Much ontrigue in the papers this morning who accuse the Whips of getting involved in what should be a totally independent election with the purpose of promoting Margaret Beckett to keep out John Bercow only to dump her at the end of the contest.
As Nick Robinson notes
many Labour and Tory MPs appear to be governed by entirely negative factors.
So what should be seen as an opportunity for a clean break may become embroiled in the worst of Westminster traditions.
As Fraser Nelson points out
So now we know the shortlist for Speaker - and it shows Westminster at its most vindictive, corrupt and spiteful. Exactly the same names you'd have expected before any of this expenses furore broke. I simply cannot now see how this race can be taken seriously. As far as I can work out, it has taken ten steps into farce.
According to Mike Smithson,the better markets are fixed on Labour's former foriegn secretary but as he says
of course, it’s not punters who decide for the election is restricted solely to the 644 current members of the house of commons and for the first time the voting for a speaker will take place by secret ballot.
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