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Tory leaders’ coup against the Speaker scuppered
TORY leaders skulked away from Parliament yesterday after their attempted coup against Speaker John Bercow was scuppered.
Commons Leader William Hague and government chief whip Michael Gove were left humiliated by their failed bid to depose Mr Bercow.
They tried to effectively unseat him by sneaking through rule changes on the election of the speaker on the last day of Parliament.
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