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The speaker of the house of commons should have a reasonably quiet life bearing in mind that it is traditional that they display political impartiality and in return no opposition is offered to their re-election should a general election take place.
The current speaker apparently does not value his historic position that greatly: - Speaker attacks 'poison' of BNP
Commons Speaker John Bercow won a standing ovation from members of the UK Youth Parliament after launching an attack on the "evil" of the BNP.
He told them the BNP was a "poison which we could well do without".
This tirade began at the end of a historic session in parliament because it was the first time that the Youth Parliament has ever sat in the commons and used the division lobbies.
The session ended with Mr Bercow breaking the tradition which dictates the Speaker must be impartial by launching an attack on the BNP, who are not represented in the Commons but have recently gained two MEPs in Brussels.
He said during the youth debates there had been passing references to "the scourge of the BNP".
And he insisted: "I'm under absolutely no obligation whatsoever to be impartial as between the forces of democracy on the one hand and the forces of evil on the other."
To applause, Mr Bercow added: "I do feel very, very, very strongly as someone from a Jewish background that the evil of the BNP is that its whole politics is based upon and driven by hate.
"That is a poison which we could well do without."
It seems to me that the traditional privileges of office should not be extended to the current incumbent of that office. I sincerely hope that there is a British National Party candidate against the speaker at the forthcoming general election.
