They eat their own

Yesterday, during Oral Questions, a backbencher so inexperienced and pleased at having even a softball question to ask - which he had to read word by stammering word from notes - could not hold back his school yard taunting smile of "look how clever I am" -

(Hansard, November 29, 2011, emphasis mine)

Mr. John Williamson:  Mr. Speaker, Canadians gave our government a strong mandate to end the wasteful and ineffective long gun registry once and for all. That is exactly what we are going to do. However, today the members from Western Arctic and Skeena—Bulkley Valley caved to pressure from their big city elite union bosses and showed up at the public safety committee to attempt to gut our legislation.  Could the Minister of Public Safety please comment on the action of these two members of Parliament?
The Speaker (Andrew Scheer) :    I am afraid that question has nothing to do with the administration of government. We will go on to the hon. member for Vancouver Quadra.

Big city elite union bosses??!!??  Pressuring the NDP on the long gun registry?   OKaaayyyy....

Scheer made the right call, and predictably, many members on the opposition side of the room clapped and cheered his decision.

His own party?  It doesn't appear in Hansard, but if you watch the video (at around 14:55) you see no one on the CON side is very happy, and you clearly hear: "What happened to you?  You used to be one of the good guys!"  And seconds later: "Sell-out!" again from the CONs.  Harper did no more than look around.

After Scheer smiling through the jeering and cheering on the vote the previous day, and after watching him let "treacherous" slide when applied to NDP MPs, I was surprised he blocked the question.  I really hope the our way or the high way attitude of his party's members doesn't guide him on future calls.

He could become a speaker of note if he brings some decorum back to the House and clearly shows impartiality as Speaker, but that's asking a lot from someone who faces cannibals in his own party.