Is Bercow out of order for speaking out over Trump?

John Bercow has spoken up over Donald Trump's state visit, notes Matthew Partridge. But not everyone is amused.

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John Bercow: "hypocritical and unwise"?
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John Bercow, the speaker of the House of Commons, "has thrown Donald Trump's state visit into further chaos", says Stephen Bush in the New Statesman. The US president will not be invited to address MPs and peers in Westminster Hall, or in the Royal Gallery, on his visit to the UK. Since the rules state that the speaker "must extend their invitation for either event to take place, the president will have to find another venue". Yet even if one was found, or Bercow changes his mind, there is a "real risk of empty chairs in the audience".

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Dr Matthew Partridge
Shares editor, MoneyWeek

Matthew graduated from the University of Durham in 2004; he then gained an MSc, followed by a PhD at the London School of Economics.

He has previously written for a wide range of publications, including the Guardian and the Economist, and also helped to run a newsletter on terrorism. He has spent time at Lehman Brothers, Citigroup and the consultancy Lombard Street Research.

Matthew is the author of Superinvestors: Lessons from the greatest investors in history, published by Harriman House, which has been translated into several languages. His second book, Investing Explained: The Accessible Guide to Building an Investment Portfolio, is published by Kogan Page.

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