UK ELECTION SPECIAL | Former Speaker of the House John Bercow on the future of

John Bercow shares his opinion on past Prime Ministers and what the UK needs in these elections.
Do you agree? What will the results of these elections be?
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The longest-serving Speaker of the House of Commons since the Second World War, John Bercow was once seen as on the right of the Tory party, later becoming a member of the Tory shadow cabinet. He moved to the left throughout his political career subsequently becoming a thorn in the side of the Conservative Johnson government. Join him as he outlines his vision for the future and why Britain desperately needs change.
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John Bercow is one of the most recognisable and iconoclastic figures in British politics. As Speaker of the House of Commons from 2009 to 2019, his distinctive bellow for order spanned the tenure of four Prime Ministers and a decade of political turmoil.
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00:00 Introduction
00:15 Bercow assesses Prime Ministers
02:50 Rishi Sunak
05:20 The main opposition party
07:39 Labour platform
10:34 Keir Starmer
12:05 Economic failings
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Do you agree with John Bercow? What are your thought's on today's historic general elections? Let us know what you think in the comments! See the full talk at: iai.tv/video/the-future-of-politics-john-bercow?KZbin&+comment

[@tonyroy8123]

You must be congratulated million times for bringing out a man of integrity, decency and courage. Hats off!

[@bikes02]

@@tonyroy8123 Bercow has integrity? 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@tonyroy8123]

@@bikes02 Not for people like you who do not like following rules, laws and being disruptive with no substance.

[@tonyroy8123]

@@bikes02 Oh BTW, did you ever go to school? And learnt any discipline, respect and obedience? 😂😂😂😂

[@bikes02]

@@tonyroy8123 I'm democratic, unlike trolls like you

[@phillipgriffiths9624]

He’s so right about tax evasion. The rich avoid paying taxes to the detriment of all of us.

[@rosella1919]

…and are proud of themselves for doing it. They have no morals whatsoever.

[@mrswindymiller]

wonder if he does

[@mypointofview1111]

I very much doubt many MPs pay tax, too busy avoiding it and filling their pockets

[@lohphat]

But by bleating out "BENEFIT FRAUD" the simps and serfs and rabble are roused and distracted from the real crime of tax fraud and evasion. And it works. People keep voting Tory (and the GOP in the US) because they easily believe any lies their false gods spew.

[@ppckrtt]

From Germany: Jon Bercow, always a voice of reason and of deep understanding. It is people like him, you should listen to, dear Brits.

[@AlienatedNortherner]

I think not.

[@ppckrtt]

@@AlienatedNortherner Then just move on with the mess you created. I will happily watch from the sidelines.

[@AlienatedNortherner]

@ppckrtt If you think that I hold institutional power, you are seriously mistaken. Germany also looks like a basket case these days.

[@generaldisarray6147]

Well he certainly took a long time to say very little, for his sake its best he spent his career in the public sector - the private sector expects results.

[@yamyam2987]

@@ppckrtt 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rosella1919]

Bercow is the most articulate and informative speaker I’ve heard in a very long time.

[@RossJohnson-bs8kf]

AMEN! He is a legend! One of the greatest in British history, NO QUESTION.

[@jameslewis2635]

Apart from his former role in government has left him being unable to speak at a normal volume. His voice has two settings: Loud and louder!

[@RossJohnson-bs8kf]

@@jameslewis2635 lol, right and a good thing, haha. Well, except to the sensitive of hearing perhaps......

[@algernonwolfwhistle6351]

Another nail in the coffin of Conservative politics and politicians.

[@capt.bart.roberts4975]

They're worse than bloody Dracula, every time you think they're dead...

[@capt.bart.roberts4975]

Two hundred years of basically not changing much, kind of goes with their title, conservative.

[@b.alexanderjohnstone9774]

If I was a leftist / didn't care about British traditions, I wouldn't be so down on the Tories as you guys are. Is it just your reflexes? Has the country ever been more left-wing? The whole British establishment is left-wing. A million immigrants a year, suicidal net zero, high taxes, blokes in women's prison, coastal invasion, censorship, etc. They are more left-wing than Blair and Brown. They've truly betrayed their voters and you guys seem to be fighting the Tories of the past, the ghost of Maggie.

