OTTAWA — A third member of the House of Commons leadership team is in the hot seat as accusations fly over allegedly partisan online posts featuring MPs who sit in the Speaker’s chair.

The squabbles over chair-holders’ neutrality — and parties’ hypocrisy — have been dominating the lead-up to a parliamentary summer break.

Conservatives are chiding the NDP for posting the title of assistant deputy Speaker Carol Hughes on a party website near donation buttons, and for touting her election to that position in a press release on its website nine years ago.

Speaker Greg Fergus, a Liberal, and Deputy Speaker Chris d'Entremont, a Conservative, have already had their neutrality questioned recently{ai:summary}<p>A scandal erupts in Ottawa as accusations of partisan online posts involving MPs in the Speaker's chair surface. The tensions over neutrality and hypocrisy between parties overshadow the parliamentary summer break. The Conservatives target the NDP for posting Deputy Speaker Carol Hughes' title near donation buttons and for promoting her election to the position on their website years ago. #politics</p>

Speakers wars escalate in Commons after NDP assistant deputy accused of bias

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