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Number crunchers say Johnson may have the votes to narrowly get approval for his deal, though amendments may complicate its passage. Citing parliamentary convention, Bercow said Parliament would not vote Monday on the deal Johnson negotiated with his European counterparts, because the government’s motion was “in substance the same” as the one lawmakers had considered …

Top story: Speaker swings behind written constitution Good morning briefers. I’m Martin Farrer and these are the top stories to help you over the line and into the weekend. John Bercow has promised that he will be prepared to rip up the parliamentary rulebook to stop any illegal attempt by Boris Johnson to take the …

The Speaker John Bercow has led protests to Parliament being prorogued. Mr Bercow said he would take part in the legal process – but spoke to oppose the suspension before going to the House of Lords. MPs scuffled around the Speaker’s chair and held up signs warning that they were silenced. Mr Bercow gave a …

The Conservative Party will put forward a candidate in the Buckingham seat of John Bercow in the next general election, breaking with a long-held convention not to contest the seat of the Speaker of the house. The move to unseat the speaker after he allowed no-deal blocking legislation to be presented to the commons was announced by Business and …