[@jorggruhl709]

@@algernonwolfwhistle6351 If it were true, that would be my dream. Alas conservatism will put the world in trouble in the near future.

[@LoveLove-bc9np]

Conservative politicians went against him because he refuse to grant the invitation of Donald Trump, wow. John Bercow is one of the greatest politician we have in this country and his trade mark word will stand a test of time “ Order, Ooorder” 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@magustef8710]

@@LoveLove-bc9np 😎❣️

[@CBTvideos]

Orderrrrrrrrrrrr; Oh how I miss Bercow, a legend.

[@gerryburntwood9617]

Me too, he was really worth listening to as a speaker!

[@Jonny.Y]

I’m not sure how he’s a good speaker considering PMQ’s turned into just a jeering club. He could have added some decorum and enforced a decent level of politics but instead participated in the weird populism politics making a show of himself as much as the whole event. I agree he’s measured and speaking truth now, but I don’t think he was that great

[@onetexan1058]

Even us yanks here in US love his loud & drawn out bellow - Ooooorrrdddeeeerrrrrrr 😅

[@Jonny.Y]

@@onetexan1058 yeah it’s funny in principal and I have always enjoyed it… until I realised that it’s not impressive but more a joke. Just makes me a bit sad that personality and catch phrases are more impressive than actual hard work.

[@martycrow]

No telepromptor, no notes, delivered at a steady pace with clarity and wit, full of asides and diversions, but able to turn around on a tuppence back to the main thrust ever closer to his peroration.

[@josephjones1093]

Arguably one of the last decent tory MP's.

[@earthman6700]

@@josephjones1093 Is he not Labour now? He would have given Labour a win they earned had he been the Party Leader.

[@martycrow]

@@earthman6700 He joined Labour after he stepped down (under pressure) as Speaker.

[@martycrow]

@@josephjones1093 As Speaker for nearly a decade he did not take the Tory whip in keeping with convention. He was quite right wing before.

[@josephjones1093]

@martycrow This is new to me though, when I just heard him promoting labour I thought is this AI lmao. Think I will go learn why he switched, thanks.

[@davideire90]

Cant believe i am agreeing so much with an ex tori mp. Powerful speech!

[@matthew-182]

he left the torys 15 years ago

[@charonel]

Believe it or not, this is what a lot of the tories used to be like if you go back far enough... What they've become is a travesty.

[@FBWFTW]

@@matthew-182he definitely became more Labour friendly it seems. He seemingly (from my seat in my yard in the USA anyhow) was a good *neutral* speaker and he wanted to keep it real in the speakers chair

[@onetexan1058]

@@charonel agree. Very similarly to what happened with the Republican party here in the US. They pandered to the undereducated for years & was coopted by the extreme right wing who elected the Conman.

[@TheGrifCannon00]

@@davideire90 when people are right, they're right...

[@TheCloudhopper]

Agree or disagree with John Bercow it doesn't matter. the fact is this: It's nice to hear a career politician eloquently express HIS OWN THOUGHTS on a matter. This is how politics is supposed to be.

[@jameshoopes6467]

He’s speaking truth to power. This man cares deeply about his country, not his party first.

[@johnmason2593]

Rubbish

[@TheOriginalDaveJ]

He took the words out my very own mouth. British politics needs people like this.

[@nicolaburch7878]

Still the greatest speaker of all time, I really miss him sitting in the chair

[@GoodOlRoll]

For me it's a tie between him and Betty Boothroyd.

[@MrTonyHeath]

Me too.

[@DansChan995]

God I love this guy, and I'm not even a Brit! I would pay serious cash to see him and Bernie Sanders discuss working class needs in the US and UK.

[@davidsynnott9542]

Yes please we r all in the same basket you up there and us down here in AU and NZ same problems

[@paulyandle6081]

@@DansChan995 Along with Mick Lynch.

[@suemount6042]

Now that I would like to see myself Dan

[@hotoneinspai]

Good because he earns a small fortune on the Speaker Circuit...Most made in the USA... Huge Amounts of dosh!!... That, on Top of his Huge...Pension for Life from being the H of C Speaker. Plus a grace and favour home... I'm Sorry BUT Its easy to Speak your Mind... when your Rich and have Nothing to Lose !!

