Comments on: Speaker election gets X-Factor makeover http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2009/06/15/speaker-election-gets-x-factor-makeover/ Insights from the UK and beyond Thu, 23 May 2013 15:31:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Jason http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/2009/06/15/speaker-election-gets-x-factor-makeover/comment-page-1/#comment-9378 Jason Mon, 15 Jun 2009 10:37:58 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/uknews/?p=3000#comment-9378 The officials of any club have by definition to be members of that club to ensure that they have common cause with the members they oversee. How then can the Speaker of the House Of Commons be anyone other than an MP? The whole charade surrounding the Speaker issue is nothing but a distraction from what is (or more importantly, what ISN'T) being done elsewhare in politics. Fiddling while Rome burns would seem to be an appropiate description of it. My best bets are Dhanda, as a nauseating "expression of the House's commitment to diversity" or Bercow, a Blair figure who will swing in whatever direction the wind blows to keep all sides happy. The officials of any club have by definition to be members of that club to ensure that they have common cause with the members they oversee. How then can the Speaker of the House Of Commons be anyone other than an MP?

The whole charade surrounding the Speaker issue is nothing but a distraction from what is (or more importantly, what ISN’T) being done elsewhare in politics. Fiddling while Rome burns would seem to be an appropiate description of it.

My best bets are Dhanda, as a nauseating “expression of the House’s commitment to diversity” or Bercow, a Blair figure who will swing in whatever direction the wind blows to keep all sides happy.

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