While much remains uncertain when it comes to how Brexit will play out in the coming days and weeks, it is clear that John Bercow will play a pivotal role. To the dismay of government figures, the Speaker has of late refused to follow parliamentary norms – choosing to ignore precedent just last week when he accepted a Dominic Grieve amendment even though clerks had advised him not to.
On Monday, Conservative MP Matt Warman asked the Speaker whether there were any more precedents he planned to change on the coming days. Bercow did not take the question kindly and chastised the executive for questioning his authority – and impartiality.
Only Mr S suspects Bercow’s words would have held more weight had his eyes not kept darting to one particular area of the chamber for approval: the Labour benches on his left-hand side:
After all, with a majority of Tories wanting Bercow out, it’s Labour support that is currently keeping him in place…
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