John Bercows Last Day In Parliament.

[anotheoldgit]

G://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-politics-50242631

Who should replace him? I think that Anne Widdecombe would make an excellent speaker.

[davebro]

er - she's not an MP tho'

[naomi24]

Good riddance.

[rowanwitch]

She has turned it down already I believe. I think she would be brilliant though.

[dannyk13]

Lindsay Hoyle, the deputy speaker.

[anotheoldgit]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/uk-politics-50242631

[ToraToraTora]

anyone but Haridan Harperson.

[naomi24]

Ann Widdecombe isn't an MP - she's an MEP.

[Gromit]

The Speaker is either Labour or Conservative Member of Parliament.
Widdecombe is not an MP and is a member of a fringe Party with no MPs.
So she definitely will not be the next Speaker.
It will probably go to the female Labour Deputy Speaker whose name I have forgot.

[dannyk13]

Gromit//It will probably go to the female Labour Deputy Speaker//
There are two female deputy speakers:- Dame Eleanor Laing and Dame Rosie Winterton.

[gulliver1]

I Think Naomi would make an excellent,Speaker, she is very experienced.

[THELOONYCORBYN]

odious little traitor, has bought the position into disrepute...hopefully the next speaker will remedy that

[diddlydo]

It should be Harriet Harman but whether she'll get it is another matter. Considering that Bercow is a Tory he has done a pretty good job in stopping the obnoxious Johnson from acting unlawfully.

[aelmpvw]

oh how i'll miss the little twerp, strutting around full of his own self importance ...

[tamborine]

di abbott, we need the humour ;)

[dannyk13]

lol Tambo.

[anneasquith]

Whoever it is , I doubt they will have the ability to put the arrogant know it all politicians in their place.

[dannyk13]

Anne // doubt they will have the ability to put the arrogant know it all politicians in their place.//
I have watched Sir Lindsay Hoyle on several occasions and he was very good at doing just that.

[jno]

wasn't it Bercow who first encouraged debates on EU membership way back? I seem to recall previous Speakers were reluctant to do so.

[anneasquith]

Maybe a contender Danny ?