COMMONS AS MUCK

AS HIS FINAL move before retiring, outgoing House of Commons Speaker John Bercow has introduced a “star chart” system to improve behaviour in Parliament. TV viewers were shocked last month to see cat-calling, jeering and aggressive barracking during heated Brexit debates, with many MPs criticised for their inflammatory rhetoric and so-called “unparliamentary language.” Addressing MPs in his final speech before stepping down, Mr Bercow said that every member of the house would have their very own star chart, which will be put up next to their coat peg in the Commons cloakroom. “Good behaviour, such as giving way politely on a point of order during a debate or doing ‘good sitting’ while a minister delivers a statement to the house, will be rewarded with a gold star to stick on…

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