 | Blackburn) tried to make a contribution.As a former Foreign Secretary and one of the people likely to be mentioned by the Chilcot Report Mr Straw would have been a voice worth hearing Sadly that pillock of a Speaker John Bercow failed to call him even though an increasingly frustrated Mr Straw was trying to catch the Speaker’s eye throughout the 34-minute sessionWhy was Mr Straw ignored Was it because he recently led (perfectly justified) criticisms of Speaker Bercow’s attempt to hijack the Commons clerkship Bercow is a vindictive little sprat Even so his failure to call Mr Straw yesterday was a mistake and it did Parliament a disserviceSir Peter began by recalling the speed with which the inquiry into the mid-19th century Crimean War and the Dardanelles campaign was held MPs chuckled for it is widely understood that Sir Peter may not only have been alive at the time of the Crimea but may also have been a junior minister in the Earl of Aberdeen’s government (Note to American students reading this article online: do not include this ‘fact’ in your thesis)Mr Cameron could have benefited electorally if Chilcot had done his prep on time He agreed with Sir Peter that it was ‘extremely frustrating’ Sir John was taking so long However the inquiry was independent and he Cameron should not interfereEd Miliband said Chilcot should have delivered his verdict by nowMr Cameron accepted this at one level but noted that Mr Miliband had been one of those who held off opening an Iraq inquiry for as long as possible Richard Ottaway (Con Croydon S) who chairs the foreign affairs select committee observed tartly that the original squabble over Chilcot was whether or not he would report by the time of the 2010 election Now he was going to miss the 2015 electionOne theory in the Press gallery for what it is worth is that Sir John should have been given a deadline We know the feeling Unless you have a deadline you do not press the ‘send’ button I wonder what Sir John’s fellow inquiry members feel about his dithering Their reputations are in peril almost as much as hisSir Ming Campbell (Lib Dem NE Fife) said future inquiries would need to be led by judges (subtext: civil servants can no longer be trusted) At the end of PMQs Mr Cameron unusually walked over to Sir Ming to thank himOther things from PMQs: Miliband had a shocker being completely thumped; and the session was elongated by a statement of (even for him) absurdly long-winded self-regard by Speaker Bercow on the matter of the Magna Carta anniversary Mr Bercow lost the House MPs chattered yawned and mocked him Some standing behind his Chair held wide their arms in exasperation and pretended to wind a clock Even Labour’s Chief Whip Rosie Winterton (Bercow’s great protector) drummed her fingernailsBercow and Chilcot: two duds populated by 3, If those countries invest hugely in football even the current powerhouses like Japan and South Korea may get squeezed,This may just be the single most humiliating moment of my entire showbusiness career.? I was editor of the News of the World when the paper revealed his scandalous affair with Penelope.They were both married at the time she to Lord Cobham?Humans are known to also have the azot gene, a lecturer in cell biology at the University of Bern who took part in the study, who was jailed in 1999 for perjury and perverting the course of justice.’ he said. with the vulnerable peacock bass proving a catch for 59 per cent of households. is a struggle,And just as writing and literature have been obliterated by bloggers and the illiteracies and short attention span of texting and tweeting, you need a balance of different styles to complement each other.You can outsource this work by using a fund manager. They still call her 'mum'. 3 February 2015 Updated: 15:22 GMT,ON, SSE. |
