Thread by @jillongovt

The latest addition to @UKandEU #Brexitwitnessarchive are the very personal reflections of John Bercow.. read it in full here ukandeu.ac.uk/brexit-witness… but here are some snippets

Bercow rejects the thesis that a referendum was inevitable

But thinks Cameron just thought he would win ....

at the same time, MPs assumed much the same and did not pay much attention to the referendum - Jess Phillips ukandeu.ac.uk/brexit-witness… and Caroline Flint interesting on this too ukandeu.ac.uk/brexit-witness…

And although delighted for David Davis at his appointment, he was not convinced by Davis's first outing

Bercow is - again unsurprisingly critical of Theresa May's reaction to her election setback

Bit more on the tone deaf and dismissive attitude of government to Parliament

and if you want an example of what Brexit did to relations within the Conservative party, Bercow on the longstanding connections between leading protagonists .. read and visualise (or not....)

and what it did to the professional relations as well.. and read Julian Smith's own account here ukandeu.ac.uk/brexit-witness…

Lots from Bercow on the decisions he made in that fraught period in early 2019 - but could Parliament have found a way forward?

.. and a long list of potential leaders of a government of national unity .. Hilary, Margaret, Ken.. but for too many people never Jeremy ... so went the same way as the indicative votes acc Bercow.

so more swimming costumes when Bercow heard about prorogation

and about the govt cock-up that led to the passage of the Benn-Burt Act

and how Parliament might have stopped - or softened - Brexit ...

Final reflections on the post-election Parliament

.. and on the Conservative party -- with his assessment of @RishiSunak

Loads more in there.. and lots more interviews - and more to come... remember to bring your own judgement as you read these insider accounts ENDS