I always enjoy the fringe stories that you discover around the main news stories.  Obviously the resignation of Michael Martin as Speaker of the British House of Commons is a massive story.  Almost universally regarded as a dreadful Speaker, he is the first to be forced out of office since 1695.

Which brings us to the guy above - the last incumbent to be forced to go, Sir John Trevor, who took a bribe of a thousand guineas to aid the passage of a bill.  One or two interesting things about him....
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