John Bercow, the Speaker of the House of Commons is poised announce that he is to divorce his wife Sally over her alleged affair with his cousin, The Daily Telegraph understands.A friend of the family indicated he is likely make a public statement in the next few days in an effort to draw a veil over the painful chapter which has overshadowed his public role. It comes as Mr Bercow, 52, is finally expected to see off attempts to unseat him as Speaker with MPs voting to reconfirm him in the role as the new Parliament meets formally for the first time.
MPs are expected to re-elect Mr Bercow in the role despite thinly-veiled hostility between him and the Conservatives which culminated in a failed attempt to oust him by changing Parliamentary rules before the General Election.David Cameron is said to have told Conservative MPs that they now have more important priorities than removing the Speaker.
Mr Bercow’s marriage has been a constant source of attention throughout his six-year tenure in the role, with his wife becoming a household name after posing for a photo-shoot in Speaker’s House draped in a sheet and appearing on Celebrity Big Brother.
Allegations the she had been having an affair with her husband’s cousin Alan Bercow emerged last week.Mrs Bercow said her husband was a “very forgiving" man but added: “I'm not sure I want to be forgiven.”She has been living at the couple’s mews house in Battersea, south London, while her husband remained at Speaker’s House, his grace and favour flat in Parliament, with their three children.
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