[@DansChan995]

@@hotoneinspai but and here's the whole point of what he's saying... DOES he pay his taxes?? Because that's the problem he's talking about here!

[@Alexander-uj5pb]

Well said Mr Bercow. What a delight to hear him talk.

[@tonyroy8123]

An honest decent man for the nation. He will singe Farage!

[@bikes02]

@@tonyroy8123 Keep dreaming toxic lefty

[@khtan585]

Legendary Bercow .... the best independent speaker of the house ever. Respect "Sir" Mr. Bercow 🫡🫡🫡

[@jurgenporn1867]

Bercow is one of my heroes. He singlehandedly denied Trump the stage of a speech to the house, in the early days of his presidency. By doing so he was one of the few to stem the tide.

[@cliffrightmove1527]

🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵your such a nelly 🥵

[@stephenhathaway269]

@@cliffrightmove1527you’re illiterate

[@tonyroy8123]

The best speaker ever with conviction, integrity and courage. Hats off!

[@paulies5407]

What tide? 😂 I voted brexit just to spite wee fannies like you

[@noelfleming3567]

​@@tonyroy8123👍👏👏

[@futures2247]

tens of trillions are hidden off shore by psychopaths.

[@Elst07896]

You don't how close to the truth you speak my friend. 😜😜

[@NefetariMoonRay]

DONT WORRY IF OUR COUNTRY GETS ATTACKED IN THE FUTURE, THEN THEY WILL ALL BE FORCED TO SPEND IT VERY QUICKLY UPON THE NATIONAL DEFENCE OR RISK GOING UNDER WITH THE REST OF US. MY SUGGESTIONS ARE THEREFORE: TO BUY A LOT OF UNDERWATER DRONES 4 THE IRISH COAST IN PARTICULAR, AND TO DIVERSIFY FAR MORE PORT LANDING SITES.

[@VOLightPortal]

they help to keep the world economy afloat

[@wildfire9280]

⁠@@VOLightPortal Surely you don’t actually believe this is what they’re held offshore for?

[@noelfleming3567]

Why is it hidden offshore not for d good of d British economy 😮

[@3lionsusa]

I ponder why all of the articulate, informed politicians are on the sidelines

[@renex_g3915]

they can't compete with the toxic enviroment of modern politics that favour drama, exciting stories and charisma instead of real policies.

[@chaosPneumatic]

@@TPQ1980 Name one piece of sophistry he says here and use as few words per your own standard.

[@minui8758]

@@TPQ1980 tosh. Voluptuous and poetic vocabulary has its own role to play in rhetoric as Aristotle will tell you. And this is politics not a dispassionate aloof Socratic enquiry, again a distinction firmly observed by the classical writers, Aristotle and Cicero to my knowledge, but I expect others too. Bercow is sometimes a bit of a windbag admittedly but at his best he’s brilliant precisely because of his exceptional choice of words

[@casteretpollux]

These " reasonable" Tories rested on the comfort cushion of colonial/imperialist looting

[@Valkyrien04]

The idea of someone complaining about long winded fancy language politicians using the word "Sophistry" is worth a giggle.

[@bumberClart1000]

Tax Evasion. Say it again

[@craigjohnstone1461]

@@bumberClart1000 insider trading too

[@jamesyboy4626]

Tax evasion. Remix it!

[@bumberClart1000]

@@jamesyboy4626 now there’s a thought/tune 😆✌️

[@jamesyboy4626]

@@bumberClart1000 now put it in subtitles and slow it down lol.

[@bumberClart1000]

@@jamesyboy4626 now add the viola’s and soft timbre? Bosh 🎼☺️

[@dixieflatline1189]

White Collar crime is a bigger issue than violent crime or drugs etc. Yet our prisons are full of low level criminals, while the real economic and social villains have little to no impact. This is not by mistake, but by design

[@TheDeceptiveHero]

This is how a conservative social system works: There is a small “in group” which is protected by law but not bound by it; and there is a large “out group” which is bound by law but not protected by it.

[@aninda2457]

London runs on white collar crime. What are you talking about ?

[@KeithRowley418]

He is so right about the overvaluation of charisma! This is even more relevant to US politics.

[@Dragonsitter]

Brilliant man and Speaker. Maligned and hounded out of office.

