'Mr Speaker' enshrines paradox. On his father's side he is the grandson of Jewish immigrants from Romania. Although a junior tennis champion was too short to go professional. He was a Conservative MP until he took on the role of Speaker in 2009. He was disliked by his own party and only got the job because the allegedly 'anti-semitic' Labour Party voted him in. He started his career as a member of the right wing, anti-immigration 'Monday Club'. He is avowedly anti-Brexit and used his position to allow the opposition to stymie efforts to leave the EU with or without a deal that many regard as contrary to convention. He has recently also opined to the press and held anti-Brexit secret negotiations with his European opposite number, both considered to be beyond his constitutional scope. Some have even suggested he might lead a coalition government if both he and Johnson leave their current posts. Certainly this would do his bloated ego no harm.
'Mr Speaker' enshrines paradox. On his father's side he is the grandson of Jewish immigrants from Romania. Although a junior tennis champion was too short to go professional. He was a Conservative MP until he took on the role of Speaker in 2009. He was disliked by his own party and only got the job because the allegedly 'anti-semitic' Labour Party voted him in. He started his career as a member of the right wing, anti-immigration 'Monday Club'. He is avowedly anti-Brexit and used his position to allow the opposition to stymie efforts to leave the EU with or without a deal that many regard as contrary to convention. He has recently also opined to the press and held anti-Brexit secret negotiations with his European opposite number, both considered to be beyond his constitutional scope. Some have even suggested he might lead a coalition government if both he and Johnson leave their current posts. Certainly this would do his bloated ego no harm.
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