I wonder if other people winced when they read or heard Speaker John Bercow’s address to the Queen in Westminster Hall last Monday? I feel almost a personal sense of embarrassment when I listen to him as he happens to be the MP for Buckingham, my own constituency. As Buckingham is a safe Tory seat and as he is Speaker, I fear we have got him for life. Knowing how quickly he has jumped on any ultra-liberal bandwagon that presents itself – wanting to extend our abortion laws to Northern Ireland, for instance, and voting to lower the age of homosexual consent – this is not a happy prospect. So I was glad to read Ann Farmer’s letter today in the Telegraph, articulating my own thoughts. Having letters published in the press requires skill; whenever she is published, Mrs Farmer always manages to sound clear, concise, temperate and informed. You could call it a kind of epistolary apostolate. For those who haven’t seen it, this is what she writes:
5:18 PM
Oh dear – John Bercow is embarrassing. He is my MP, and I fear we have got him for life
The MP for Buckingham jumps on every liberal bandwagon that presents itself
Francis Phillips
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