'Margaret Beckett has had the decency to end the charade that Labour MPs have been playing all day: by telling the BBC's Chris Mason that it is more important to guarantee that the Speaker of the House of Commons gives Parliament maximum manoeuvrability over Brexit than to take action over bullying. The interview came after an independent inquiry into workplace harassment in Parliament was sharply critical of John Bercow and said that the present leadership of the House was incapable of bringing about meaningful reform.
Beckett's remarks are worth quoting in full: "Yes, if it comes to it, the constitutional future of this country, the most difficult decision we've made for hundreds of years, yes, it trumps bad behaviour."'
More here
https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2018/10/thank-god-margaret-beckett-last-remaining-honest-labour-mp where some principles are more important than others. 
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"bad behaviour"
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