Field declares his interest in the Speaker’s job

Seems like the CoffeeHousers’ choice for the Speakership is thinking about taking on the job after all.  Here’s the headline-grabbing snippet from Frank Field’s article in the Telegraph today:

“The next Speaker will only be the most powerful in our history if he or she is elected on a programme that points to how we can best shape the next phase of our Parliamentary development. I have been asked whether I will throw my hat into the ring. I am thinking about that, as I accept there may be too many colleagues on my own side who would block any such possibility.

I am spending the next 10 days or so developing the details of a programme which lays the basis for transforming the contract between voters and Parliament, and the House of Commons and the Government.