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		</div><p>Labour is nominating former Commons speaker John Bercow for a peerage, according to reports.</p>
<p>Sources in the opposition party did not deny the claim to the PA news agency, and declined to comment on the situation.</p>
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<p>Such a move would be remarkable given that Mr Bercow was a Tory MP, before being elevated to presiding over the main Parliamentary chamber.</p>
<p>Mr Bercow drew fire from a number of prominent Brexiteers over the past few years as he was accused on helping support a Remain agenda in the Commons.</p>
<p>It was reported that Tory high command was so angered by Mr Bercow’s stance that it took the highly unusual decision not to offer a retiring Commons speaker a place in the House of Lords.</p>
<p>However, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has stepped in and nominated Mr Bercow for a peerage, according to the <i>Sunday Times</i>.</p>
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<p>The newspaper also stated that Mr Corbyn had also put forward former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson, with whom he had an often tense working relationship, for a peerage.</p>
<p>Mr Corbyn’s former key aide and chief of staff Karie Murphy has also been nominated for a place in the upper house, according to the report.</p>
<p>Labour sources would not comment on any of the claims.</p>
<p>The newspaper said that the trio appear on an eight-strong list of dissolution honours nominations put forward by the Labour chief, who will quit his post in April after leading the party to two successive general election defeats.</p>
<p>Vetting will begin on the nominations soon, the newspaper said.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">A very reasonable view don’t you think? <a href="https://t.co/8SQFxSQ7DA">https://t.co/8SQFxSQ7DA</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Siobhain McDonagh MP (@Siobhain_Mc) <a href="https://twitter.com/Siobhain_Mc/status/1218657420131610640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 18, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>A nomination for Ms Murphy could also prove controversial given the inquiry into alleged instances of anti-Semitism in the Labour Party by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC).</p>
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<p>The Jewish Labour Movement tweeted a statement saying Ms Murphy’s nomination was “deeply inappropriate and must be rescinded immediately”.</p>
<p>“Jeremy Corbyn is using his final weeks in office to reward failure,” the group added.</p>
<p>Labour MP, and longstanding critic of Mr Corbyn, Siobhain McDonagh, endorsed a Tweet by the group Hope Not Hate, which stated: “No one who is a subject in the EHRC investigation should be ennobled before the full EHRC report is released.”</p>
<p>Referring to the Tweet, Ms McDonagh said: “A very reasonable view don’t you think?”</p>
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