Conservative front runner John Bercow MP has become the new Speaker, dragged to the chair as is tradition. He won on a ticket of reform and that will have to be his key mission. The dragging to the chair might be more than symbolic as he drags Parliament into a new era of transparency and greater accountability.

Much has been made in the press of him being a divisive figure perhaps this is his chance to become a uniting figure not only in the House but in the country and with the public at large. He has a big task a head of him and I hope he rises to the challenge to build and restore faith and respect in the political system.