John Bercow scolds Theresa May over 'Brexit Failure'

"It represents, I'm afraid, a sad and absurd attempt to shift blame to her own abject failure."
John Bercow hits back at Theresa May after she accused the former speaker of abusing his power to stop Brexit.
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[@peterc698]

John Bercow was an excellent Speaker in my opinion. A tough act to follow. The present occupant doesn’t even come close.

[@rachs57]

The Best; brilliant, articulate, witty. Loved him, miss him.

[@Dibley8899]

Pity he was bent.

[@chriswarr3676]

@@Dibley8899 bent? You sound like you know all about that.

[@peterc698]

@@Dibley8899 A sore Thumb?

[@alvindimes4729]

​@@Dibley8899WTF are you talking about? Bent! How do you work that out?

[@stevenhoward3358]

May was sunk right from the point where her explanation of Brexit was "Brexit means Brexit!" repeated ad nauseum. Treat people like fools and you'll lose the respect of everyone.

[@bbdj2779]

“Brexit means Brexit” LOL! The British people of this generation are going to look like such idiots in the history books.

[@prophetsnake]

To be fair, Brits are fools.

[@MrOttman001]

I think that one was actually quite well played. With no actual way to deliver the many contradictory claims made by Brexit campaigners, May could only lose support whenever she gave away any detail about how she would deliver Brexit. With no way of gaining support, the best she could do was to try to avoid loss of support. The statement "Brexit means Brexit" allowed Brexit supporters who couldn't agree on what Brexit meant, to all believe she was fighting their cause.

[@stevenhoward3358]

@@MrOttman001 Therefore May appeased her party members at the cost of economic stability. Its a bit like driving the wrong way down the motorway and wondering why you had a crash and even then blaming the oncoming cars for going in the right direction.

[@pritapp788]

It just goes to show May's rather unexceptional levels of intelligence. But as a woman PM she can do no wrong according to the mass media... same thing as Truss and Ardern to name a few.

[@tednindo6761]

it was a sad day when john bercow resigned as speaker

[@leavevoter]

Only for remoaners.

[@user-it8nk3ds7r]

A straight talking speaker, so different from the slippery dissemblers of parliament today.He should have been made a peer.😢

[@updistant705]

That would stop him being a Labour MP

[@californiadreamin8423]

@@updistant705. Absurd post.

[@patrickmccutcheon9361]

Any former speaker would be better than the present incumbent.

[@Alexpage1111]

@@patrickmccutcheon9361 he is getting better

[@jinthompson4327]

Respect to John Bercpw. He should have been made a Peer.

[@tarquinbullocks1703]

Let's remember her also as an active participant in the Windrush Scandal which may have been revealed and recognised but never rectified. The victims continue to suffer. So, shame on you, Theresa May, Amber Rudd, Priti Patel and Suella Braverman for your crimes against the Windrush generation who this country invited to join our society and were victimised for doing so.

[@jimthompson9370]

What scandal? These people weren’t invited here, weren’t wanted here, and have made this country much much worse for being here.

[@peterscott2395]

​@@jimthompson9370they literally were mate, you've obviously got access to the internet so look it up.

[@TheValeyard92]

​@@jimthompson9370The ignorance of racist, little Englander trash in a nutshell. Thanks for the demo.

[@stevenupton7825]

yes along with the other remainiac amber racist rudd

[@jmas1219]

She was a lot more than an 'active participant'. As Home Secretary under the loathsome Cameron it was May who CREATED the Hostile Environment policy which enabled the Windrush deportations.

[@applepie8772]

You should scold Cameron for running for cover and being to scared to stand up. It was Cameron’s fault

[@michaelshanahan4042]

Yes he started the ball rolling 😊

[@mark-ish]

Cameron the coward.

[@brubeker12]

Cameron was hopeless wasn't he didnt have the guts to stand up to his right wing. John Major had same problems but a tougher individual

[@mark-ish]

@@brubeker12 eton elites failing upwards.

