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MP for Buckingham John Bercow vs UKIP
Topic Started: Feb 25 2010, 12:11 AM (40 Views)
agamemnon
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not sure if any of you are aware but its standard practice for the speaker of the house to be given a free run at a general election and the big 3 never field a candidate against the speaker. this action stops the consituents from casting a vote and thus they no longer live in a democracy.
the up coming election though will be different nigel farage the leader of UKIP will be running against john berkow the tory mp and speaker of the house. mr bercow's wife is part of the labour party hmmm thats some funny conflict of intrest going on there or is that just me?
it seems democracy is not dead in the shires yet and the people of buckingham will get a chance to make a change
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agamemnon
Feb 25 2010, 12:11 AM
not sure if any of you are aware but its standard practice for the speaker of the house to be given a free run at a general election and the big 3 never field a candidate against the speaker. this action stops the consituents from casting a vote and thus they no longer live in a democracy.
That's a little bit of a myth. Since about 1958, only the Conservatives have not fielded a candidate against a Speaker in elections, both Labour and the Liberals have fielded candidates against opposition Speakers. I hope Farage beats Bercow the turncoat AKA the Squeaker.
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