
354 Parlement a sa Mode
The History of England
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The Speaker of the House
The role of the speaker of the house is an dd hybrid sort of roll at this time. The office which hennage held for this parliament as speaker of theHouse originated with peter de la mare, something of a hero and champion of the people back in edward the third's time. But things had rather changed under the stuarts - there are sides whose side is the speaker on? And the speaker does have some significant power through control of procedure, so it does matter. He decides at what point a vote is taken and debate closed down. Those powers can be manipulated by a clever manager. So one wizard wheeze that charles uses is to keep the speaker
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