[@Elfdustify]

Stitched up - no doubt about it.

[@davidsmith8728]

For bullying if I recall.

[@hus390]

He was awful and bias. Look at the current Speaker and how he’s handling his job perfectly.

[@robinholland1136]

@@hus390 🤣🤣

[@lindanairn2329]

@@hus390 Perfectly? Look at how he buckled under when Starmer "suggested" that he defy convention and allow Labour to hijack the SNP's Opposition Day debate...Hoyle is a weakling.

[@Marsha1901]

I have always said, and always will say, that John Bercow is a thoroughly decent and honourable man. I am so glad I witnessed his tenure as the Speaker of the House. He was magnificent and always managed to control the noisy M.P.'s with dignity and fortitude.

[@matthewlawrenson7508]

Tax evasion. Great point

[@davidhouston4810]

The Former Speaker, displays his intelligence and integrity, it gives me hope that such people exist.

[@mattcam200577]

He’s such a breath of fresh air ❤️ John Bercow.

[@kat2023.]

Bring Bercow back. Best speaker ever!!

[@derekwhyle1884]

No. That title belongs to Betty Boothroyd

[@emdiar6588]

@@derekwhyle1884 That is 100% correct. Bercow is an easy second though. Orrrrddaah!!

[@grahamtrave1709]

How could any intelligent person not appreciate John Bercow and his enormous knowledge and experience of UK politics and the politicians that it has produced. I sincerely hope he finds a way back into the Palace of Westminster in some capacity.

[@adamthorntonillustration9281]

I do hope this speech will become a primer for all modern British history students.

[@psychologicalsuccess3476]

I loved this guy as Speaker, I'm glad he can speak his mind now, even if everyone has bullied him out of the parliament

[@Jeanette47]

I miss John being Speaker so much, his replacement is such a damp squib by comparison. He also expanded my vocabulary 😊

[@wendyknight9574]

His replacement is not fit to hold the office.

[@onetexan1058]

I'm an American and follow British politics. He's one of few politicians i enjoy listening to. His brash, straightforward, no-nonsense, in-your-face, tell-it-like-it-is style jives with me every bit. very telling of a politician what their deeper motives are for being in poliics. For mr. Bercow it's improving the lives of Brits, making the country a better place to live, and the world a safer place. Tory leadera? Not so much. They're only in it for themselves & their rich contributors.

[@AraMarama-jw4df]

From New Zealand: Many of us here have been watching from NZ, because what happens in the UK can also impact on other Commonwealth countries. We have seen some alarming things over the last 5 years. I wish the new government in the UK all the best, we need you to be successful.

[@Seafox0011]

Refreshing to hear an eloquent politician map out what the country is likely to vote for and the way forward.

[@petrihadtosignupforthis8158]

Not politician. More state officer.

[@col.hertford9855]

@@petrihadtosignupforthis8158 he was an MP for twelve years before being elected as speaker. In that time he held some shadow cabinet roles. So your statement is incorrect.

[@hus390]

@@col.hertford9855 He was awful and bias. Look at the current Speaker and how he’s handling his job perfectly.

[@col.hertford9855]

@@hus390 not sure what that’s got to do with my comment.

[@Pab1oRomirez]

First time in while that I’ve watched a political piece on KZbin that my shoulders have relaxed and seen someone of his former office not only understand but be happy to say what the hell is going on.

[@anirbanbhattacharya2146]

Underpromise and overdeliver not Overpromise and underdeliver!! Point noted dear Mr. Bercow. A lesson for all politicians across the globe.

[@nni9310]

John Bercow is worth listening too. Mainly from what he says but also his delivery. He is clear, articulate and logical.

[@kevin9sc]

Hear, hear! Well said that man. Mr. Bercow, you deserved so much better than the hand you were dealt having to deal with the charlatans of the ERG.

[@davecap2641]

Well said John, difficult to disagree with what you are saying. Connected common sense, very refreshing.

[@michaelbaynham5107]

I do agree wholeheartedly with John Bercow. The time is long overdue that we had decency and humanity in our politics.

[@alanhat5252]

It's time people voted for that!

[@heliotropezzz333]

Truss was not even a good member of the Conservative government as a Minister (as Bercow implied) as an ex-civil servant or advisor (can't remember which) said she wasn't even interested in the areas that she presided over as a Minister.

