The man they love to hate is given a break to clean up Westminster Bercow knocks out nine rivals in three rounds Bercow knocks out nine rivals in three rounds SKETCH
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NO mace across the end of the dispatch table, no sign of Speaker Martin, and no trace of guilt on the faces of MPs. But the sentiment of the infamous Matt cartoon of MPs - "As soon as I saw what I'd been up to, I knew the Speaker had to go" - hung over them all.
The final hustings for the election of a new Speaker, a convulsion of the expenses scandal, was an underwhelming experience, particularly for those of their colleagues who had to hear the recycled speeches of 10 candidates from earlier events all over again.See the full content of this document
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The man they love to hate is given a break to clean up Westminster Bercow knocks out nine rivals in three rounds Bercow knocks out nine rivals in three rounds SKETCH
There was a lot of talk from all of them about reform and tradition and getting a grip on expenses, but from the reception when Margaret Beckett rose to speak it was hard to believe this constituency of 600 or so mostly male, mostly middleaged parli...
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