John Bercow is whingeing over his missed peerage.

[Jet Cash]

It seems that the treasonous John Bercow is having a wobbly about the fact that he will be the first Speaker of the House of Commons who doesn't receive a peerage. I think that there will be a national outcry if he is given one. He brought the office into disrepute, and bent ( some say broke) the rules of conduct that go with the position. He seems to have done everything he can to thwart the decision of the people to leave the EU, and to mess up the country by attempting to destroy the operation of a centuries old parliamentary system.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHKz9BCeOeA


Whoops - I meant to post this in Fit to Talk. Oh well, it might as well stay here for discussion ( just don't accuse me of plagiarism ).

[jackg]

Good, I don't like the house of Lords anyway. I thought they already make £140 000 a year (£40 000 more than doctors). Just for turning up and offering an opinion on bills which could and should be handled by the Queen.


Is there no way they could exile him from the role of the speaker while he was standing in the house of commons.

I doubt he did as much wrong for Brexit as Theresa May did (or the one before her we shall not name)...


They still might give Jo Swinson a peerage which would be even more annoying at this point (considering she couldn't even get elected).

[JollyGood]

What are the chances the House of Lords will be abolished in the near future? Some other way to keep the House of Commons in check should not be too difficult to try and set up.

[jackg]

What are the chances the House of Lords will be abolished in the near future? Some other way to keep the House of Commons in check should not be too difficult to try and set up.

I don't see why we don't just appoint a panel of more high court judges.

Afaik, there are currently 13, if we increased that to 33 and got a random 20 to sit on bills (maybe with one chairman that heads the meeting) and allows the 20 justices (and whoever else wants to vote on it from the team) the opportunity to find any ammendments.. Although based on the intelligence of the people they're currently accepting into peerages, it could probably be done with 3...