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 !

[maggiebee]

Now if you had mentioned a name from the Scottish Parliament I might have been more interested and informed! All well Jordyboy, thanks for asking.

[SirOracle]

I would just like to confirm that I will not be attending the funeral on Wednesday.

[anotheoldgit]

most likely she won't be missed, but on has to ask "can she embarrass her husband any further?

/// Next week Mrs Bercow faces her first high court hearing as part of her libel battle with Lord McAlpine over a tweet that wrongly linked Lady Thatcher's former advisor to an allegation of child sex abuse. ///

/// Mrs Bercow has made a series of gaffes on Twitter. Last summer the former public schoolgirl was criticised for tweeting about a freebie trip to Barbados. She stayed as a guest of honour at the Institute of Travel & Tourism conference at the 5-star Hilton Barbados Hotel and was paid
£2,000. ///

/// Last year legal experts urged her to turn off the account after she referred to the case of Jeremy Forrest, a 30-year-old teacher in Eastbourne, East Sussex, who was arrested in Bordeaux in September after allegedly running away with a schoolgirl. ///

/// He had been charged with abducting a child and remanded in custody at a court hearing a week before the Tweet when the court made a Section 39 Order under the Children and Young Persons Act 1933, banning the naming of the teenager. ///

[jake-the-peg]

'rest' isn't actually quite correct

John Bercow stood as an independent in the last election - which I was grateful for as it meant I wouldn't have to vote Tory (none of the other major parties stand against the speaker)

Of course the opportunistic Nigel Farage thought he'd take advantage of that and stand here too - he didn't even make 2nd place!

[mikey4444]

Now, who else appeared in a so-called reality program on TV ?

No...wait for it...I'll get it eventually.........

I remember !...it was Carol Thatcher !

(just checking...does everybody know who Carol Thatcher is ? )

[wimp]

Sally Bercow is the wife of the speaker of the house John Bercow! She is up in court for making defametory tweets about an MP.She was in the jungle! (i'm a celebrity, get me out of hear) More women like her.. i dont think so but good enough for the speaker, they make a fine couple!

[wimp]

siroracle...They dont like you mentioning the funeral thingie on hear anymore, just not cricket...you get told off!

[SirOracle]

So sorry wimp. I just wanted to make my position clear :)

[wimp]

I did the same siroracle....they didn't like it!But i'm glad your making yourself clear on this occasion!!

[bookbinder]

Does anybody really care what the woman does or does not do?

[douglas9401]

It would seem that they do bookbinder.

[doctordb]

I can't see anyone in the world giving a toss if she's there or not.

Has 'which unimportant person isn't going to the funeral' become a new sport?

[craft1948]

At least we'll be spared the display of her tired old ***s out again...........

[Dodger666]

Was she invited?

[zebo]

She enjoys a standard of living through her husband's role as the Speaker of the House, without that, even fewer people would have heard of her. Her husband's role means he has to be there and she should also attend, as his wife, or maybe she should live a separate independant life, and forgo all the luxury she enjoys. It's exactly the same as anyone else married to a person whose role demands their attendance at some function, you may not like it but it goes with the job!

[FredPuli43]

She was only being invited because she's married to the Speaker. Her not going is no more significant than if Lady Wogan refused to go. However, judging from her past performance (e.g. that famous photograph), she likes all the publicity she can get.

[DTCwordfan]

Good, she ought to be in the Tower and not some lush apartment in the HoC at our expense.

[askyourgran]

Sally Bercow is a greedy self-obsessed woman who likes publicity. She will not be missed at the funeral.

[youngmafbog]

She is perfectly entitled not to go. However the reason she gives rather looks like she is using the opportunity to court more publicity.

After all if she had gone no one would have mentioned her, now she is on the news.

She should probably get her own house in order before casting aspersions against other, but then, thats why she is in Court .