[@Nick-kb6jd]

And don't fortget Osborne for introducing austerity, a "plan" that has achieved the total opposite of "balancing the books". All it did was decimate councils, services and public employees at the cost of almost 1.7 trillion extra quid on national debt. "The party of fiscal responsibility" A Total joke.

[@brianeduardo1234]

Teresa May was a disaster- never answered a question- ever and was hopelessly inept

[@robmc3338]

Yep, all that Brexit means Brexit nonsense as she couldn't get agreement on a Brexit plan.

[@alexanderweigand6758]

​@@robmc3338 But who had any plan? Boris Johnson was fighting for Brexit. But not wanted this job at this time. And nobody else.

[@timcomley5948]

Not a bully though

[@chriswarr3676]

@@timcomley5948 any proof or just hear-say?

[@matthewbaynham6286]

every tory mp is worse than the last.

[@Robert.S459]

I thought that John Bercow was very good indeed during that period, the likes of the ERG hated him because he was in no way a push over. I wish that he still held the position of Mr Speaker today.

[@TheTwosliceToaster]

Yeah the current speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, is totally useless. Mr Bercow was always in top form.

[@AnubisKD]

Have you read the book Silencing the Speaker: the Defaming of John Bercow? By Emily Zola.

[@ludovic2431]

Great guy. The only one with a serious sense of humour without loosing contenance.

[@rollosinternet1853]

May's worst act was acting the article 50 without being clear about what Brexit meant. The EU has been clear all along: no cherry picking, the 4 freedoms will not be separated. But I have to say that she was the most practical Brexit PM we have had. There was no way a deal would have passed Parliament at that time simply because people still believed that the UK "had all the cards" and "the EU needs us more than we need them".

[@californiadreamin8423]

The Referendum was NOT BINDING on Parliament. The Referendum was an opinion poll designed to save the Tory party. It was not “the will of the people”. It’s has brought ruin on the country…..meanwhile in the real world, schools and public buildings are in danger of collapse and the nations coffers have been emptied by Tory corruption.

[@GlitchNectar]

Impossible to be honest politically though

[@californiadreamin8423]

@@GlitchNectar The widespread illegality was totally ignored. Until this was investigated, and revealed to parliament and the public, then a decision could have been deferred. It wasn’t . The consequences inflicted by Tory ineptitude on this country are catastrophic.

[@frankriley845]

John Bercow for Speaker again please👍

[@alexharrington6459]

I second that.

[@ChanningWalton]

He has a fantastic command of language and an extraordinary memory.

[@brubeker12]

Well said Mr Bercow a clear explanation and summing up

[@Sidchasingclassiccars]

Mr Bercow is no ones fool for sure.

[@grahamlucy6627]

Her position in history will go down as the one who triggered the A50 process to leave the EU without any idea of what that process would involve.

[@2adamast]

On demand of the EU

[@stephenmartin6997]

A lot of respect for John Bercow; he's been treated shamefully

[@dirkbogarde44]

Horrible little dwarf.

[@AnubisKD]

There's a good book on his poor treatment: Silencing the Speaker, the Defaming of John Bercow by Emily Zola. Shows there was a long line of plots against him going back decades.

[@janetmalcolm6191]

Sorry but so was Theresa May even though not really a fan of her.

[@bothi00]

​@@janetmalcolm6191how has she been shamefully treated ? And by whom?

[@user-mv3op5ob5w]

What happened to him ? X

[@danmayberry1185]

Sounds like a fair assessment. Mrs May seemed to be intent on harm reduction to carry out an unenviable task, but she can't blame the Speaker in hindsight for her inability to complete it.

[@norawright807]

What about the Red Lines debacle @danmayberry?

[@danmayberry1185]

@@norawright807 'Whatabout' the price of cheese in China? I'm not defending the careers of Bercow or May. They are squabbling over the after-effects of the most ill-informed referendum in history.

