Sunday, February 6, 2011

Scandal Between the Sheets in Parliament?

Is it the latest Parliamentary sex scandal? Speaker Bercow's wife posed in a bed sheet (only a bed sheet) in front of a window overlooking the Houses of Parliament. Is this a Parliamentary Scandal (there have been a few of those) or just Valentine's Day fun, as Sally Bercow said in the interview below:


//www.mizozo.com/weird/02/2011/04/sally-bercow-wife-of-the-speaker-of-britain-s-hous....html

Would this be different if it was, say, the U.S. Speaker of the House's wife?

BTW, here is a brief Bio on the British Speaker and his role in the House of Commons (from Wikipedia):

The Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, the United Kingdom's lower chamber of Parliament. The current Speaker is John Bercow, who was elected on 22 June 2009, following the resignation of Michael Martin. He was returned as a MP in the 2010 general election and was re-elected as Speaker when the House sat at the start of the new Parliament on 18 May 2010.

The Speaker presides over the House's debates, determining which members may speak. The Speaker is also responsible for maintaining order during debate, and may punish members who break the rules of the House. Unlike presiding officers of legislatures in many other countries, the Speaker remains strictly non-partisan, and renounces all affiliation with his former political party when taking office. The Speaker does not take part in debate nor vote (except to break ties, and even then, subject to conventions that maintain his or her non-partisan status), although the Speaker is still able to speak. Aside from duties relating to presiding over the House, the Speaker also performs administrative and procedural functions, and remains a constituency Member of Parliament (MP). The Speaker has the right and obligation to reside in the Parliamentary estate, near to Big Ben.[1]

1 comment:

Zaic said...

It is not really a sex scandal. Britain (as is much of Western Europe, inc. Ireland), is socially (and sexually) liberal and being wrapped which a bed sheet isn't really scandalous, not when you have an MP on Strickly Come Dancing (what Dancing with the Stars is based upon). Plus, Mr & Mrs Bercow are not Berlusconi. That is a sex scandal. Sorry, that should have been pluralised.