House of Commons speaker John Bercow's extraordinary decision to "strongly oppose" Donald Trump addressing the British Parliament during a state visit next month reveals a critical flaw in the tactics adopted by many critics of the US President.
In an unprecedented intervention by a Speaker of the Commons, Bercow, who was a moderate Conservative before taking up the politically neutral role, gave a short speech decrying Trump's "migrant ban" in response to a point of order made by a Labour MP.
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James Chessell is the Editor-in-Chief of The Australian Financial Review. He is the former Executive editor of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, and a former Business editor and Europe correspondent at the AFR. Connect with James on Twitter. Email James at james.chessell@afr.com
