Sally Bercow Not Attending Thatchers Funeral ?

[mikey4444]

Front page of the Sunday Times today. Sally Bercow won't be attending the Thatcher funeral next week, as she believes that she ushered in a "very greedy and selfish society"

Bit of an embarrassment for her husband and the rest of the Tory party I would have thought. Perhaps Thatchers wasn't the only woman in parliament with balls after all !

[factor-fiction]

Should I know who she is? I'm afraid I'll have to look her up

[jno]

it takes a bit of courage to stand up against the media/political barrage. I imagine the Daily Mail will be quite cross.

[Zacs-Master]

Or it might just be an excuse as shes in the high court next week as part of the libel battle with Lord McAlpine over an allegedly defamatory Twitter message.

[maggiebee]

Was just going to ask the same question FF, who is she?

[jackthehat]

Perhaps she doesn't have an outfit to wear.........and is saving her pennies until Lord McAlpine has finished with her?

[Zacs-Master]

Why not just google her, find out and then make a comment?

[tonyav]

Her husband is the Speaker in the house of commons.

[baza]

some old slapper married to the squeaker of the house, will anyone miss her , I doubt it.

[factor-fiction]

Well as she has been a Labour supporter and has stood for them at elections, it's hardly a great surprise. From Wikipedia:


"Bercow... changed her political allegiance during the founding days of New Labour and campaigned actively for Tony Blair whilst campaigning for her husband (then partner) to win his seat. In 2010, she stood as a Labour candidate for the St James ward of Westminster City Council, receiving 868 votes, 1,000 fewer than her nearest successful opponent.[9] Bercow is on the approved list of candidates for members of Parliament for the Labour Party and actively campaigned for the election of Ed Balls as leader of the Labour Party. The Daily Telegraph has suggested that Bercow is politicising her husband's neutral role.[10] John Bercow has rejected this criticism stating "the obligation of impartiality does not apply to my wife who is not my chattel".[11] Bercow has also appeared on Question Time, with Andy Burnham, Francis Maude and George Galloway, where she was highly critical of the Health and Social Care Bill. Bercow has repeatedly mentioned her desire to become a Labour MP and has revealed that she would like to become the Labour candidate for the marginal Brighton Kemptown seat at the next election. [12] It was reported that Bercow was in line to stand for Holborn and St Pancras if Frank Dobson retires at the next election, and recently she has been linked to standing to become the Labour PPC for Harrow East in 2015."

[Baldric]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/sally-bercow-snubs-invitation-to-margaret-thatchers-funeral-8572313.html

[LazyGun]

@jth - ouch! :)

She has turned herself into something of a joke, so I do not suppose for an instant many Tory supporters or politicians will feel even a moments embarassment, since she is also a self declared Labour supporter.

[maggiebee]

Just cannae sum up the energy Zacs! Nae doot somebody else will dae it and it'll save me time and energy on this very lazy Sunday. See done already!!

[naomi24]

I'm surprised she's foregoing the chance for a little more publicity - unless she thinks her absence will do the job. No doubt she'll be missed - not.

[factor-fiction]

>Why not just google her, find out and then make a comment?

I have done now, but if we don't know who she is without looking her up it makes me wonder why it's seen as so important a story.

[Prudie]

What could be more greedy and selfish than going on a crap TV programme (I'm a celebrity) when your partner is supposed to hold a respectable office.
Load of tosh.

[Zacs-Master]

'we don't know who she'. Erm....some of us do / did.

[mikey4444]

Perhaps you should know who the Speaker of the House of Commons is FF. Then you might know what his wife is called.

I should have put this question into the Children's section on AB !

[Caribeing]

She's not getting paid only does reality shows where she gets loads of money for being greedy she is greedy and selfish same description she gives to Margaret Thatcher.