A couple of weeks ago I posted about the bald, hairdryer using Labour Party Commissar to the High Peak, Tom Levitt. An MP who has consistently voted along with the interests of his party rather than the people he represents. Yesterday, he confirmed everything that was being denied by Labour apparatchiks - that the vote for the Speaker was being whipped. Here's an excerpt from his newsletter:

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Parliament has now published all MPs' expense claims for the past four years, though mine were already available on my web site. Although I was offered the chance to black out ('redact') more sensitive information, I did not ask for any redaction to take place. Those entries which have been blacked out are either in line with Data Protection and privacy laws (so I am told) or are irrelevant or superfluous, such as comp slips.
 
I shall choose between John Bercow and Margaret Beckett in casting my vote for Speaker. 

 

So Tom, in one fell swoop you reveal your true colours. You do not have the best interests of Parliament or the Country at heart. It is the same old chippy politics of sticking two fingers up at the Tories. The last desperate act of a desperate government. That majority of 700 is looking more and more shaky as time goes by, Tom. Time to start looking at retirement village brochures.