Bercow have the Guardsmen stood outside Buck...Would Bercow have the Guardsmen stood outside Buckingham Palace dressed in jeans, T shirts and baseball caps?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6214838.post-9322827604881177502009-06-23T21:09:57.195+01:002009-06-23T21:09:57.195+01:00ah my apologies, anonymous @8:20PM has also though...ah my apologies, anonymous @8:20PM has also thought about the third theory on my list :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com