John Bercow
John Bercow
John Simon Bercowis a British politician who has been the Speaker of the House of Commons since June 2009. Prior to his election to Speaker, he was a member of the Conservative Party. A former hardline right-winger who moderated his views after becoming an MP and at one time was rumoured to be likely to defect to the Labour Party, Bercow's election to the Speaker's Chair depended heavily on the backing of other parties, and was deeply unpopular with many...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth19 January 1963
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A lot of our members will be extremely disappointed that they will not have a chance to vote for Ken. For him to be eliminated in the first round sends a very sad and worrying signal to the electorate. Some people simply can't accept being led by someone committed to Europe. The party has to decide whether it wants to win or not.
beyond reach tory tribe
He is the Tory who can reach beyond the Tory tribe and take us back into government.
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I was proud to be a Tory Member of Parliament for twelve years, proud to represent Buckingham as a Tory, proud to have voted with my party 99% of the time as the record shows.
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I don't think that people are disinterested or uninterested in politics. I think very often they are disengaged from the formal political process. To some extent they are suspicious or even despairing of formal politics as a means to give expression and effect to what they want.
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I think the state opening of Parliament is an incredibly important occasion, and broadly speaking, the way in which it's done is an invaluable tradition.
different world realising
The Conservatives must realise that being sceptical is different from being phobic in what is an interdependent world.
use beats form
It's a cowardly form of politics to use my spouse to beat me.
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One consistent thing in an otherwise inconsistent career is that I've always been passionate about parliament.
wife my-wife property
Sally is my wife, but not my chattel or my property.
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I'm supremely uninterested as to what is written in many of the newspapers.
fairness-and-equality fairness
Fairness is not about statistical equality.
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I think the record shows that as Speaker, I have taken the lead in cleaning up politics.
psychics mind figures
I'm not psychic. I cannot know what is in the mind of particular public figures.