Quote Originally Posted by Banquo's Ghost View Post
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/may/11/simon-hoggart-mps-expenses-michael-martin
Will he be eased out? Probably not. Gordon Brown will stay loyal to a fellow Labour Scot, and the Tories don't want a new Speaker chosen before they have a majority.

I was a bit surprised to read that - aren't speakers supposed to renounce party ties when they're chosen, anyway?