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Re: Senior Tory angered by his arrest
« Reply #75 on: December 04, 2008, 10:27:38 AM »
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Re: Senior Tory angered by his arrest
« Reply #76 on: December 04, 2008, 10:31:35 AM »
Quote from: Grumpmeister on December 04, 2008, 10:25:11 AM
Just a thought but do you have to be an MP to be the speaker of the house? If not them I may consider sending my CV in. It may take them a while to get used to a slightly different style though:

"Would the right honorable gentleman stop talking bollocks and sit down"

would become a well used phrase.

To he honest cabinet, ministerial and jobs like the speaker of the house should not be given to MP's anyway because it detracts from the role they were elected for which is to represent the interests of their constituents.


Yes you do have to be an MP to become Speaker. MPs vote for the Speaker they want. By tradition a Labour Govt would normally have a Tory MP as Speaker and a Tory Govt would have a Labour MP. The Speaker is, by tradition, supposed to be unbiased but Tony Blair changed all that when Betty Boothroyd retired and Blair pushed for Gorbals Mick to get the job, using his huge Labour majority to get his own way. That really was the start of the rot.
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Re: Senior Tory angered by his arrest
« Reply #77 on: December 04, 2008, 10:35:30 AM »
Bugger, there goes my plan for starting to bring sanity back to the system.  Banghead
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Re: Senior Tory angered by his arrest
« Reply #78 on: December 04, 2008, 11:52:07 AM »
And now it seems that this morning the story is changing. Gorbal's promise of a "speedy and immediate" inquiry cannot happen it seems as it will not be set up until after the police enquiries are finished and any ensuing court actions have taken their course (including any appeals)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7764093.stm
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Re: Senior Tory angered by his arrest
« Reply #79 on: December 04, 2008, 11:58:04 AM »
Meanwhile watching the live debate Jackboot Jacqui is taking a bashing, Jack Straw in the Wind is smirking and the Labour benches are damn nearly empty. Seems she doesn't have much support.
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Re: Senior Tory angered by his arrest
« Reply #80 on: December 04, 2008, 12:28:20 PM »
Somehow that doesnt surprise me, although I'd have to wonder now just what the Labour MP's have to hide that would mean they didnt want an 'independant' police force able to arrest and search their property.

Something I did notice was that the communications database was dropped from the Queens speech. I guess Gordo and co didnt want to appear to have a totalitarian Big Brother mentality who would erode the rights of the individual.

Too late was the cry.
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Re: Senior Tory angered by his arrest
« Reply #81 on: December 04, 2008, 12:35:32 PM »
Quote from: Snoopy on December 04, 2008, 11:58:04 AM
Meanwhile watching the live debate Jackboot Jacqui is taking a bashing, Jack Straw in the Wind is smirking and the Labour benches are damn nearly empty. Seems she doesn't have much support.

GOOD!
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Re: Senior Tory angered by his arrest
« Reply #82 on: December 04, 2008, 01:04:58 PM »
Quote from: Uncle Mort on December 04, 2008, 12:35:32 PM
Quote from: Snoopy on December 04, 2008, 11:58:04 AM
Meanwhile watching the live debate Jackboot Jacqui is taking a bashing, Jack Straw in the Wind is smirking and the Labour benches are damn nearly empty. Seems she doesn't have much support.

GOOD!

I confess my first thought was that the Labour MPs were probably all queueing at the shredding machine
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Re: Senior Tory angered by his arrest
« Reply #83 on: December 04, 2008, 01:06:05 PM »
Gorgon has given the speaker his full backing... that's him finished then!  point:
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Re: Senior Tory angered by his arrest
« Reply #84 on: December 04, 2008, 01:12:33 PM »
Quote from: Barman on December 04, 2008, 01:06:05 PM
Gorgon has given the speaker his full backing... that's him finished then!  point:

Before TMR says it (where is he btw?) Bloody porridge wogs always stick together.
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Re: Senior Tory angered by his arrest
« Reply #85 on: December 04, 2008, 01:45:39 PM »
That was my first thought too, but "full confidence"? 48 hours?

Last time Gordo said that it was about Hain, I think
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Re: Senior Tory angered by his arrest
« Reply #86 on: December 04, 2008, 02:51:35 PM »
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Re: Senior Tory angered by his arrest
« Reply #87 on: December 04, 2008, 06:30:25 PM »
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The prime minister has said he has a "great deal of confidence" in House of Commons Speaker Michael Martin.

Mr Martin has been criticised for not stopping the Commons office of Tory MP Damian Green being searched as part of a Home Office leaks inquiry.

Gordon Brown told the BBC the Speaker had a "very difficult job" and was doing it "to the best of his ability".


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Re: Senior Tory angered by his arrest
« Reply #88 on: December 04, 2008, 06:54:32 PM »
Quote from: Nick on December 04, 2008, 06:30:25 PM
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The prime minister has said he has a "great deal of confidence" in House of Commons Speaker Michael Martin.

Mr Martin has been criticised for not stopping the Commons office of Tory MP Damian Green being searched as part of a Home Office leaks inquiry.

Gordon Brown told the BBC the Speaker had a "very difficult job" and was doing it "to the best of his ability".


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"to the best of his ability" Seems to me the only word missing is "limited" right in there between his and ability
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Re: Senior Tory angered by his arrest
« Reply #89 on: December 04, 2008, 06:56:15 PM »
You are forgetting Snoop, to someone of Gordons miniscule ability Micheal Martin probably seems like an expert at what he does.
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