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Margaret Beckett almost certain to stand for Speaker of the House of Commons.
The article doesn't fill in as much detail as one might wish on the contest to be speaker: Conservative MPs actively pursuing the post include the former cabinet minister Sir George Young, who missed out on the chair last time round, the respected maverick tory backbencher Richard Shepherd - who sometimes seemed to spend as much time in the opposition lobbies as the government ones when Margaret Thatcher was in power - and Sir Patrick Cormack.
naraht:Margaret Beckett almost certain to stand for Speaker of the House of Commons.
The article doesn't fill in as much detail as one might wish on the contest to be speaker: Conservative MPs actively pursuing the post include the former cabinet minister Sir George Young, who missed out on the chair last time round, the respected maverick tory backbencher Richard Shepherd - who sometimes seemed to spend as much time in the opposition lobbies as the government ones when Margaret Thatcher was in power - and Sir Patrick Cormack.
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