And the voting has begun

So having just sat through the speaker's hustings,MP's are in the process of voting.

My thoughts on it for what they are worth.

John Bercow has probably shot himself in the foot,Margaret Beckett let herself down on delivery but if you listened hard the content was there.

Sir Alan Hazelhurst,though surely tainted with the last holder of the office delivered a very powerful speech as did Sir George Young.

Parmjit Dhanda was the only person to mention the word engagement in relation to the public and thus will be the darling of the blogosphere but not the commons.

Ann Widdecombe would surely be a good candidate if she was staying around but an interim won't work,I am afraid and her expression during John Bercow's speech did her no favours.

Sir Michael Lord surprised me as did Richard Shepherd,neither Sir Alan Beith and Sir Patrick McCormak did.

The odds seem to have swung to Sir George Young but anything can happen