Further Reading

Gordon Brown is “dishonest and foolish”: Larry Elliott is concerned about Britain’s declining economy and the prime minister’s response

One in 10 households with good credit records are now in negative equity (let alone those with bad credit records): so why no major outcry?

Like an amphibian who has eaten too many vol au vents: Quentin Letts still hasn’t learned to love the new Speaker, John Bercow

Guido urges restraint on those wanting to push Bercow out before he’s had a chance as Speaker

Ben Brogan wonders if Bercow will take the prime minister to task for briefing policy outside the Commons. So does Paul Waugh.

Labour MPs backing Bercow was the equivalent of sewing prawns into the curtains: the verdict of Gary Gibbon

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