[@richardgallagher4880]

@@danmayberry1185 Hindsight? The world was in uproar about him trying to stop it🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@richardgallagher4880]

Can you explain how the it's unenviable? I couldn't think of anything better

[@danmayberry1185]

@@richardgallagher4880 It's good to be out of the trading bloc. I understand trade negotiations are under way to import coconut milk from Samoa.

[@jamescoughlan8193]

Bercow giving the simple facts as always

[@jonathanwetherell3609]

Bercow bringing oooorrrrrddeeeeeerr

[@warmachineuk]

May needs to realise party loyalty is pointless if it’s dominated by a faction disloyal to the party. She should be honest with herself and state she was blocked by her own party, not the DUP or the Speaker.

[@MikeAG333]

She was blocked because she threw away a big majority, and ran a disastrous election campaign ("Brexit means Brexit") giving away an enormous poll lead.

[@markwilson2583]

He's brilliant

[@timcomley5948]

😂

[@MikeAG333]

Yep, at self-publicity, and pushing his own agenda. At doing the job of speaker.......no. He was a complete disaster.

[@SardonicALLY]

Bercow was quite correct to disallow the Re-Re-Re-Vote. It was absolutely bonkers at the time to even suggest that they keep having votes until the Brexit plan was passed by the House. The Speaker quite rightly took the view that it was improper to keep voting on basically the same motion on that basis.

[@angelikalindenau943]

Really, that's the Irish approach to passing not quite popular motions

[@martinbroomhead2646]

As a Brexiteer,I agree with John Bercow.Teresa May had no intention of Brexit.

[@aynos629]

​@@martinbroomhead2646as a non- brexiteer she certainly did a good job of promoting the monstrosity

[@richardgallagher4880]

@@aynos629 What monstrosity?

[@richardgallagher4880]

@@aynos629 Are you a traitor or a foreigner?

[@SardonicALLY]

The Sunday Times should offer to Mr. Bercow to print a rebuttal of Mrs. May's accusations.

[@jmas1219]

It's a Murdoch paper. Enough said?

[@leviathon2]

Regardless of the politics, Bercow is an excellent communicator.

[@stevenupton7825]

a fantastic bully you mean?

[@leviathon2]

@@stevenupton7825 No, I think you misunderstood. That’s not what I meant at all!

[@oisinoc]

He comunicates his own self regard whenever he opens his gob

[@gallaghergibson8024]

@@oisinoc Confidence in others is always unattractive to those with low self-esteem.

[@leviathon2]

@@oisinoc By gob, we’re you trying to say ‘mouth’?

[@timelwell7002]

My recollections of the proceedings in Parliament during this period - which I followed closely - are the same as those of John Bercow. Theresa May is trying to re-write history in her own favour, and she is attempting to throw the former Speaker under a bus in the process. I see JB as a straight arrow, and whatever criticisms have been made of him in the past, telling lies or seeking to obfuscate the truth have never been amongst those criticisms.

[@szoszos1]

I agree. I also closely followed the events and was sad.

[@skunclep1938]

You don’t need to have a good memory. It’s all in Hansard

[@nickryder9669]

Well said John

[@maggieharris3721]

Well said John. I miss you as speaker. ❤

[@s11salemhassan]

Happy to see him after such a long time Thank you for the post ❤

[@tobiasrorvallrodrigues5770]

To be honest, this was a failure for parliamentary democracy. No one wanted to put their agenda aside to find common ground so everyone lost except the hardliners. This is really the weakness of British politics is that there is a lack of cooperation. There was an over-dependence on UK getting what they want and the EU would bend to their will, but the EU is an organisation with principles that can't be negotiated, and this is the reason why negotiations stalled until the EU accepted that there was only a hard Brexit that could be achieved, as the demands from the EU to end free movement could only mean leaving the common market. The politicians were trying to sell a unicorn, and Teresa May was trying to deliver something like it, but in the end the expectations were unrealistic as some wanted to stay in the EU, some wanted to stay in the common market and some wanted a hard Brexit and voted no one presented deals. In the end only the hard Brexiters were happy. You can blame it on Teresa May, but this blame is collective. If you should blame someone, blame David Cameron for allowing the referendum to even happen and be as badly organised as it was.

