Bercow encourages UKIP vote

The Daily Telegraph's leading political commentator has said House of Commons Speaker John Bercow's decision to appoint a pr adviser will encourage the voters of his Buckingham constituency to vote UKIP.

Benedict Brogan said the decision to appoint the pr handler on a salary of £107,000 gave UKIP Leader and prospective candidate for the seat Nigel Farage "something to bang on about in Buckingham."

Nigel to stand against Speaker Bercow

UKIP Leader Nigel Farage is to challenge House of Commons Speaker John Bercow for his Buckingham seat at the General Election.

Mr Farage will formally announce his intention at the UKIP annual conference on Friday.

The Daily Telegraph has broken the story of the challenge to Bercow with Mr Farage saying: "This man represents all that is wrong with British politics today."

Buckingham needs a voice, not a Speaker

UKIP today announces that it will be contesting the Buckingham parliamentary constituency at the next election against the new Speaker, John Bercow.

"John Bercow is not the man to bring the much needed transparency and honesty to Parliament." said Nigel Farage, UKIP leader." His own behaviour over expenses claims, second house flipping and the rest have made him untenable as a long term choice.

"We in UKIP will therefore be standing against him at the next election. Our prospective candidate is Dave Fowler, 57, who has lived in the area all his life and runs his own plumbing business there.

"Buckingham needs a voice, not a Speaker, so we will take Bercow on and when we defeat him Parliament will have an opportunity to think again."