 Why So Salty? (Posted February 7, 2019) Tweet For a brief while, when Leader of the House of Commons Andrea Leadsom offered Speaker John Bercow a well-placed wish for a happy birthday, it seemed as though the two of them could be moving toward an improved, possibly even genial, working relationship. That hope faded quickly during the business statement on Feb 7. | |
Speaker John Bercow issues a statement about commitments made by the government that will (or at least should) inform the scheduling of the forthcoming parliamentary business (Part 1 of 2). Leader of the House of Commons Andrea Leadsom bristles at a clarification by Speaker John Bercow, interpreting his statement to the House as an attempt to undermine her (Part 2 of 2). | |
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