Dear All
The House of Commons is sometimes called the ‘Mother of all
Parliaments, it has produced some excellent Parliamentarians. The Chamber of
the House of Commons has seen some fine speeches; one that sticks out is the
speech by Anthony Eden regarding the atrocities carried by the Germans during
WW2.
Other interesting speeches which had an impact, Geoffrey
Howe’s speech which was a death blow to Margaret Thatcher’s career.
The House of Commons is steeped in history and tradition
which cannot be overlooked by people who are elected to serve at it. It is an
enduring symbol of the United
Kingdom .
In recent years the House of Commons has been rather unlucky
in selecting their choice of Speaker. The standard of a good Speaker was set by
Labour Peer Betty Boothroyd, she was a marvellous Speaker who commanded respect
through-out her entire reign.
When the expenses scandal rocked Westminster , the then Speaker Michael Martin
tried to hold the fort, this was a mistake; the people who are elected MPs are
not above the law. When one MP was sent to trial over their expenses, that
member put forward a rather novel idea that the House of Commons had
jurisdiction and referred to the Bill of Rights as his get out of jail free
card.
I blogged that since the Bill of Rights was written in good
faith, it rather follows that those who wrote never envisaged allowing for
criminality by members in the course of doing their duties. My view was that
such a point of law was not valid, it appeared the Judges agreed with me, and threw
that nonsense straight on the scrapheap where it belonged.
As the Labour Party was unhappy that the Conservatives had
forced out Michael Martin, they decided to be cute and voted in John Bercow.
This was supposed to be a fresh start in the eyes of the public, but
Conservatives MPs rather took a massive dislike to Bercow, and David Cameron did
nothing to curb it. The situation went from bad to worse, in part this wasn’t a
one way street, as John Bercow appeared none to happy with the situation; he
found himself.
The hallmark of a good Speaker is fairness.
A short time ago just before the break up of Parliament
there an attempt to put in places measures to make it easier to remove the
Speaker by William Hague. John Bercow was nearly in tears as he saw a motion
defeated, and it took some time for him to regain his composure. There is
strong feelings about removing John Bercow, but I don’t think it is in the
interests of Parliament that two Speakers in a row should removed, whatever
problems exist between John Bercow and the Conservative Party must be put to
rest for the sake of Parliament.
John Bercow is married, his wife is called Sally.
She has brought nothing but trouble to Westminster where the Speaker has apartments
to live in. Living in Westminster
is a privilege that few people will ever experience, it is bound by tradition,
and that tradition is passed on to others as part of British history. Sally
Bercow is a disgrace, her antics such as the infamous photo shoot wearing a
sheet was a lowering the institution which should have never been allowed.
So, lots of rights and lots of responsibility being at Westminster .
Now, it has emerged that Sally Bercow has been having an
affair. What is more embarrassing is that she has children and the affair took
place with John Bercow’s married cousin. Whatever decision John Bercow comes to
regarding his wife is his business, if he takes her back, then so be it. People
have to be allowed to make their own choices.
Having fucked up, we now have Sally Bercow in tears sobbing
outside her £1.2million mews house by the Thames in Battersea, South London . She is claiming to anyone that is willing
to listen that John Bercow is her 'best friend'; well you don’t fuck your ‘best
friend’ over and certainly not family.
The best thing that Sally Bercow can do is shut her mouth,
because dragging this spectacle onto the pages of the national newspapers does
more harm than good and solves nothing.
Yesterday, Sally Bercow said that she had hated the six
'lonely' years living with John Bercow in Parliament, and vowed:
'I won't go back'.
I find this statement odd as one thing Westminster certainly
isn’t is deserted, people are all over the place, and I think her painting
herself as some sort of victim is really bizarre. She might not be getting
asked back by John Bercow, how many times do you have to fuck up before someone
calls it a day, goodwill only lasts for so long.
There are only two victims here, and Sally Bercow cannot
claim either spots.
One person who can
take the moral high ground is the wife of Alan Bercow, Mrs Scott-Young, who
must be really angry about this, but appears at present to be taking a
pragmatic view. She said it was 'too early to say' if she would be able to
forgive her husband. You have to respect this kind of judgment, too easy to
blow your stack and read the riot act in public.
Mrs Scott-Young said to the press:
“I'm a lawyer; I'm not interested in being a media whore. I
have a son, I have a husband and I've always been brought up to do the right
thing. Alan is home. He's home and I'm sorry but I just find this all very
distasteful and I really don't want to make any more comments to feed this
woman's ego and narcissism”.
She added:
“There's innocent parties isn't there and again I've a child
and Alan's got two other children. He's not going to make any comments at all.”
And to make the point that Bercow family wasn’t welcome to
her £3 million pound house in Chiswick, she said rather pointedly:
“I've never liked that woman, I just never have. And I've
never liked him (John Bercow) either.”
I have to say, if I was picking candidates for election, I
would want to sign up Mrs Scott-Young without reservation.
Finally, some people might want to be all fluffy and all
understanding about this situation and do the empathy bit for Sally Bercow,
don’t, this diminishes the real victims of this saga.
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University
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