Business as usual at Westminster; VOICE OF THE NORTH.WITH Parliament on holiday, the only party missing is the one in power, the Labour Party, with their leading ministers on holiday out of the country. So much for re-establishing trust and admiration in politicians, because they are going to proceed in their usual manner. The new speaker, John Bercow John Simon Bercow (born January 19 1963) is a politician and Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Buckingham in the United Kingdom with a current majority of 18,129 votes. , who was dead against MPs' lavish expenses, has gone ahead with a pounds 20,000 improvement in his grace and favour
A Grace and favour is a house or flat owned by the British sovereign and lent to persons rent-free in gratitude for past services. second home in Westminster. Business as usual is the watchword and the cuts in expenses are taking a while to materialise. D MITCHELL, Bensham, Gateshead |
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