Ten years as the speaker of the House Of Commons has made John Bercow famous and, for some, infamous. Eloquent but verbose, a proud and forthright politician from humble beginnings, Bercow’s growing national and international recognition was taken to a height unknown by previous speakers thanks to three years of Brexit.
October marked the end of his tenure residing over the House, his replacement as speaker and the end of Prime Minister’s Questions being much more exciting than it had the right to be: his orthodoxy for conduct, and those polysyllabic cries of “order” that characterised his dominion over the chamber, were a welcome respite in an hour of unabated cattiness and backstabbing.
In a Commons bitterly divided across party lines, rancorous and often paralysed, Bercow has been above all else a champion of parliament itself, first defending the rights of Brexiteers, then their opponents. He has also fought tirelessly against discrimination and for the rights of the LGBTQ community, receiving a PinkNews award for his tireless campaigning this year from Nancy Pelosi.
Here he grapples with Alastair Campbell on the slow torture of Brexit and accusations of bullying, while defending the actions of his old tennis partner Boris Johnson and the sincerity of Jeremy Corbyn. Now, to borrow his own catchphrase, it’s Bercow’s turn to do some “chuntering from a sedentary position”. He’s not bad at impressions either...
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