BREAKING. John Bercow arrives at a meeting with the Foreign press in London for his first remarks after his retirement as HOC speaker. I’ll be tweeting everything from now on.
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Any regrets, Mr Bercow?
“Only one: the way in which I handled 5 years ago an ultimately successful attempt to separate the role of the clerk of the house from the role of chief executive of the house. I didn’t build sufficient support for the change, it was a bloody fight”
“Only one: the way in which I handled 5 years ago an ultimately successful attempt to separate the role of the clerk of the house from the role of chief executive of the house. I didn’t build sufficient support for the change, it was a bloody fight”
Bercow says he will vote at the next General election but “I am not going to reveal for which party I will vote for”
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Bercow recalls the hostility towards him from the “conservative establishment” - and David Cameron - before his election as a speaker.
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Bercow on Lindsay Hoyle comments on him: “Everyone in a new office usually wants to differentiate himself from the predecessor. But I am completely relaxed about that. I wish the best to my colleagues”.
Bercow reveals he will go to play tennis with a Finland champion
Bercow attacks Attorney General @Geoffrey_Cox about his recent comments on “Zombie/dead Parliament”: “He has the material disadvantage of being totally wrong. Parliament is no disgrace at all and did its job well”
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Bercow reveals that some parliamentary staff on “dead parliament”-“humbug” night wrote to him because they were alarmed by “the toxic atmosphere” in the House of Commons.
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Bercow: “I respect the Prime Minister and he has the right to do what he did also in the House of Commons. But My job was to stand up for the rights of the House of Commons. No apology for championing the rights of Parliament”
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Bercow on Johnson’s prorogation of Parliament: “What matters is the judgement of the Supreme Court. What matters is 11-0. You got it? 11-0. Maybe it’s not clear: eleven-nil”.
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BREAKING. Will #Brexit affect the international position of the UK?
Bercow: “I don’t think it helps the UK. #Brexit is the biggest mistake of this country after the war. I respect PM Johnson but #Brexit doesn’t help us. It’s better to be part of the [EU] power bloc”
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Bercow: “I don’t think it helps the UK. #Brexit is the biggest mistake of this country after the war. I respect PM Johnson but #Brexit doesn’t help us. It’s better to be part of the [EU] power bloc”
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Bercow announces that a book by him will be out in the first quarter of 2020 [not 2021 as I previously tweeted]
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VIDEO: an Anatomy of “Ordeeer!” and some good wishes by Bercow to his successor @LindsayHoyle_MP
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#Bercow rejects any narrative about him blocking #Brexit: “It was Parliament to not implement it, not me”
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