OFF: Fw: weird facts

[M Holmes]

Andy Gilham writes:

> The Speaker is an elected member of Parliament who is chosen by the whole
> House of Commons to chair the debates - at which the admirable Betty
> Boothroyd does a splendid job.  She has to say "order, order" an awful lot,
> though.  But, no, she can't actually join in the debates, although no doubt
> she still acts as a constituency MP, and plays an important role in the
> governance of Britain.

She also gets the casting vote in the event of a tie though there may be
a tradition that this is cast with the Government side if any.

FoFP