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Bercow disgraceful divulgence!!!

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GrannyGravy13 Wed 04-Sept-19 12:59:06

The speaker of the house divulged the school that Michael Goves children attend in the H of P last night.

This is surely not what he is paid to do, MPs children should not be put in a vulnerable position, will there now have to be security at the school?

MawB Wed 04-Sept-19 21:09:46

I believe the words were along the lines of

I say to the Chancellor of the Duchy, that when he turns up at our school as a parent, he's a very well-behaved fellow.
He wouldn't dare behave like that in front of [the school] and neither would I
That David and Sam Cameron’s daughter goes to Greycoats is public knowledge, do Bercow’s and Gove’s daughters go there too - so why the pearl clutching?

crystaltipps Wed 04-Sept-19 21:13:02

The headteacher is female.

Iam64 Wed 04-Sept-19 21:14:39

Bercow is a bit of a hero these days, keeping order in the rabble.
Sarah Vine, well, a rather unpleasant Journalist who works for a rather unpleasant paper.

Anniebach Wed 04-Sept-19 21:27:19

So it excuses Brecow from bringing an MP’s children and the school they attend into parliament because their mother works for the Daily Mail, it would not be acceptable if their mother worked for The Daily Star.

Families should not be used in Parliament for cheap jibes

Labaik Wed 04-Sept-19 21:28:30

Did someone in the Conservative party shout out 'sit down darling' when Jo Swinson was speaking this evening, or did I hear it incorrectly? If so it's disgraceful...sad

MawB Wed 04-Sept-19 21:40:32

Annie nobody is putting anybody’s children at risk.
It is a matter of public knowledge which school the Gove children (child?) go to.
Bercow did not mention them - look st his words- yes he alluded to their children going to the same school so the only children he “revealed” anything about were his own.
His point was Michael Gove’s behaviour which like JRM’s has been frankly appalling.

crystaltipps Wed 04-Sept-19 21:42:05

A bit of a nothing to get your knickers in a twist incident.

Anniebach Wed 04-Sept-19 22:05:31

Maw I didn’t know, not interested. He named the head of the school and bringing families into it to reprimand a MP is wrong in my opinion.

Callistemon Wed 04-Sept-19 22:17:06

depression, ships that pass in the night, Meghan, blah blah....do you think she actually cares?
I find your posts increasingly confusing Lessismore

Anniebach Wed 04-Sept-19 22:21:12

Who is Megan ?

Callistemon Wed 04-Sept-19 22:24:58

Is she an MP?

Anniebach Wed 04-Sept-19 22:27:59

I don’t know , Callistemon and baffled by ‘ships passing in the night’

Callistemon Wed 04-Sept-19 22:30:12

Real ships? In the English Channel?

Or like DH and me when the DC were small; he got in from work as I went out through the door. Those kind of ships that pass in the night?

Anniebach Wed 04-Sept-19 22:38:36

Could be Callistemon but who is Megan ?

GracesGranMK3 Thu 05-Sept-19 08:26:53

I do wonder why this is being discussed; presumably people have nothing better to do.

Just for the sake of accuracy though, where MawB writes that the speaker said "in front of [the school] the bracketed part a) does not make sense and b) was a person's, not a schools name.

Now to get on with something worthwhile.

MawB Thu 05-Sept-19 08:45:24

I was quoting from a written record.

MawB Thu 05-Sept-19 08:47:01

And to be fair, what I heard sounded like “Mrs Something or other”
Michael Gove would have known who he meant, presumably the head of Greycoats?

Firecracker123 Thu 05-Sept-19 08:51:13

Some posters on here think they are something else good grief ? yes Miss ok Miss?will do Miss ?

Anniebach Thu 05-Sept-19 08:53:03

Order, order ?

MawB Thu 05-Sept-19 08:55:44

But what it was not, was any breach of security or indeed include any naming of children.
Teacup? Storm?

Lessismore Thu 05-Sept-19 09:53:16

I was referring to Sarah Vines articles.....she writes a lot about the Duchess of Sussex and one of her articles mentions her sorrow about marriages where partners are like ships that pass in the night.

I find her to be less than genuine.

Anniebach Thu 05-Sept-19 10:18:26

Thank you for explaining Lessismore , I never read the daily mail.

moggie57 Thu 05-Sept-19 10:19:52

that mans a clown .he smirks at everything.

Lessismore Thu 05-Sept-19 12:58:48

Good for you Annie, I must stop peeking at it on line.

PernillaVanilla Thu 05-Sept-19 13:00:56

I find him strangely attractive.