So the Speaker has made his apology. It was a stilted rather bumbling speech by a man who knows that his tenure as Speaker is coming to an end. He refused to be drawn on the subject of his future using the wigged lawyers in front of him to confirm that the motion tabled was not be debated even though the vast majority of the house wanted it so. He once again put down members who wanted to debate his position and he even more revealingly stomped down one MP who wanted to debate sepcifically one of the points relating to the expenses scandal. The anger emanating from some of the MPs was clear for the world to see as was the Speaker publicy fumbling and falling over his own words, clearly unsure of what was happening in front of his own eyes.

The BBC news channel is now showing a Labour MP trying desperately trying to defend the Speaker. He is branding those that challenged the Speaker as immature and disrespectful of the system.  He is clearly like the rest of the Labout party missing the point. The people in this country are sick to the back teeth of being taken for a ride by our elected officials. The Speaker is there as part of that system to maintain stability in the shouse and make sure that the appropriate matters are debated. By not speaking on the points that the country and parliament as a whole wanted debated, the Speaker is once again showing a startling lack of ignorance of what is required.

Switch to James Landale who is interviewing more Labour MPs. More party line drivel. Claiming the whole thing is about points scoring by the relative front benches. More defence of the Speaker. Claiming that the public have a distaste for the actions against the Speaker. Quote the reverse. The Speaker has behaved appallingly in the manner in which he has put down members of the house who have dared to challenge the way in which MPs have behaved and the way in which he has resisted expenses reform and resisted the release of information under the freedom of information act. To hear this Labour MP talking in such a way shows a complete lack of acceptance and a lack of understanding of just how annoyed the public are about all this.

Sir Patrick McCormack is now talking to the BBC. He is quite rightly expressing his shock about the conduct ofhis fellow members of the house. Talking about the speaker, he falls short of defending him. He calls for the matter to be resolved and that if the Speaker had called for these talks to be held and declared his position to leave before the house rose for recess, he would have been held in higher regard. I agree. The Speaker is not a scapegoat in all of this. The Speaker has to be held to acount for his own conduct. Calling meetings with party leaders and declaring a half baked apology is not enough. We need to start anew and the vote of confidence needs to be held.

Couple this with David Cameron speaking in Rossendal some minutes before the Speakers speech, and calling for the immediate disolution of parliament and an immediate General Election.  Cameron claims that the only way to clean up parliament is for it to be dissolved and a new Government elected with MPs that the people truly believe in and feel they can trust. These are the words of a man that knows that even though his own party has been tarnished in the wake of the expenses scandal, that he is the crest of wave with his party gaining popularity the likes of which they have not seen for many a year.

Should Mr Cameron and his Conservative party get their wish in an early election, it is quote clear that by Christmas we will have a Conservative Government. I am really undecided if that is what is best for this country but somehow it seems to be the inevitable outcome and there seems to be no way back for either the Labour Party or for that matter the Speaker of the House of Commons.

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