[@danjames4086]

So true. Even within the conservatives, there was a huge gulf in Brexit ambitions. It really was an exercise in herding cats. Very nasty, feral cats at that.

[@thomaswilga735]

There was one decision she made as I watched on live Tv, that ended her premiership and plunged the country into chaos, that was the event in Brussels when the Undemocratic unionist party turned up in force led in by their MEP and told her to stop a meeting she was having with the EU ,as witnessed through the glass panels of the room it was taking place in, on camera she walked into the room made her apologies gathered her folders etc. and left. What she should have done was sent them away with a flea in their ears and the words of simple truth if you bring my government down your influence over government policy is finished, I just couldn’t believe that a British PM could allow themselves to treated in such a fashion, but then little did we know what was to follow.

[@mossden]

We lost a lot of entertainment in Parliament when Bercow left

[@timcolivet7343]

May only has herself to blame for her failures. She took the most extreme view of what leaving the E.U would entail. She didn't even attempt to bring the country together and she created a lot more division. She wouldn't accept any other view other than Nick Timothy's. She only tried to form a consensus in the house when her job was on the line. She only had her own interests at heart and should have resigned far sooner than she did.

[@horsepilot6655]

John B won this argument fair and square.. Teresa needs to blame 'rightly' Mr Bojo

[@simon7585]

May‘s incompetence is completely acknowledged globally

[@catrionaskivingtonskivingt4819]

Typical interviewer trying to talk over him while he’s answering the question she asked 🙇‍♀️

[@everTriumph]

The failure to deliver brexit had more to do with the fact it was A BAD IDEA, based on lies and partisan politics. It remains a fact that the 'advisory' referendum had more people either against or undecided (not voted) than voted for brexit. That alone should scream treacherous ground; do not proceed. Mays error was in not throwing the idea out.

[@verystripeyzebra]

Also her ridiculous red lines, based on nothing more than a guess what leavers had meant by their vote.

[@ridleyclayburn4599]

Forgive me but all referendums in this country are advisory. That said, it was not sold that way to the electorate (see pamphlet) and MP's accepted that they had to enact article 50.

[@verystripeyzebra]

@@ridleyclayburn4599 it was advisory. Parliament is sovereign. They were not legally bound to do anything.

[@ridleyclayburn4599]

@@verystripeyzebra And Parliament decided to enact Article 50. They made it legal. If you read my point again I quite clearly stated that referendums in this country are advisory. This said, I suspect you would have been quite happy should the vote have come out the other way and would not be going down this line.

[@warmachineuk]

I say Bercow was generous to May. The third meaningful vote was just the second with the political declaration removed. I'd have ruled that if the declaration was a substantial problem, the first and second votes would have had proposed amendments to remove it.

[@brianeduardo1234]

DUP are never positive - so she read the signals incorrectly

[@williampatrickfagan7590]

DUP are Mè Feiners. Me me me

[@annereidy7981]

I'd say that's a fair assessment.

[@ClannCholmain]

Never! Never! Never! 😂

[@miakeogh6844]

7590 don’t forget Never Never Never And No No No

[@rmyronovich4382]

I enjoy listening to John Bercow. May chose the wrong person to try to blame!! His delivery is very clear, precise and his grasp of the facts second to none. A shame that Johnson did not elevate him to the Lords. Perhaps that might be remedied when we finally get a proper leader

[@kuribojim3916]

I'm not sure about the validity of blaming the Speaker (she may well be right), but it seems to me that the blame *really* lays with the entire UK Parliament. It seems to me that May worked very hard to secure a pretty good deal given the circumstances. The Parliament really abdicated its responsibility by continuously voting down the deal. I think the consequences of that are really being felt now.

[@jmas1219]

Are you really that thick?

