SANCTIMONIOUS

House of Commons Speaker John Bercow has many enemies, but it can pay to be his friend. The diminutive ‘Squeaker’ has just recorded that he was given two free tickets for the Royal Box at Wimbledon, worth £3,480, with ‘associated hospitality’. He adds: ‘My guest attended alone as I was unable to be present.’ Would it be unkind to suggest Bercow’s absence may have been the icing on the cake for his pal?