[@braidybecket8946]

agreed "pork markets".

[@paulgibbons2320]

15.4 billion is paid directly to private landlords. In Housing Benefit. We only spend 12.6 billion on Child Benefit.

[@ncfungirl209]

Why private landlords are on a housing benefit please? Is it legal or misusing of the system? Sorry I am not British, so do not really understand it.

[@paulgibbons2320]

@ncfungirl209 the Tennant claims it. But it goes straight to the Lords. Then the Lords call the tennants scroungers. Don't worry. Most British do not understand it either. Or there would be an outcry.

[@falkland]

Goverment should not pay for people's rent. People should be responsible to pay rent from their own pocket, aren't they? I think you agree with the landlords, cut down housing benefit, let people pay their own housing. So the people who do work can keep their tax payment down, so the money can then go into their pension/account instead of paying someone elses rent.

[@paulgibbons2320]

@falkland the figures are far too large. Minimum wage is only £10ish why are rents £1000+ pcm. It's completely barking is what I'm saying.

[@mypointofview1111]

That perfectly demonstrates the tories real priorities. The fact that government ministers thought it was acceptable for children in the world's 5th richest nation to starve during the summer holidays is shameful, utterly shameful. There are no words to describe the disgust I have of all politicians. They're all as bad as each other

[@enzeda]

Boris Johnston turning up to vote without I.D sums up his tenure as the PM who's Government introduced the requirement.

[@tsiva4398]

Hypocrite

[@sean.butterworth]

Parliament was the worse for this man’s absence. I could listen to him all day

[@balticstain7150]

He's a very good speaker and knows his knowledge of politics..

[@amyrashap5713]

Wonderful, eloquent talk. As a US citizen, I noticed that he also used ..gasp! .. 4 or 5 syllable words when needed. No dumbing down... and what he said seems, to me, to be spot on.

[@rankothcj6579]

I listen to him in awe, at the clear, concise and clinical way he communicates.

[@vadusnisky31]

Begs the question...why were they allowed to continue for so long, when it was so horribly apparent just how bad things had become?

[@20storiesunder]

Bad system that wasn't ready for voters being manipulated by techniques brought over by the states

[@tsiva4398]

People continued to elect Tories for nearly 3 terms just for the sake of their promise on curbing immigration which never materialised, all that Tories achieved was creating a big financial parity between the rich and the poor

[@braidybecket8946]

@@tsiva4398 disparity, not parity

[@chrispalmer7893]

I'd argue that Sunak didn't even start well. Almost his first act was to re-instate a Home Secretary who'd been fired less than a week earlier for a security breach, and a Home Secretary he must have known didn't even vaguely share his world view. From that point on, although the bluster was gone, although the public performance was lacking, I can't think of any substantive actions he took of which I can honestly say "I don't think Boris Johnson would have done that". He promised to be different, but he was more of the same. Perfect example - look at his response when slapped down by the courts on Rwanda (a policy Sunak is known to have thought was nuts to start with). If anything, his response to that setback was even worse than Johnson's response when the Supreme Court did something similar to him.

[@tomwalsh2244]

@@chrispalmer7893 In a previous UK government Braverman would have been sacked for less. Patel, Sunak and Braverman…I often wonder if they’re ex colonials coming back to destroy the UK? Not a popular thought but sometimes I wonder.

[@johnholmes5674]

@@tomwalsh2244 that seems to be the sentiment of many ex colonial types that I have encountered through my workplace. Here to take what’s rightfully theirs, stolen by the British from their forefathers

[@tomwalsh2244]

@@johnholmes5674 It’s an interesting one. But they’ve shown exactly the people they are. Me, half Irish half Spanish. Live in both. The past is the past and the way things are we will need each other more and more in the future. Build bridges and get over yourself is my philosophy. But Cruella Braverman in particular, a Sorbonne educated person with a mediocre law career. I often wonder how she convinces people to even vote for her let alone actually climb the greasy pole to get her hands on the levers of power.

[@Chucku153]

​@@tomwalsh2244what goes around comes around 😂😂😂

[@zenocrate4040]

Indisputably entertaining and thought-provoking.

[@MrSatnavatron]

Bring Back Bercow

[@l33jcm]

As articulate as ever! Well said, sir!

