Ephraim Hardcastle

LADYLIKE Labour MP harriet harman, 67, plotting to oust her ‘friend’ John Bercow as Commons speaker, is supported by Labour MPs Dame Margaret hodge, 73, and Dame rosie Winterton, 59 – the latter a deputy speaker. Might chippy Bercow, reputedly prone to class insecurities, feel that Westminster’s la-di-dah Establishment is against him? ‘Especially after the time he’s spent flattering harman and her dame-ish cronies,’ chortles my source.