Ann Widdecombe will ONLY stand as Interim Speaker

The Tory MP who once upset the Cameroons by demanding at a Tory Conference that the party's MPs come clean on their drug taking past has just appeared on Sky News to declare that she would stand only as an interim Speaker and on that basis she has this blog's support at the present time.

As an Interim Speaker is all that the public could accept from this debased Parliament, Ann Widdecombe, seems to be an ideal choice to replace Michael Martin between 22nd June and the now urgently required General Election. Read more here.