[@richardk5246]

I'm not so sure she really did try for a good deal for the UK but she, and the country, were definitely let down by Parliament who blatantly didn't want any kind of deal as they vociferously opposed Brexit.

[@marksykes5434]

So you are a brexit supporter then ? The problem isn’t parliament , it proved its sovereignty alone in its actions the problem is brexit ! No one defined it , every person you speak with , who voted for it , had a different version of what they wanted so how you can blame parliament for doing what the country was thinking , imo it was representative of that & then we got bozo & the disaster unfolded in front of us along with the disaster that brexit was predicted to be & has turned out to be !

[@kuribojim3916]

@@richardk5246 Yes, I agree - it's probably hard to say it was a "good" deal, although I suspect it was the best possible deal given the circumstances. But definitely I think it's unfair to completely blame May herself; the Parliament continually and repeatedly declined to exercise its responsibility during that period.

[@kuribojim3916]

@@marksykes5434 I'm not a Brexit supporter, I think that's actually irrelevant anyway for the purposes of this discussion. The point is that Brexit was voted for in the affirmative, and *someone* had to deliver it. May was clearly trying to thread a delicate needle - deliver Brexit, but do so in the least damaging way possible - and Parliament stood in the way of that. The outcome, as a result, has been a far worse situation on almost every front. I think the Parliament itself is to blame for not taking the opportunity of a deal when it had the chance.

[@walter3433]

John Bercow : Back in Parliament. Gromit's Wallace out

[@cainsy8124]

One of the key points that is forgotten is that Parliament was functioning in the way it was intended during the Brexit debates, it's one of the reasons Britain is such a conservative nation. That said every politician, general, CEO and dictator, generally most of us, likes to blame someone else for their downfall.

[@TheEvertw]

Well done asking Bercow for his views on the matter. May made a disastrous mistake in trying to manhandle Parliament into something it didn't want. Bercow acted exactly how he should have. The Speaker is loyal to Parliament, not to the government. Posing the same question twice to Parliament is an insult, and Bercow was quite right in blocking it.

[@MrSatnavatron]

I miss Bercow, he has a great memory that I completely understand , empathic to his core .. no goldfish memory here

[@JOOLZNED]

The head of MI6 warned May that due to Russian interfearance and illegal donations that Brexit was unsafe and needed to be rerun, she didnt listen

[@verystripeyzebra]

The electoral commission also ruled that it had not been a free and fair vote due to serious breaches of electoral law by various leave campaigns.

[@Joe-og6br]

Sorry but I can't find information of the head of MI6 saying that.

[@verystripeyzebra]

@@Joe-og6br they said it seemed likely, but no one actually investigated it. There was the Russia report that stated out politics had been infiltrated by Russian interests, and ut was now too late to prevent, and could only be mitigated.

[@wsm7929]

If it was rerun the vote to leave would have been larger. If people didn't really want Brexit they wouldn't have voted for Boris in such large numbers. If you remove the electorate right to choose we become the same as Russia.

[@JOOLZNED]

@@Joe-og6br Here is the direct quote “However an ongoing investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 UK EU has only very recently led to new information that when she notified Article 50 to Donald Tusk on 29 March 2017, Mrs May had by then already been made aware by MI6 that Russian interference and money had rendered the June 2016 Referendum vote not free and fair, so that the vote would need to be rerun. It seems that, acting with oligarchs and disaster capitalists, Mr Putin shares responsibility for the chaos of Brexit. UK politicians, such as the MPs May, Johnson, Gove and Stuart, as well as other British and foreign anti-EU actors have successfully sought to force the UK out of the EU using false arguments, lies, and anti-EU propaganda.“

[@a-borgia4993]

We miss him....

[@tdtm82]

They all chose their own vested interests over the prosperity of the country and it's failed for them already. It's sad.

[@kristine6996]

The day of the result after the referendum was a sad day. Still is.

[@Snugggg]

such a tight margin there should have been a follow up. what lunatic would go changing the direction of an entire economy based on a 2% majority. absolute insanity.

