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Hague - One Final Blunder
// Sour end to Parliament for Tories as 'plot' against Bercow is routed.
Humiliation for David Cameron as senior Tories rebel against bid to sink John Bercow. //
// David Cameron has been humiliated after a plot to oust the Speaker backfired amid fury from senior Conservatives.
Nearly two-dozen Tories voted against a “shabby plot” to undermine John Bercow by amending parliamentary rules to put his re-election to a secret ballot.
Mr Bercow had tears in his eyes as Charles Walker, the Conservative chairman of the Procedure Committee, attacked his colleagues for “playing him for a fool” by keeping him in the dark about an attempt to drive through reforms in the dying hours of the Parliament that he had proposed months ago.
The fiasco, which appears to fly in the face of the Tories’ election mantra of “competence versus chaos”, raises questions about the performance of Michael Gove, the Chief Whip.
It is the latest in a series of blunders, including the defection of two MPs and the fiasco over the European Arrest Warrant last year.
MPs said the move was a “grubby, squalid, nauseous” end to the career of Mr Hague, the outgoing Leader of the House, who yesterday celebrated his 54th birthday. //
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Do you agree, it seems fitting that this Parliament should end on a humilating self inflicted defeat for Cameron?
Humiliation for David Cameron as senior Tories rebel against bid to sink John Bercow. //
// David Cameron has been humiliated after a plot to oust the Speaker backfired amid fury from senior Conservatives.
Nearly two-dozen Tories voted against a “shabby plot” to undermine John Bercow by amending parliamentary rules to put his re-election to a secret ballot.
Mr Bercow had tears in his eyes as Charles Walker, the Conservative chairman of the Procedure Committee, attacked his colleagues for “playing him for a fool” by keeping him in the dark about an attempt to drive through reforms in the dying hours of the Parliament that he had proposed months ago.
The fiasco, which appears to fly in the face of the Tories’ election mantra of “competence versus chaos”, raises questions about the performance of Michael Gove, the Chief Whip.
It is the latest in a series of blunders, including the defection of two MPs and the fiasco over the European Arrest Warrant last year.
MPs said the move was a “grubby, squalid, nauseous” end to the career of Mr Hague, the outgoing Leader of the House, who yesterday celebrated his 54th birthday. //
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Do you agree, it seems fitting that this Parliament should end on a humilating self inflicted defeat for Cameron?
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I don't think humiliation is ever a good outcome for our leaders, but in this instance, it was richly deserved.
I have always liked and admired William Hague, but he has put his name to this disgusting piece of chicanery, and it has tainted his final day in Parliament, and again, it is no more than he deserved.
Let's hope they all resolve to do better when they rec-convene.
I have always liked and admired William Hague, but he has put his name to this disgusting piece of chicanery, and it has tainted his final day in Parliament, and again, it is no more than he deserved.
Let's hope they all resolve to do better when they rec-convene.
Bercow has always seemed biased towards Labour, it makes one wonder if he will be even more biased now.
Interesting to note however that some ABers are always criticising such papers as the Telegraph as being right-wing papers, but it only goes to show that right-wing papers are not slow to criticise the Tory party, unlike the Guardian for example who think that Labour can do no harm.
Interesting to note however that some ABers are always criticising such papers as the Telegraph as being right-wing papers, but it only goes to show that right-wing papers are not slow to criticise the Tory party, unlike the Guardian for example who think that Labour can do no harm.
I agree with youngmafbog - Bercow and that dreadful wife of his come across terribly and demean the office, their excesses of expenses and publicity coming to the fore. In doing so, they are certainly not a patch on past holders including ones such Betty Boothroyd and George Thomas. The sooner he is outed, the better; it's a shame the Gove/Hague attack didn't sink him.
Bercow's done a lot to reinforce the power of parliament as against the government, and that's a good thing. It increases the influence of the MPs we elect, as oppose to the ones the Queen selects to choose themselves a cabinet.
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