his one—time private secretary kate emms did not last one year in that post. was diagnosed with post—traumatic stress disorder. within days, as a result of our reporting, the leader of the house of commons, andrea leadsom, said there should be an independent inquiry. last week, retired judge laura cox was put in charge of that inquiry. but it was announced she would not be looking at specific cases. well, tonight we have another allegation of bullying against the speaker, john bercow. this time it's his private secretary before kate emms that is laying out accusations of uncontrolled anger and intimidation. his name is angus sinclair. what makes this extraordinary is that mr sinclair was moved out of the job back in 2010, and received a big pay—out at the time — far more than might be expected from redundancy alone. and he was asked to sign a non—disclosure agreement, an nda, preventing him from criticising his former employer. tonight, mr sinclair has chosen to break the terms of that nda by talking to us. john bercow strenuously denies all his allegations. o

kate emms, mr sinclair's successor, left the job after a year, her managers were told she was diagnoseder's office said: an enquiry is under way, but its remit does not permit it to reach verdicts on individual mps. it is up to the house of commons to decide on the speaker's fate. now, her latest album has sold more than half a million copies, and along with adele's 21 has the longest unbroken run at the top of the charts in 30 years. now the legendary war time singer dame vera lynn has been nominated for two classic brit awards, for the collection of re—orchestrated versions of her most famous songs. dame vera, who's 101, is up against artists many decades her junior. our entertainment correspondent colin paterson reports. # we'll meet again # don't know where, don't know when...#. dame vera lynn has received awards throughout her career. in 1945, she was given both the war medal and the burma star for entertaining the troops. but now at the age of 101, she finds herself nominated in two competitive categories at the classic brit awards. it is on the back of the success of her album, v

newsnight has previously reported that mr bercow is alleged to have bullied mr sinclair's successor, kate emmsft his office her managers were told that she was diagnosed with post—traumatic stress disorder. mr bercow‘s spokesman said, "mr speaker strenuously denies that there is any substance to any of these allegations". "he has a superb team of dedicated, effective and long serving staff, five of whom have worked for him very happily for a combined total of over a0 yea rs". in parliament today, on his own case, mr bercow was unforthcoming. i have made a public statement to which i have nothing to add. mps more or less kept their heads down today on this topic. i think it is challenging for members of parliament to speak out against a speaker. he's in a powerful position in the house of commons and he has the power to make or break parliamentarians careers but also for parliament, it is a challenge, that the democratic process means all members of parliament are elected by their electoral is, and it is impossible to have an independent panel or individual who can decide who should not sit in

kate emms, mr sinclair's successor, left the job after a year.n enquiry into bullying is under way, but its remit does not permit it to reach verdicts on individual mps. it is up to the house of commons to decide on the speaker's fate. in the commons a short time ago, the commons leader andrea leadsom said it was for dame laura cox, who is leading the independent inquiry, to consider whether the terms of her probe should be expanded developments. "i'm sure she will be looking very carefully at how best to respond to these latest developments." mrs leadsom continued: "everyone in westminster has a responsibility to play their part in changing the culture in parliament." the rapper kanye west has come under sustained criticism for suggesting that 400 years of slavery in america was "a choice" for black people. west made the comments during an interview on the entertainment channel tmz. when you hear about slavery for 400 years... for 400 years? that sounds like a choice. you was there for 400 years and it's all of you? it's like we're mentally impr