Downing Street May Block Corbyn’s Nomination of Anti-Brexit, Anti-Trump Bercow for Peerage

Yet Downing Street, which has the power to block such nominations, may stand in the way of the move, citing the convention that parties only nominate individuals who are party members themselves for the House of Lords, reports The Guardian. Before becoming officially neutral to take the speaker’s chair and his distinct drift leftwards, Bercow had been a Conservative Member of Parliament — and once a forthrightly right-wing one at that.

Bercow’s tenure as House Speaker was characterised by his trademark shouting of “Order” during sessions of the House of Commons, as well as his apparent efforts to block the will of the British public by stymieing the progress of Brexit and his fervent anti-Trump stance, at one point threatening to bar the President from speaking to Parliament.

“Some will be delighted that John has been nominated after trying to stop Brexit and inadvertently giving the Conservatives our biggest majority in decades. I am just glad the nomination did not come from my party,” said Conservative MP Martin Vickers, according to The Times.