John Bercow is the next Speaker

Epic Commons fail. He’s barely even a Conservative, seeing as he apparently tried to defect to Labour not so long ago… I reckon Sir George Young would have been a much better choice (and not because he went to Eton and did Philosophy, Politics & Economics at Christ Church), not least because Bercow is also buried to the neck in the expenses mire, which makes his “need to reform” line ring a little hollow. Mind you, as David Cameron highlighted, he is also the first Jewish MP to hold the post, which should satisfy the need for cultural diversity within the House rather well (though unfortunately I can see the BNP and other rogue elements in the media and political world diving on a combination of these last two defining features before too long). Thankfully, it wasn’t an especially embarrassing margin, Bercow’s 322 to Young’s 271.

I fully expect the Conservatives to kick him out if they win the next General Election, and replace him with a ‘true’ Tory. Also, on a side note, I wish Gordon Brown would stop scribbling on his notes and actually listen when someone else is talking…

~ by Marius Ostrowski on June 22, 2009.