[@ridleyclayburn4599]

@@Snugggg Forgive me but that is what both sides agreed upon. A winner takes all vote. Silly, yes, but would you hold the same view had remain won?

[@hayley7090]

I miss John Bercow.

[@5lowburner]

The arguments for the House of Lords reduce to a steady hand on the tiller of government, and Berkow is the sort of man youd trust in that position. Which is probably also why PM Johnson didn’t give him a peerage…

[@gavinsmith9564]

May should have investigated the Russian involvement in Brexit, but she put party before country.

[@normanchristie4524]

Cameron's so-called referendum was advisory. The Tory party chose to make it mandatory. Therefor the whole mess belongs to them. Corbyn's attitude didnt help but that is academic.

[@peterscott2395]

​@@normanchristie4524Finally someone speaks sense. Well said sir

[@christopherstaples9487]

​@@normanchristie4524just out of interest, where did it say advisory on the ballot paper?

[@xray2785]

@@christopherstaples9487just above where it said mandatory 🤡

[@MikeAG333]

@@normanchristie4524 Oh I see. You want a referendum where you can ignore the result if it doesn't suit you. Right. How very EU of you.....

[@normanchristie4524]

Well said John!

[@parametr]

"That's her fault"... I'd that's the Tories' fault, and then hers. Tories created this situation, Tories chose her to solve it, May failed to earn any support, Tories failed to support her.

[@tomd5678]

Bercow was the only sensible person in the room

[@Gizo02]

I never understand why people sympathised with May for 'inheriting the Brexit mess' from Cameron. 1) Stating the obvious, she voluntarity stood to become leader to replace Cameron, knowing that she'd had to oversee Brexit. She was already the third most senior member of government, as the longest serving home secretary for more than 60 years, when the referendum was held. 2) To her discredit, she clearly underestimated how difficult the exit negotations would be. I'm not a political expert, but I knew when the referendum result came in, that the EU would want to prevent a domino effect, and look after the interests of the remaining 27 members, and so that the negotations would be incredibly tough and arduous. 3) She let her honeymoon period go to head, and doomed herself by setting those ridiculous and unnecessary red lines, I think either during the 2016 Tory party conference or her Lancaster House speech in early 2017 or both. She pandered to the right of her party, who then judged her against those red lines. 4) She triggered article 50 too early, and apparently didn't even understand how the single market worked, thinking that we could leave it and negotiate access to it quickly and easily later on. 5) She called that unnecessary election in 2017, and then arrogantly thought that she'd win a landslide putting in minimal effort and releasing a garbage manifesto. She lost her paliamentary majority 10-11 days before the formal exit talks began. 6) She only reached out across the house to compromise, when it was far too late and she feared she wouldn't get her withdrawal agreement through parliament, and didn't think to do that when the negotations were live.

[@verystripeyzebra]

She painted herself into a corner with her red lines designed to appease the ERG.

[@Gizo02]

@@verystripeyzebra yep. During her honeymoon period which lasted for a good 6-9 months, she let the short term popularity boost go to her head. Also in the short term she wanted to appeal to the ERG and the right wing tabloids, but she clearly didn’t think about the medium to long term, following in Cameron’s example.

[@peterscott2395]

Very well put, the tories seem to have a habit of putting cruel and ignorant women in charge to the detriment of the rest of society, especially other women

[@oohermissus]

Allegations aside, Bercow knows his onions, and the HOC is a poorer place without him.

[@5lowburner]

Why was your interviewer being so dismissive? Berkow is always brilliant whether you like him or not.

[@Richard-pe4cx]

you never realise what you had until it's gone best speaker we have had in recent years

[@imck357]

Excellent assessment by an excellent house of commons speaker. Missed greatly. His successor is woeful

[@ianmackinlay1894]

Unusually for me, I am very much on the side of John Bercow on this matter. Theresa May was unbelievably useless in understanding anything, and inevitably, anything that did not go her way just simply had to be somebody else's fault.

