With just 78 days left until the UK leaves the European Union, much of the attention is now on the Speaker, John Bercow.
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After his decision yesterday to allow a usually un-amendable process to be amended by parliament, there have been serious questions about his impartiality on Brexit.
One official is reported as saying:
"I would say it is patently out of order but the Speaker’s word is law. By definition if he says it’s in order, it’s in order.The magic words ‘it’s a decision for the Speaker’ cover all sins."
While another said that it was hard to see from the original motion, as written, that it was amendable.
And it is also reported that the Speaker's decision was in direct conflict with the advice given to him by the Commons Clerk, Sir David Natzler.
But this amendment goes further than just forcing the PM back to parliament in just three days with her plan B, it would also result in MPs being able to wrest control of what is a government function.
And they would do this by amending, and voting on the plan B, whatever it is, as well as coming up with their own proposals and it would all be overseen by the Speaker.
As a result, the Times reports that a cabinet source said that the relationship between the government and Speaker was now 'beyond breaking point, it's broken'.
And Brexiteers believe that the Speaker has now taken it upon himself to personally stop Brexit.
And already, the shadow Brexit Secretary, Keir Starmer - an ardent Remainer, is talking about the inevitability of extending the Article 50 process. And further it could be th..
