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Originally Posted by Cherie

I have just heard they spend 83 minutes paying tribute to him.....what a waste of time the night before Parliament shuts down, and he allowed it??? baffling!

At the end of the day Cherie, the vast majority of Westminster politicians (especially those late in their careers) have absolutely no element of personal risk in Brexit... and that's part of what makes it so scary. Yes, they can be passionate about it. Yes, many care deeply about what happens to the country. But none of them are going to have less comfortable lives on a personal level based on the outcome. They have homes abroad, they have assets and investment portfolios, they have large off-shore private pension funds. More than enough to live comfortable lives 'til the end of their days, even if the UK economy collapses over-night on the 31st of October.

Bercow doesn't want it to happen, I'm sure it makes him very angry, but personally? He's going to be just fine, so he's allowed himself a moment (or 83 apparently) to have his ego stroked a bit.

Of course, some like Mr Johnson & friends most likely have their investments organised specifically to benefit from such an outcome.