the Speaker's statement

**Cyberman** · 18 May 2009, 18:01

He's an arrogant, corrupt idiot and must resign. He is responsible for much of the expenses debacle as he has obstructed reform at every turn.

**Peoplesoft bloke** · 18 May 2009, 19:21

Originally posted by CyberTory View Post

He's an arrogant, corrupt idiot and must resign. He is responsible for much of the expenses debacle as he has obstructed reform at every turn.

For once, a rare occasion on which I agree with every word. It is a shame too, all the same sad cliches about him having been targeted by a Metropolitan elite because he's a poor boy from Glasgow made good are being trotted out. What the speaker doesn't get is that by being such an idiotarian, he's helping to perpetuate that narrow-minded thinking, not being a victim of it.

**Alf W** · 18 May 2009, 19:40

Fantastic stuff. Who were the two old duffers who gave apoplectic speeches afterwards where they were nearly crying.

I love this. "We've all been on the rob and it's YOUR fault because YOU didn't do anything about it."

Incidently, George Osbourne has quietly had to repay £400 he claimed for a chauffeur driven car to take him from some constituency piss-up in Cheshire back to London because he missed the last train. Haven't seen that one in the nationals (yet).

**Peoplesoft bloke** · 18 May 2009, 19:52

Originally posted by Alf W View Post

Fantastic stuff. Who were the two old duffers who gave apoplectic speeches afterwards where they were nearly crying.

I love this. "We've all been on the rob and it's YOUR fault because YOU didn't do anything about it."

Incidently, George Osbourne has quietly had to repay £400 he claimed for a chauffeur driven car to take him from some constituency piss-up in Cheshire back to London because he missed the last train. Haven't seen that one in the nationals (yet).

Yeah - up to a point, however MPs also passed a freedom of info Act and then the speaker spent a good few thousand of our money trying to get it bent not to apply to them (including himself and his not so faultless record of troughing). The irony is that if he hadn't, we wouldn't know as much as we do now about the MPs being on the rob - maybe that's why they're so annoyed with him.

**HairyArsedBloke** · 18 May 2009, 20:01

Well then, what can a poor boy do
Except to sing for a rock 'n' roll band

**PM-Junkie** · 18 May 2009, 21:21

To quote Oliver Cromwell:

"Ye sordid prostitutes have you not defil'd this sacred place into a den of thieves by your immoral principles and wicked practices? Ye are grown intolerably odious to the whole nation; you were deputed here by the people to get their gievances redress'd, are yourselves become the greatest grievance. Depart immediately out of this place; go, get you out! Ye venal slaves be gone"

**thelace** · 19 May 2009, 09:31

But doesn't this whole concept seem stupid?

They want to debate getting rid of the speaker, fair enough. Who do they have to ask to allow that debate? The speaker!

That's like the House of Commons asking the House of Lords to vote on removing the House of Lords....

D'oh

**cailin maith** · 19 May 2009, 09:33

I watched it last night on the news.... it was car crash tv

He has to go.

**PM-Junkie** · 19 May 2009, 09:39

Another thought - isn't one of the main requirements of a "speaker" that he should be able to.....speak??

That speach of his was an utter shambles.

the Speaker's statement