Blustering Bully with a Chip On Both Shoulders ; Quentin Letts, the Mail's Parliamentary Sketch Writer, Delivers His Withering Personal View ...
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ALTHOUGH Michael Martin likes to remind us of his workingclass origins the Speaker of the House of Commons, used to work in metal bashing he seems to have a distinctly highfalutin' way with staff and his Commons colleagues.
Some of us have thought from his first day as Speaker in 2000 that 'Gorbals Mick' was underequipped for this great position. As the years passed, our numbers have slowly swelled. And, in the past year, the steady trickle has become something of a torrent.See the full content of this document
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Blustering Bully with a Chip On Both Shoulders ; Quentin Letts, the Mail's Parliamentary Sketch Writer, Delivers His Withering Personal View ...
Even before the Mail's disclosure last month that his wife was being given immunity from normal Parliamentary security checks, Speaker Mick's conduct left one prominent Labour MP shouting in despair in the Chamber.
There was also the unceremonious elimination of a top figure in the Speaker's entourage, the Serjeant at Arms. And the House has watched, amazed, as he alienated ever more...See the full content of this document