Perhaps this is too much to hope for:
UKIP leader Nigel Farage is to stand against Commons Speaker John Bercow at the next general election.
Squeaker Bercow only got where he is because Labour MPs wanted to piss off their opponents, and, given his own expense scandal, demonstrates that they're still flicking the V signs at the electorate.
I've felt before that Bucks Conservatives should have run a new candidate against the Squeaker, but getting Farage into the Commons can only be good. He'd keep the more Blarite (and pro-EU) of the Cameroons in check, and he can hardly be dismissed as some crusty old worthy the way that many of our backbenchers are.
I'm a Tory to the very core of my being, but quite frankly Bercow isn't, and Nigel Farage would be a vast, vast improvement. One place where I would be happy to see "UKIP gain" on election night.
I've felt before that Bucks Conservatives should have run a new candidate against the Squeaker, but getting Farage into the Commons can only be good. He'd keep the more Blarite (and pro-EU) of the Cameroons in check, and he can hardly be dismissed as some crusty old worthy the way that many of our backbenchers are.
I'm a Tory to the very core of my being, but quite frankly Bercow isn't, and Nigel Farage would be a vast, vast improvement. One place where I would be happy to see "UKIP gain" on election night.
The excellent Nigel Farage MEP - a true patriot
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