re: #613 Bloodnok

Aw. that’s too bad! I adore the name Baz for a dog, by the way.

Last night I was watching a program on the election of John Bercow (right after Prime Minister’s Questions, in which Gordon Brown looked like a beaten man). What a likeable guy. First Jewish Speaker of the House of Commons, too. It was a great program. Betty Boothroyd was on and still has that fire. I miss watching Prime Minister’s Questions when she was Speaker.

John Bercow - hm … the consensus here is that this was yet another fiddle by the NuLab party to get the man they wanted.
There was a huge amount of arm-twisting going on behind the scenes, by the Labour whips because Bercow is not trusted in the Tory party - and he’s been fiddling his expenses as well - and that was exactly the reason NuLab did their best to get him in.
He may turn out ok, time will tell - but the one we wanted was Anne Widdecombe, because she would only have beens peaker for the time of this Parliament, she is standing down.

Yeah - all cry for ‘change’ - but nothing changes …