the Speaker's statement

[FSM with Cheddar]

For once, a rare occasion on which I agree with every word. It is a shame too, all the same sad cliches about him having been targeted by a Metropolitan elite because he's a poor boy from Glasgow made good are being trotted out. What the speaker doesn't get is that by being such an idiotarian, he's helping to perpetuate that narrow-minded thinking, not being a victim of it.

WHS

[Drewster]

Another thought - isn't one of the main requirements of a "speaker" that he should be able to.....speak??

That speach of his was an utter shambles.

Well actually No.... The Speaker doesn't actually do much speaking - He is meant to be impartial, un-biased and "above" party politics etc etc....

But you are right - a 3yr old could speak more coherently than he managed!!
What an *rse!

[Doggy Styles]

Yeah - up to a point, however MPs also passed a freedom of info Act and then the speaker spent a good few thousand of our money trying to get it bent not to apply to them (including himself and his not so faultless record of troughing). The irony is that if he hadn't, we wouldn't know as much as we do now about the MPs being on the rob - maybe that's why they're so annoyed with him.

WHS also

[cailin maith]

Looks like he is going to go!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8057203.stm

[FSM with Cheddar]

Looks like he is going to go!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8057203.stm

Finally some progress. Now we need a General Election.

[Platypus]

Finally some progress.

Well yes and no - if he goes, all the other MPs will say "look, problem sorted, now let's draw a line under this and carry on" thereby sidestepping the real issue

[FSM with Cheddar]

Well yes and no - if he goes, all the other MPs will say "look, problem sorted, now let's draw a line under this and carry on" thereby sidestepping the real issue

Yeah, they will try. I'm not sure if there is anything that can stop this witch hunt now though.

[PM-Junkie]

Well yes and no - if he goes, all the other MPs will say "look, problem sorted, now let's draw a line under this and carry on" thereby sidestepping the real issue

They can think what they like - everyone outside the House of Commons knows this is only the first head to roll. Joe Public ain't going to be satisfied with just Martin...and if nothing else the MPs will discover this either when they come to be selected by their consituency party (which most of them won't be), or when it comes to the ballot box.

There's two issues, an incompetant Speaker who was clearly both biased and out of his depth, and corruption/fraud in the House of Commons. This deals with the first issue, now we turn to the second.

I think this one has a long way to go yet....

[HairyArsedBloke]

Well yes and no - if he goes, all the other MPs will say "look, problem sorted, now let's draw a line under this and carry on" thereby sidestepping the real issue

Yes, this is the snot goblin's plan.

It won't work.

[Platypus]

Yes, this is the snot goblin's plan.

It won't work.

We'll see - but I fear it just might