£172 On A Journey Of Less Than A Mile.

tonyav | 10:04 Fri 24th Jul 2015 | News

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Having a commons speaker is expensive isn't it.
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/john-bercow-spent-%C2%A3172-on-a-journey-of-less-than-a-mile-receipts-reveal-costly-travel-arrangements-of-commons-speaker/ar-AAdqelv

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jno

the same expenses would be incurred if a Tory speaker used the car, or even if he didn't. I can't see a story in this anywhere. Cars and trained drivers are avalable round the clock to cover official business and to avert terror attacks, and so they should be.

Svejk

He is a tory speaker.

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jno

should have said Tory or Labour speaker, or Green Lizard Party speaker for that matter.

Bouncer, don't forget Hague's nightly support of the British brewery industry. Top toper.

Quizmonster

Bercow's worth his weight in gold, if for no reason other than the fact that he constantly annoys right-wingers in Parliament and here on AnswerBank. In addition, he's still Speaker despite the Tories' tawdry effort to sideline him a couple of months ago.
After the recent fuss over Alex Salmond's telling a female Tory MP to, "Behave yourself, woman!"...I was delighted to see a few days ago that Bercow told Osborne to, "Sit down, man!" In other words, he used exactly the same language-format.

agchristie

/// I was delighted to see a few days ago that Bercow told Osborne to, "Sit down, man!"///

Not just that QM but also that his answers were 'hopelessly long'!!

Quizmonster

Hello, Ag; we don't seem to have 'met' for a long time. Nice to see you again.
Yes, I too liked the criticism of the tedious length of the Chancellor's responses.

agchristie

Hi QM, true and likewise, good to cross paths again! I did take a three month breather!

EDDIE51

Why concentrate on the Speaker? They all do it and the costs are just as high.

maggiebee

I really don't care who travelled 0.7 of a mile at a cost of £172 but I still think it's disgusting. I live off less than that for a week despite having worked all my life and still paying tax.