MAIL Online: Michael Martin will get a peerage and a £1.4million pension pot, despite being the first Commons Speaker to be ousted in more than 300 years.
He finally fell on his sword after Gordon Brown intervened to tell him the game was up.
Mr Martin will stand down as Speaker and quit as an MP on June 21 after presiding over the Commons for eight years which have brought Parliament to its lowest ebb in centuries. Arise, Lord Gorbals: Peerage and £1.4m Pension for Shamed Speaker Who Quit in 34 Seconds >>> Tim Shipman | Wednesday, May 20, 2009
