Completing his ascension to become a living meme, loony Lord Adonis has out-Remained the out-of-touch Remain stereotype by taking the time to write a Guardian article calling for new segregated colleges in Oxford and Cambridge, just for disadvantaged students. The lefty Remain hat-trick of Oxbridge, Guardian, and a bone-headed well-meaning idea that will only serve to create problems…
His lengthy article has been absolutely slammed on social media for the very obvious reason that further social segregation at Oxbridge will only entrench the problem he is trying to fix. The nine most terrifying words in the English language are ‘I’m from the Government and I’m here to help’…
Bercow’s brazen behaviour has not just been infuriating Tory MPs, earlier today the highly respected former Speaker Baroness Boothroyd was overheard in the corridors of Parliament reportedly telling a senior Tory MP that Bercow’s actions were “disgusting” and an “absolute and utter disgrace”. Guido’s well-placed source says the esteemed Baroness looked visibly shocked at the events unfolding…
One Tory MP is adamant that several pages of what looked to be Parliamentary guidance were removed from the desk in the Commons and taken away during the lengthy Points of Order session where Bercow was repeatedly challenged. Whatever they were, we will never know now…
Jenny Rathbone, the Corbynista Welsh Assembly Member who was suspended in November over anti-Semitism has now been reinstated by the party with no further action taken against her. Rathbone suggested that Jewish people’s security fears could be “in their own heads” and accused Jewish Communities of having a “siege mentality”, while claiming that Israel “drives people to be hostile to British Jews”.
The Welsh Tories are furious, saying Rathbone “was suspended from the Group so her comments and the extent of her prejudices could be investigated thoroughly and diligently. This has not happened.”
Rathbone is close to the new hard left leader of Welsh Labour, Mark Drakeford, and even joined him to celebrate his victory last month while she was supposed to be suspended. The decision to re-admit her to the party was made before Christmas, barely a month after she was suspended. Labour once again struggling to show it is taking anti-Semitism seriously…
Commons staff have been complaining that they are having to run a gauntlet of intimidating Remain protesters while trying to get into Portcullis House. The hard left protesters appear to be from Movement for Justice by Any Means Necessary, the McDonnell-backed Trotskyite group who organised the so-called “day of rage” in 2017 and have refused to disavow violence. They have been shouting aggressively at staffers with challenges of “Where are you going?” and “Are you going to the Labour meeting?” A police van has arrived to monitor the situation…
Andrea Leadsom left Bercow squirming over his decision to overrule expert clerk advice in his constitutionally vandalising decision today. He twice refused to publish the advice he received…
He also was unable to confirm that he acted in the way the clerks advised him to. Because he didn’t…
UPDATE: Grieve’s amendment has passed by 308-297 votes.
The row over Bercow’s decision to overrule his clerks and Parliamentary precedent to select Dominic Grieve’s amendment has triggered a barrage of points of order from furious MPs which is still ongoing half an hour after the end of PMQs. And is far more entertaining…
ERG Deputy Chair Mark Francois asked a particularly pointed question resulting in cheers from MPs and jeers for Bercow. Bercow knows he can continue to act with impunity as long as Remainers are happy to keep turning a blind eye to his behaviour…
