Nadine Dorries' Kill Bercow email

Frederick James

"Imminently". Dear God. One does wonder what is going on in the brain of someone capable of writing that.

THX1138

There are a lot of people "imminently more suitable" to be an MP than the Christian fundamentalist nutter Nadine Dorries . And has she paid the £10K back yet?

General Zod

Margaret Bucket? She has to be joking.

It might carry greater authority if it came from somebody with mani pulite.

SUSAN HILL

She's right.

David Ossitt

Well done that man (woman).

Golur

Nice letter - what a pity her English is so poor. There may well be persons 'imminently' suitable, but the ones listed are presumably, according to Ms Dorries, 'eminently' suitable. Maybe she meant it that way, but I doubt it!

Richard of York

This is a personal crusade from Nadine (the MP who refused to say where here main home was and claimed thousands in expenses for a second home allowance she was not entitled to) who is acting out of spite.
I do not think Bercow was a bad speaker during his brief time in the last Parliament and as such he deserves the job on merit.
I expect he will still be speaker at the end of today.

denis cooper

Same comment as on the previous article:

Personalities aside, I want a Speaker who's totally committed to the supremacy of our national Parliament, not to the primacy of EU treaties and laws.

That immediately rules out Menzies Campbell.

Remember that it was Campbell who first reneged on the Liberal Democrat pledge to support a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, in the last months of his leadership.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2007/sep/14/libdem2007.eu

I look down the lists of "ayes" and "noes" for Division 120 on New Clause 9 on the evening of March 5th 2008:

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmhansrd/cm080305/debtext/80305-0024.htm

and see that at least Edward Leigh was amongst those who voted in favour of affirming and protecting the supremacy of our Parliament, against the expressed wishes of David Cameron, while at least Kate Hoey did not troop through the "no" lobby with the rest of her Labour colleagues.

I take the simple and single-minded view that the presiding officer of the House of Commons should above all believe in our national parliamentary democracy, and with great passion; and just as in a previous age the Speaker should not have been the tool of the monarch so he should not now be the tool of the EU.

bernerlap

Get stuck in Nadine. It is high time the poisonous little weed got his comeuppance. It is a pity she didn't include a link to Simon Carr's excellent May 12th column in the Indy http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/simon-carr/simon-carr-my-illtempered-encounter-with-the-speaker-1971405.html.

loveandgarbage

Perhaps this would be taken more seriously if Ms Dorries had managed to spell Sir Alan Haselhurst's name correctly. As it is it appears she's calling for the brother of the late Ronnie to stand. Which may lead to more music in the chamber but I suspect that he's unwilling and unable to stand.

And "imminently more suitable"? What on earth does that mean? Quicker to be suitable than the current Speaker?

DavidDP

Wow, it's the world's most patronising letter.

Snowman

That’s one killing I’m in favour of.

Raffles

Whats not to agree with in this letter? The new Parliament should vote on the Speaker. Personally i think he's a weasel but even if you are a fan then you should support the vote and back him. Simples.

Walsingham's Ghost

O/T, but Caroline Spellman seems to be stumbling into another crisis of confidence in her ability to tell right from wrong.

First 'Nanny Gate', now 'Farm Gate' - how the new PM handles this should be seen as an early test of Cameron's authority.

WG

sinosimon

'imminently'
really?
this usage is to present a sense of unrgency perhaps?

or just another elected representative who cannot use the english language correctly?
that statue of churchill must tremble with rage every time she walks into the chamber.

Paul Bentley

Sir Menzies Campbell's candidacy may sway hearts and minds. It certainly won't be the inability of Ms. Dorries to distinguish between "imminently" and "eminently".

SUSAN HILL

She's right.

Sulis

"imminently" more suitable? I thought Tories were supposed to be more educated than that...

wound-up

"Imminently"?

Shuldn't pompous overbearing and bossy intrusions at least be properly written and literate?

2trueblue

Inconvenient it may be but it would be great to see a new election, after all we have a new house, so lets sweep it clean. Get rid of Bercow, or at least have a vote.

laverda

If the biggest Dick in York wants Bercow as speaker, that should be enough to disqualify the nasty little man. Unfortunately I think there are too many spineless tories and LibDems who will either abstain or join the disgraced Labour MP's and vote for the worm Bercow.

Chris lancashire

I have no time for this political mucking about. MPs on all sides should realise there is only one issue and that is sorting out Labour's mess of an economy. Couldn't give a toss who is Speaker.

Liz Brown

Not Margaret Beckett - hanging baskets, conservatories etc..............

denis cooper

Anybody who "Couldn't give a toss who is Speaker" clearly couldn't give a toss about our Parliament either.

Thank God they had no hand in choosing the Speaker in 1642.

http://explore-parliament.com/nssMovies/01/0199/0199_.htm

Our ancestors fought a bloody civil war and cut the head off one king, and later drove another king from his throne, to establish the authority of Parliament; no doubt there were also people at that time saying that they ""Couldn't give a toss who is Speaker".

donpatrico

Could whoever administers this site please purge all comments that end with the word
'Simples'?

Verity

Margaret Beckett?

Rebel Saint

Oh for goodness sake everyone - grow up. Yes she said "imminently" when she should have said "eminently". And it's only patronising if you understand everything about parliamentary procedures - which many won't. And what has her religion got to do with this unless you're a discriminating bigot?

Now onto the substance of her letter - that Parliament needs & deserves a much more able speaker? On that she has a point surely.

Nitpicker

What does sinosimon mean by ungrency? Please use the English language.

davidk

For that email alone Bercow should prevail. What a ridiculous woman.

dexey

If Nadine is against, I'm for.

Chris lancashire

Denis Cooper - don't equate the authority of Parliament with that of Speaker (otherwise after 12 years of Speaker Martin there wouldn't be any Parliamentary authority).
The Speaker is now not much more than a ref. whilst the parties squabble.
The point I seek to make is it doesn't much matter who the ref is when the whole stadium is going up in flames.

Frank Sutton

I'm puzzled by the visceral hatred that Nadine Dorries brings out in some people - and all over a simple spelling mistake.
Is there something I'm missing here?

THX1138

Ha! That went well then....NOT! Now she appears to have done a runner from Twitter too #FAIL. John Lyon's inquiry into her 2nd home expenses continues.