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The tailors on Savile Row were very disappointed with John Bercow's choice of attire. Yvonne Murray reported for us last night and sends these words and pictures

"Keith Levett who runs the livery department at Henry Poole and Company on Savile Row says "it is sad that someone so high profile as the Speaker in the House of Commons is losing his court dress. It's stripping away a little of the dignity of the office. Although I suppose that's questionable in the light of what's gone on in recent weeks."

"Here are Michael Smith and John McCabe of Bernard Weatherill Ltd. Michael Smith remembers when the firm made the outfit for the previous speaker, Bernard Weatherill, whose father founded the firm. "I think it's terrible," he says about the new Speaker's outfit. "I think we should try and stick to tradition. It makes him stand out a bit more from everyone else."

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