The chances of a no-deal Brexit have increased after Remain-supporting MPs were blocked from tabling a plan to stop government spending money if a new prime minister took the UK out of the EU with no deal. Hillary Benn, chair of the Commons Brexit committee, believes there are just a […]
House of Commons Speaker John Bercow warns Brexiteers that they cannot force through a no-deal Brexit. Bercow said it was “blindingly obvious” that parliament would prevent the next prime minister from suspending parliament to allow a no-deal exit from the European Union on October 31. Conservative MPs have been calling […]
Theresa May’s government is reeling from John Bercow’s bombshell announcement. The House of Commons Speaker said on Monday that the prime minister cannot put her Brexit deal to another vote as planned until there are substantial changes to it. The UK government is trying to put together a plan B […]
UK Prime Minister Theresa May could be barred from holding another vote on her Brexit deal. In an explosive intervention, House of Commons Speaker John Bercow said on Monday that governments could not ask MPs to vote repeatedly on the same proposition. “What the government cannot legitimately do is to […]
Three MPs named in Newsnight investigation into Westminster harassment and bullying. One is Commons speaker John Bercow, who allegedly bullied a female clerk out of her job. Labour’s Paul Farrelly and Conservative Mark Pritchard are also accused of aggressive and degrading behaviour towards female staff. Jo Swinson, Lib Dem deputy […]
The Speaker of the House of Commons supported MPs who have opposed government Brexit legislation. Bercow cited hostile coverage by the Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph which targeted “mutineers.” He said the newspapers “cannot understand basic concept of principled conduct.” “You as MPs are never mutineers, you are never traitors,” […]
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