You can't rule the world with Old Etonians says Davis

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DAVID Davis may want to rule the world from the Garrick Club - but he doesn't want too many Old Etonians on the top table, it seems. Overheard on the underground, the hero of Haltemprice and Howden maintains that, although Michael "Gorbals Mick" Martin is a highly unsatisfactory Speaker and has proved himself as such during the Damian Green affair, he would not welcome his resignation.

"Certainly not," Davis (pictured, far right) was heard to claim. "Labour would elect another Labour speaker and they would be there for the whole of the next parliamentary term - and the trouble is, we don't have that many good candidates."

DD then went on to dismiss the prospect of the current Tory front-runner for the job of Speaker, the courteous baronet Sir George Young 9pictured, on the left), with the words, "Another old Etonian? We can't have an old Etonian Prime Minister and an old Etonian Speaker".

Why not, Dave? The other Dave, Dave Cameron, might well ask. For in the brand new Tories it is not where you have come from but where you are going that counts. Sir George Young, who has done a capable job as chairman of the Commons Standards and Privileges Committee, is a popular choice for the post. Could Davis's animosity towards Sir George Young possibly have another source, apart from to his Eton credentials?

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[LeftishBrit]

1. You can't rule the world sensibly with right-wingers of any sort!