Oh gawd

Oh look. Dear Mr Speaker. Dear Johnny Bercow says he tried to stop dear Tommy Legg and his retrospective elements.

Hello?! Earth calling Commons! Just pay up OK? He's independent. If you agreed with his rulings he wouldn't be independent. Do I have to do this in semaphore?

And we had Radio Five Live wheeling out Sir General Mrs (Retired) Anthony Scrivener QC and Bar (mine's a treble) yesterday who said that MPs "barred from standing for parliament" could successfully legally challenge such a ruling. Kerching.

Look! Noone is stopping them from standing for parliament, OK? Anyone can do it. They just won't win, or face an enormous uphill struggle, without the support of a party (which is not legally challengeable as much as the Scrivs would have us believe - as long as they have gone through due process i.e. "You're fired!").