[@capt.bart.roberts4975]

I think that the public schools should be inspected, as rigorously as the state sector.

[@stuartmelville5684]

ask yourselves ,,, who owns britain .... there is your problem ... good luck trying to fix that mess

[@paulinereid5226]

Well said, that man! What a waste of a great man - great intelligence and intellect, and brilliantly articulate. Pushed out because of some petty grudge. A great mistake.

[@nicolek4076]

In 2010 the economy wasn't in bad shape. 14 years later we're on our uppers. Where has all the money gone?

[@b.2221]

Ask David Cameron where the money has gone.

[@Roy-gi5ul]

Try🎉 starting with PPE fraud,Rwanda payments,🎉 tory nest feathering,, just for bare starters and you've already got well over £5 billion!

[@braidybecket8946]

In 2010 there were 75 billionaires in the UK, now there are 171.

[@noxtrin1878]

@@braidybecket8946 how about the average wealth/standard of living?

[@matthewburns7989]

I don’t know him but I feel like he’s a good man deep down. Being autistic myself and knowing he has a son with autism only strengthens my respect for him.

[@Wotsitorlabart]

He's not a good man. He is an obnoxious pipsqeak.

[@o.b.7217]

Oordaar! Oordaaar!

[@tricialyn4645]

Sensational! All of that!! He has more than charisma but he also has much competence. I very much liked him as Speaker!! What a loss!!! 👏👏👏 Extremely disappointed that the link doesnt let me watch the full talk without paying.....albeit with a spurious free trial offer. x

[@ansontan9226]

Orrrrrrddddddeeeeerrrr! Can’t think of a better Speaker that can rizz as well as him

[@heliotropezzz333]

I'm always nervous about eggs being counted before they have hatched. Disappointment has so often been my reaction to past elections.

[@DeliMeatTree]

@@heliotropezzz333 labput are gonna sail through this, my friend

[@noelfleming3567]

Broken promises 😢

[@garyt.8745]

That would be Chickens being counted, surely.

[@heliotropezzz333]

@@garyt.8745 Yes. I thought that and for some reason it didn't sound right to me when I thought it, so I changed it to eggs. It was one of those moments.

[@tednindo6761]

Mr Bercow needs to return to parliament. An excellent speaker of the house, sadly missed

[@pendolinoable]

Bercow the Legend. Fearless, and as Speaker always told it how it was.

[@colinjameslichtwark513]

So much respect for this man.

[@dannyglass1013]

Sounds like he knows what he is talking about nice to hear logic and common sense at last

[@patricklynch6547]

John Bercow is a fabulous speaker enjoyed listening to him.

[@Tom_murray89]

Totally agree and people have to jump through hoops to get the benefits that they’re entitled to

[@ckennylin717]

Please come to the US and straighten our electorate out!

[@summerbright2769]

The voters in United States are worse then the U K voters Electing Donald Trump is more than nightmare to say the least..

[@jeremyanderson8433]

An excellent articulation of Kier Starmer’s widely misunderstood strategy.

[@robertcampbell8027]

The “…disreputable troika…” (Johnson, Truss, Sunak). That’s a wonderfully understated sledge hammer of truth.

[@Zrneta]

Mr. Speaker truly delivered structure, message and clarity. Well done.

[@Don-lw4cb]

Well said John Bercow, a brilliant and truthful summation!

[@tonyroy8123]

The best speaker ever and a shining light for Labour!

[@hughiedavies6069]

I live in the North West, and I guarantee that Farage will do far better than expected, its frightening that people are turning to Reform thinking he is capable of fixing the problems and issues throughout the UK. Its the strangest buid up to an election I've ever known, I don't know anyone , one or two who will be voting for the main two parties. Things look quite worrying, I would vote for the workers party but they don't have a candidate in my town.

[@garyt.8745]

So sad how good folk can be so _easily conned_ by the privately educated broker son of a stock-broker, just because he occasionally poses with a pint in one hand and a pie in the other, and openly spouts risqué views on immigration, etc. (Ie. What _they_ think, but are too ashamed to voice). Just sad.

