Boris set to BLOCK Labour’s nomination for Bercow to become a Lord

A Downing Street insider has suggested it will block a Labour plot to install much derided ex-Speaker John Bercow in the House of Lords today.

Jeremy Corbyn is said to have put forward the reviled former Commons custodian for a seat in the upper chamber, as well as a slew of other controversial appointments.

But No 10 suggested today that it would block any new attempt to place the outspoken former MP in the Lords as you can only nominate members of your own party.

A Spokesperson for the PM said: “It is a long-standing convention that leaders of the opposition can only nominate people representing their party for peerages.”

Boris Johnson refused to elevate Mr Bercow as is customary for a former Speaker, a move seen as a rebuke for his efforts to stall Brexit last year. This was the first time in 240 years that the speaker was not made a Lord.

Bercow became Tory MP for Buckingham in 1997 and represented the seat until the December election and according to tradition he was officially an independent and officially neutral. However, Bercow became a much despised figure for his attempts to thwart Brexit and he admitted after he stepped down he wanted to halt a WTO Brexit.

Bercow appeared on Sky News Election Coverage where he was paid a figure of around £45,000 but they suffered extremely low viewing numbers in the tens of thousands. It is also thought his speaking career will not be as lucrative as anticipated.