Bercow being ousted

Every convention is being defied. It is a disaster to this mother of democracies.

Petty and childish. That should ensure his cooperation until then - he’ll be really frit.

Good.

More flouting of our laws. Let us hope Johnson can be made to understand that the rule of law includes him as well
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I thought this thread was about Bercow.

I think it is about defying all our historical conventions and rule of law.

Perhaps try reading the title of the thread again?

Johnson is exactly as we knew he would be before he got in, given his past offences. A disgusting man who would do anything to get power.

I do not like Bercow, he has in my opinion got “delusions of grandeur”.

Back to the thread - can't happen soon enough for Bercow.

Sorry GG13 crossed posts

Not mad about Bercow myself, but I am mad about democracy. He has done nothing wrong.

Good. Fingers crossed they rid of him.

lucky exactly.

There is no parliamentary law against standing against the speaker , it is a custom.

Is it democracy that voters in the constituency of the speaker
cannot vote ?

I think Bercow did an excellent job of silencing the rowdy commons and allowing our PM to speak - and dig himself in even deeper.
Of course Bercow was manipulating the agenda but the majority of MPs wanted that, isn’t that what he is there for, to ensure the will of parliament.

Wouldn’t say I am mad about democracy, seems a weird thing to say. I am pro democracy though. That’s out of the window now isn’t it? The Remain MPs won’t allow democracy to take its course. The gloves are off and both sides are digging in, to hell with the electorate.

This country has a Parliamentary Democracy*. Bercow has simply supported this fundamental principle. We elect MPs who make decisions on our behalf*. All Bercow has done is to enable the democratic process and to stop senior members of the government from subverting and running rough-shod over it. In other words, he was doing his job, whether or not we like it or him.

*Which is why the referendum could only ever by advisory.

Yet another misleading title.

Bercow is our representative in parliament. The legislative body is our representative in parliament. Bercow supports the legislative and defends their interests when it is being attacked by government. Government has had its wings clipped by the people’s representative and they don’t like it.

We get rid of Bercow in this way at our peril.

True gg3

Just two points:

1. They need an election
2. Buckingham voted 51% remain and this is likely to have increased.

if he is made to go - that would be yet another dagger in the heart of Parliamentary democracy - and I predict a massive movement of support for him- and the above even more so.

He could say ‘Infamy, infamy......the’ve all got it in for me!’?