[@Snugggg]

while I completely agree with you she was followed by absolute bumbling clowns. amazing when you think about it. she was not actually the bottom of the barrel!

[@juditszabo8751]

İ was watching the British parliamentary sessions during this time from Canada. The whole Brexit process was like the best thriller Hollywood can offer from my point of view and İ found John Berkow as the speaker utterly fascinating. İ found him the best orator I've ever to listened to, his performance was mesmerizing. He is my hero up until this day, it is too bad that the his country's politicians don't appreciate his expertise, hard work and ingenuity on the level what he deserves.

[@oleogabalo]

I am a big fan of this man.

[@AnubisKD]

Have you read the book Silencing the Speaker: the Defaming of John Bercow? It's a really interesting and well researched defence of the bullying charges and details all the Tory plots to remove him from parliament

[@1guitarlover]

I had so much fun with this gentlemen as Speaker of the House during Breshit. ORDEEERRRR!!!!! 😂😂😂😂

[@alandouglas8044]

It's really worrying. When are we going to learn to score? Also, we need goals coming from lots of players.

[@TheTwosliceToaster]

I've always liked how clear and concise Mr Bercow is with everything he says.

[@willieckaslike]

Is this the British Government? Or an expensive kindergarten ? Sounds more like the latter with all the petty squabbling going on !

[@snezdimi6695]

Bravo Sir Bercow! You were the only one who could fight the AROGANT tories. Shame that you are not leading the Labour party now. People wil stand behind you❤

[@MikeAG333]

Sheesh. Really? And are you really so ignorant that you think Bercow, a Conservative, could lead Labour?

[@Iazzaboyce]

Glad to see John back on form after falling off a ladder picking gooseberries.

[@Joe-og6br]

Bercow was a tad dramatic. But Lindsey Hoyle is pathetic.

[@phil2544]

Still, at least Brexit brought all the benefits promised, like.... Errrr.... Ummm... Anyone?

[@michaelhearn3052]

I think you will find the answer in the Seldon book published in March 2023, titled Boris at 10; which stated that although Boris got Brexit done, he never delivered on any of the benefits. I asked a Brexit supporting friend of mine that same question. ....and there was unsurprisingly, a long silence, as he racked his brains for a benefit. Oh, we've got a deal with Australia now. Yes recently, I replied, and BTW its a 32 day journey to Australia, two to three days to unload and reload, and another 32 days to return, let alone the costs. Its only worth 0.08%, to us and we are some £4billion down on our usual trading. My cousin who lives in Australia with his wife and family made a similar comment... most Australians could not care less that we in the UK have a deal with them. Those that have been told about by their Brexit friends are amazed given the time it takes to transport goods by sea and return back to the UK, let alone the costs.

[@brubeker12]

Errr ! Taking back control of something isnt it all going so well 😢

[@danjames4086]

Whoa there! Come on, we've got BLOO PASSPORTS again! Of course there was nothing to stop us having them any colour we liked whilst remaining in the E.U., but let's not talk about that. Gardening is cheaper these days too. No need to buy manure anymore. Just pop down to your local beach and scoop the big chunks out of the sea. Reason enough don't you think?

[@rachs57]

If John Bercow becomes PM, I am moving to the UK.

[@peterscott2395]

Hahaha, he was still a tory. Just slightly less worse than the rest of the morally bankrupt ones we have now.

[@crowbar9566]

Yeah if pigs start flying

[@juditszabo8751]

I would like him to move here to Canada to be my Prime Minister, thank you.

[@peterscott2395]

@juditszabo8751 Doubt you would put up with his expense claims....

[@juditszabo8751]

@@peterscott2395 rather him than prince Harry and his awful wife thank you👍

[@anielloliguori6312]

Shame this guy isn't still the speaker!

[@waltergray7722]

A great and honest Speaker.

[@royloveday4350]

The woman who energised a hostile environment policy and whos antecedents have been progressively more performatively vile. May has been a catalist for the absolute dregs of her party.

