John Bercow on Brexit and his feud with Donald Trump | Turkish Tea Talk with Alex Salmond

John Bercow, the former Speaker of the House of Commons, knows all about controversy. He is widely recognized as one of history’s most controversial and combative Commons Speakers. During his visit to Istanbul, he talks to Alex Salmond about the traditions of the Speakership, Brexit, and why he refused to invite Donald Trump to Westminster.
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[@MrAvatid]

Bercow! delightful as usual!

[@Sat-Man-Alpha]

Bercows Bojo parody was magnificent🎉😂

[@T0NYD1CK]

His Bercow parody is quite good, too. I had to keep checking that it was not really Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse.

[@ShukurUllah]

John bercow a genuine good person

[@kw2142]

Not really he was a bully

[@Shankar-Bhaskar]

An absolutely vile speaker

[@arod9998]

No he wasn’t neutral at all when he was speaker

[@kw2142]

@@arod9998 nobody is ever fully neutral though, it's impossible

[@nextinstitute7824]

​@@kw2142 One man's hero is another's bully. As an outsider I mostly see a strong character, one that would not be intimidated. Very impressive

[@SK-gx8fg]

Two men who were politically & democratically soundly beaten bleating to each other

[@Ding63]

Bercow was never beaten though

[@redthepost]

I am a Yank, but watching the beloved speaker captivated me to the core. The man is a master of the English language. Order, order, order. Indeed.

[@edwardkaggwa4856]

Unfortunately he has some opinions about Trump rooted in hatred and not in fact.

[@SAINTOBVIOUS]

@@edwardkaggwa4856 Given Trump's deplorable behavior and seedy past finally catching up to him, I'd reckon to say there's a lot of people around the world who have some opinions on Trump.

[@DracoSuave]

@@edwardkaggwa4856 'How can they possibly call a president who started his campaign hitching his post to the racist birther movement a racist, it's unfair it's unfair it's unfaaaaiiirrrr that people notice things that were obvious and marketted'

[@abenaid11]

A lovely conversation.

[@niall3886]

He is so biased

[@andrewrice9362]

I agree with most of his opinions on trump brexit, johnson etc but you are right this entire thing is biased

[@kenballantyne3769]

Great interview 👍 John Bercow, a great former speaker, an honourable man, lots of respect for him and best wishes to him 😊

[@katiedid1851]

I like this man. Honest.

[@thomaswayne1852]

Thoroughly enjoyed that. Thank you ^^

[@SophyaAgain]

Sweet sweet Turkish tea... It was 2012 (GOSH !! 12 years ago !!). I stayed in London for 11 months attending a language school and went twice to a Turkish restaurant with a couple of classmates. The food was delicious and its price afordable. To wrap up we were served sweets topped with some nuts and honey and a very sweet tea. Fond memories.

[@nextinstitute7824]

Haha I like this man. An independent thinker, funny, and realist, like we once knew the Brits. Where did the others go?!

[@SyedMasoomMumeen]

Excellent conversation

[@paulscousedownie]

Brilliant impersonation of Boris the clown Mr speaker!

[@stonkez8452]

I only drank tea or coffee when I nearly drowned in a canal 30 year ago

[@MultiYlin]

run again

[@guitarboogieboogie]

Biased Bercow to the max.

[@mattjames88]

Still a little bully boy

[@dannybatterbee2444]

I enjoyed his showmanship in Parliament, but lets be fair he helped to deliver a worse brexit by not allowing Bojo to get on with it. He had a vision and went for it. He was elected in on a huge majority, yet Bercow was only moaning about not being honoured after a poor show..

[@marksykes5434]

On my ballot it said ; Leave the EU or Remain in the EU ! Brexit was delivered on 31 1 2020 ! As for bozo not being allowed to get on with it , well his legacy tells you the man’s character & imo he couldn’t deliver a pizza ! The sovereign UK parliament thwarted brexit because it wasn’t defined . You can speak with 10 hard of thinking brexiteers & everyone will give you a completely different answer whereas remain was to keep the status quo , this is called democracy ! Hopefully now that even farage has claimed it has failed we can rejoin asap . This is also democracy as it is now evident to many that they were conned & the evidence supports this view , even you might want to admit it !

[@joesoy9185]

Don't blame JB for a lousy BREXIT. BoJo and his team didn't get Brexit done because of their lousy preparation and approach to the whole negotiations. At the time, many of BoJo's cronies wanted a no-deal Brexit, which would have been even more of a disaster than it is now.

[@nextinstitute7824]

​@@joesoy9185 Yes isn't it interesting. The Tories will literally blame anyone but themselves.