Not really though . He can ' t exactly ' return to the Conservatives ' even after his career as Speaker is over . Even after leaving office , those who had the role do not return to party politics . The renouncing of the party upon taking the role is pretty permanent . Edit I meant to add , in some cases an exSpeaker may be appointed to the Lords , but even then it would be as a crossbencher , and not aligned to any party . <| sep |> So how big is the Megatron version of the Ewing Theory right now ? <| sep |> Do you understand what an average is ? <| sep |> Rooney and Mkhi are having quite good games . <| sep |> Not me . I ' ve avoided the whole issue . I ' m just looking at the destroying the sanctity of the archives part of this .