️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️  debate: should Speaker Bercow's future be decided by secret ballot? ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ Labour MPs and a handful of men on the Weirdo Right insisted that a secret ballot would be 'undemocratic'. Moderate Tories and Lib Dems argued that MPs openly voting against Bercow feared the Squeaker's tyrannical vengeance crashing about their ears.<unk> Moderate Tories and Lib Dems argued that MPs openly voting against Bercow feared the Squeaker's tyrannical vengeance crashing about their ears. <unk> <unk> Speaker John Bercow (pictured) fought back tears as a motion to vote on a secret ballot to unseat him was defeated 228 to 202.<unk> Speaker John Bercow (pictured) fought back tears as a motion to vote on a secret ballot to unseat him was defeated 228 to 202.<unk> Speaker John Bercow (pictured) fought back tears as a motion to vote on a secret ballot to unseat him was defeated 228 to 202. ąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąą ąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąąą ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ <unk> <unk> Mr Walker is so widely seen as a Bercow stooge, it may not be surprising that he was kept out of the loop by Bercow's enemies.<unk> Mr Walker is so widely seen as a Bercow stooge, it may not be surprising that he was kept out of the loop by Bercow's enemies. <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> It was soon being compared to the Gettysburg Address, Churchill's 'fight them on the beaches' speech, the Sermon on the Mount.<unk> It was soon being compared to the Gettysburg Address, Churchill's 'fight them on the beaches' speech, the Sermon on the Mount. Labour MPs and Bercow's Tory nutsjobs waved their Order Papers and accused Commons Leader William Hague of being a Soviet Union dictator.<unk> Bercowites jumped in the air, brandishing their pleasure and accusing the secret ballot crowd of being 'grubby' and 'partisan'.<unk> Bercowites jumped in the air, brandishing their pleasure and accusing the secret ballot crowd of being 'grubby' and 'partisan'. Bercow supporters had been taken by surprise on Wednesday evening by a cunning ploy from Westminster's very own Baldrick, Government Chief Whip Michael Gove.<unk> Bercow supporters had been taken by surprise on Wednesday evening by a cunning ploy from Westminster's very own Baldrick, Government Chief Whip Michael Gove.<unk> A secret... a secret. A secret.
MPs voted on'secret ballot' to unseat John Bercow as Commons speaker.<unk> MPs voted on'secret ballot' to unseat John Bercow as Commons speaker.<unk> Labour MPs and some on right said such a vote would be undemocratic.<unk> He fought back tears as the motion was defeated by 228 votes to 202.<unk> He fought back tears as the motion was defeated by 228 votes to 202. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>