Bercow backs proxy vote on Brexit for pregnant Labour MP

Speaker’s intervention comes after Tulip Siddiq says she will postpone caesarean sectionJohn Bercow has told parliament the Labour MP Tulip Siddiq should be allowed to have a proxy for the Brexit vote on Tuesday so she does not have to delay having a baby by caesarean section in order to get to Westminster.The Speaker of the House of Commons said it was time “reactionary forces” were overcome and demanded Conservative and Labour whips introduce the proxy system immediately so S