[@bren106]

*What a loss to public life it is now that Mr Bercow is out of politics.*

[@dylanlees5071]

I’d rather have someone like Theresa May dedicated to public service rather than a bully like Bercow

[@benRiddings]

Interrupt Bercow at your own peril!

[@patrikfloding7985]

May is just deluded. Now, just as back then. Living in her own la-la-land.

[@brianferguson7840]

Some people say thst Teresa May was her own worst enemy !🤔 NOT WHILE I'M STILL BREATHING SHE WASN'T !🤨🤨

[@danjames4086]

Hang on mate, there's a queue! The trouble is I've only got a limited amount of rage to go around. Difficult to waste it on May when Rees-Mogg is still around, and Johnson is lurking in the shadows.

[@mauranolan843]

Theresa May was simply a poor leader unable to stand up to her party.John Bercow was a brilliant speaker

[@santhanaraj5863]

May and Bercow are two of a kind !!

[@renaissanceman9899]

Maybe Bercow could be PM.

[@verdi2310]

*Woman, why you ask a question if you dont wanna hear the answer? Let people talk. You ask a queston and two seconds later start interrupting him again.*

[@crazy-diamond7683]

Ha ha ha....Bercow a serious devious money maker. Never gave a hoot about his wife fooling around with other men.

[@billhammond1003]

I reckon every self-respecting family should have a John Bercow for a pet...

[@allenmontrasio8962]

A politician is a liar, who'd have thought it.

[@nicks4934]

Strong and Stable 😂 nasty May caused deaths in Windrush community. Worst of the worst.

[@J.B24]

I wonder if John will publish a memoir about his time as Speaker.

[@paulcapocci332]

Come on! Mr Bercow should never had been allowed to force his non democratic option like he did. That’s where our system failed.

[@cjh0751]

If children lied like this they would be on the naughty mat.

[@user-th5nb3ox1w]

Is he still around? Thought he'd skulked back under a rock.

[@smoosview6103]

Bercow as much to blame as anyone for blocking Mays softer brexit which ultimately lead us to BoJos harder brexit.

[@darrellholland1523]

Who lifted the lid off the septic tank?

[@robertjsmith]

Typical tory ,blame someone else

[@michaeltschuertz]

5:29 May alsk refused to let MPs in on the talks with the EU to get to a deal.

[@barbaraarndt5293]

The strong and stable Mrs May failed to tell that she sent thousands od £££££££ to the DUP to support her. What did they use the money for? To run their Brexit campaign in NI. She was such a deluded woman. Unfit to be an PM. Her office in No 10 was run by Nick Timothy, a staunch Brexiteer, and now he runs for being an MP.

[@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304]

What did they use that money (£1 billion) for? - Extra public spending in Northern Ireland. It wasn't a gift to the DUP themselves lol

[@ianworley8169]

It was a billion pound bribe to the DUP, as you know only too well. If they used it to primarily benefit their own constituents, it makes no difference whatsoever.

[@rabhiggins7343]

Wasn't the Brexit campaign and vote held in 2016. . .Mayhem didn't need to bribe the DUPers for their support until after she spaffed the T*ry majority in the 2017 GE

[@barbaraarndt5293]

@@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304 nothing LOL to me. The DUP were the main beneficiary and their UDF !!!!

[@proselytizingorthodoxpente8304]

@@barbaraarndt5293 The DUP is a political party. Are you saying you think May gave £1 billion of taxpayers money to the DUP party?

[@missd2657]

So she doesn't blame the DUP at all for flip flopping!

[@BrandonAllenEM]

does anyone actually think Bercow wasn't trying to influence the house for his personal vision?

[@angelikalindenau943]

Nice one

[@chrislambert9435]

Teresa May can get anything through the House of Commons if She is/was able to command a Majority of MPs in this House, but She was not able to do this ! Therefore John Bercow is "spot on"

[@gijsbo2000]

Why does the woman ask a question and then not allowing the guy to answer thoroughly?

[@danmayberry1185]

If she hadn't, he would still be talking.