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Old 08-02-2017, 11:30   #52
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Re: U.S President: Donald Trump

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Originally Posted by papa smurf View Post
Bercow's backtrack? Speaker apologises after he tries to ban Donald Trump from Parliament

http://www.express.co.uk/news/politi...ban-Parliament
Maybe he ought to think before opening his mouth. He voiced no such opposition in the run up to the Chinese state visit and look at their record on stuff like human rights.

https://order-order.com/2017/02/07/b...ed-parliament/

Strangely he didn't seem to think they were worthy of the Trump treatment...


Anyway in the interests of fairness, to Trump, I should point out that there's a petition here seeking Bercow's removal from office:

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On 6th Feburary Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow made an inappropriate intervention into UK foreign policy by prohibiting President of the United States Donald Trump from speaking to Parliament in his upcoming visit.
Such a move violates Bercow's convention on neutrality which he must upload as speaker. Likewise, it poses massive complications for British Foreign Policy. Therefore, this petition calls for the public to issue a call of no confidence in Bercow and for him to be relieved of his duties immediately.
https://www.change.org/p/uk-parliame...ies-as-speaker

Evidently the official view from HMG's petitions site is that he can't be removed from office so petitions to that end won't be accepted.

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It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not responsible for.

There is no mechanism for the removal of a Speaker during a Parliament. Other than at a general election, the Speaker can only stop being Speaker through resignation or death.

The House of Commons could debate the resignation of the Speaker.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions

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