Speaker John Bercow lays down the law
HASTINGS and Rye Tory MP Amber Rudd made a hash of a Commons question to Nick Clegg this week, inviting him to comment on Labour policy announcements.
Speaker John Bercow witheringly responded: "We will not bother with that one. The problem with it is that it was about the policy of the Opposition. Questions must be about the policy of the Government, that is the point of Question Time. The clue is in the title."
Some will think him unduly harsh. I disagree. If someone who has been in Parliament for three years has not even learned the basics yet then there is little point in her being there.