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Bercow Bows Out

As John Bercow bows out after ten years as speaker of the House of Commons, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Parliament revisits the career of a modernising but polarising figure.

He is one of the most controversial figures to have sat in the speaker’s chair in the House of Commons. As John Bercow bows out after ten years as speaker, ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Parliament revisits the career of a modernising but polarising figure.

See the teenage Bercow’s Question Time debut, not in the Commons but on the TV programme. And re-live the former Tory MP’s clashes with ministers as he’s accused of bias and of bending the rules to try to stop Brexit.

With more Commons archive, Bercow Bows Out offers a chance to re-live some of his favourite unique phrases, whether he’s advising an MP to search for ‘a soothing medicament’ or accusing others of ‘chuntering from a sedentary position’.

30 minutes

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Tue 7 Jan 2020 02:25

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