Speakership

There, the Speakership is a semi-judicial career undisturbed by the exigencies of party politics and followed on retirement by appointment to the House of Lords with a retiring allowance of $14,000.

The House of Commons from the Speaker's Chair 1958

Lawrence O'Donnell at The Huffington Postthe damage Murtha's ethics history can do to the Pelosi Speakership is nothing compared to what Alcee Hastings can do ...

Sound Politics: Jim Miller trumps Karl Rove 2006

Isn't she mandated by herday job (as she calls her Speakership) andherConstitutional Oath tomonitor impropriety and hold those accountable who do wrong?

Pelosi HEARTS Bush! 2008

Isn't she mandated by her day job (as she calls her Speakership) and her Constitutional oath to monitor impropriety and hold those accountable who do wrong?

Linda Milazzo: Pelosi Hearts Bush! 2008

In analysing the development of the Speakership from the beginning of Speaker Onslow's term in 1727 to the end of Shaw-Lefevre's term in 1857, there is one fact that must be noted by us Canadians, a fact which I believe facilitated the process of the Speaker's independence in England.

Mr. Speaker 1956

Rather traditionally the initial candidate nominated for the Speakership is a government MP.

A new Speaker Tim Roll-Pickering 2009

Rather traditionally the initial candidate nominated for the Speakership is a government MP.

Archive 2009-05-01 Tim Roll-Pickering 2009

Cable is not a man without vanity and he must know that, being a Liberal Democrat, the Speakership is the highest office realistically available to him.

Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me 2009

Cable is not a man without vanity and he must know that, being a Liberal Democrat, the Speakership is the highest office realistically available to him.

Will Cable be able to resist? 2009

I have endeavoured today to review with you how the impartiality of the Speakership, which is the law of its life, has been established over the years in the United Kingdom, and to draw your attention to some of the factual differences between the conditions surrounding Mr. Speaker in England and Mr. Speaker in Canada.

Mr. Speaker 1956