Why I could never be speaker of the House of Commons..

[47of74]

Because I think telling an MP to shut the fuck up would be frowned upon.

[shenmue]

1. "Leave the chamber, we'll manage without you!"

Holy shit!

[LeftishBrit]

2. The reason I couldn't be is that it is unparliamentary language to use the word 'Lie' or 'Liar'

And without those words, there's not much you can say about MPs these days!

[47of74]

3. "Like finding an honest man in Parliament."

[Bad Dog]

4. Disingenuous

And being economic with the truth are usual euphemisms.

I couldn't do any of it, including surgeries where you have to listen to a load of people moaning about their problems. I've got enough of my own.

[LeftishBrit]

5. Churchill referred to 'terminological inexactitudes'

I wouldn't mind doing the surgeries for people's genuine problems if I could help; but I wouldn't fancy having to run all over the place opening fetes and the like; and receiving all sorts of crazy letters in green ink from nutters; and always worrying about a Thomas Mair possibly lurking round the corner. And having to spend lots of time around other MPs, and vote with my party like a cloned sheep. And having the Daily Mail and Sun etc writers have carte blanche to be vile about me!

[Bad Dog]

6. You're a far nicer person than me.

Eight years of working for the Social turned me into a right hard nosed bastard, it was either that or go insane. I have huge admiration for most of our MPs, even a few of the Tory ones.

[LeftishBrit]

8. Well, the word 'genuine' was key...

I do admire many MPs, who are hardworking and helpful to their constituents. Unfortunately, we tend to hear about the nasty or self-publicizing ones. Few had heard of the extremely decent Jo Cox until that terrorist killed her...

[Bad Dog]

9. I must admit I hadn't.

But the more I hear of her the nicer she seems.

[T_i_B]

7. My own MP is a deputy speaker

As such she has a fair bit of Speaker's duties, which does alter the way she has to approach the job of being an MP. She can't be the sort of partisan warrior many in her own party would want her to be. Although it does make her part of the government.