[@ethanol52]

I could listen to John Bercow for hours. His skill and colourful language he uses in delivering his speech is music to my ears. If only he would start a college of educating public speakers it would mean listening to speakers in HOC would be a lot more easy on the ear rather than have to listen to the drivel, stuttering & muttering we are subjected to at the present.

[@collintrytsman3353]

foodbanks reminds me of the bread dole handed out to the poorest in city of Rome during the Republic & Roman Empire..........................so they don't riot and rais hell...........................WHAT A STEP .............2000 YEARS BACKWARDS!!!

[@willhovell9019]

The best Speaker since Betty Boothroyd .

[@jonathanwetherell3609]

Bercow really knows his stuff. Spot on Sir.

[@peterwill7116]

Well he’s certainly speaking plainly with common sense.

[@maribelfarnsworth4565]

Well said, Mr Bercow!

[@hus390]

He was awful and bias. Look at the current Speaker and how he’s handling his job perfectly.

[@alanhat5252]

​@@hus390😂😂😂 Hoyle is a limp-wristed milksop, that's why we see so much more of his stand-ins!

[@joshcrawford4076]

If you really care about this country's future then vote Reform!

[@BorderTerrier-yk2hw]

Even Bercow is sounding sensible.

[@luismanuel2612]

John Bercow is living proof that politicians can be decent people. When he was Speaker of the House of Commons, he demonstrated a commitment to fairness and impartiality, often standing up for the rights of backbenchers and ensuring that diverse voices were heard.

[@vmax4steve524]

You must have missed the utter debacle in the commons he led that followed the brexit vote then.

[@mswyman100]

I’m in the U.S. where we have exactly the same overwhelmingly devastating problem of tax avoidance. Many years ago I was engaged in a conversation with fellow teachers, who were FOX news watchers, talking about “welfare queens”. I never heard that term before not being a Fox Watcher. I said I believe the tax fraud at the other end of the income spectrum was a much worse problem.

[@timkbirchico8542]

From the best Speaker the house has ever had.

[@aninda2457]

What makes him the best ? Plz elaborate.

[@timkbirchico8542]

@@aninda2457 eg. I think that Brexit was a key moment in UK politics. Bercow did his best to restrain the prominent brexiteers and did his job well therefore. Brexit of course has proved to be a disaster.

[@aninda2457]

@@timkbirchico8542 that is a different argument. But not allowing others to speak is not a sign of healthy democracy.

[@timkbirchico8542]

@@aninda2457 How is that a different argument? It was an example of Bercow as the Speaker in a crucial moment in UK history. Bercow restrained the brexiteers, the Speaker has the right to call order when an MP is out of line with Parliamentary procedures. In fact it is a major function of the Speaker. The Speaker is in no position to otherwise interfere with a statement made by a member of the house.

[@timkbirchico8542]

@@aninda2457 The UK is a charade of a democracy anyway.

[@fabiosuttle5926]

Hear, Hear!

[@paulgibbons2320]

40% of people in work are claiming benefits. Be interested to see if that goes up or down under Labour.

[@davidrussell8689]

This man speaks clearly and concisely . We deeply need this sort of people in power .

[@tytn9978]

John Bercow remains a delight as a public speaker! He offers his thoughts with deliberation, consistency, and innate humour, but above all with passion! I enjoyed watching him as he sat in the Speaker's Chair, especially so whenever he rose from that chair to chastise an Honourable Member of the House! I trust that one of the new PM's first actions will be to elevate this genuine former Speaker to the House of Lords!

[@JoeMarine]

Love this guy!

[@kevinbultitude6472]

Great Speaker, better than Hoyle!

[@lonniejohnson7092]

WOW - Very Powerful - and very CLEAR. Bodes well for UK"s future - thank you.

[@teresajohnson5265]

John Berciw has always come across as a direct, hones, well thought attitude. HONESTY, INTELLIGENCE, 100% KIND HURT TO THE HUMAN RACE!

[@FionaJane-vc2tw]

Bercow. Brilliant and bright, so of course he couldn't last in the Tories. Really do miss him in parliament. Exceptional speaker.

[@bobmason1361]

This guy should be Labour Party Leader.

[@gloin10]

Maith an féar thú! The UK is in dire need of people like John Bercow!

[@janetpazio9992]

John Bercow is prophetic. I've always liked him as speaker of the house even though others moan about him. He says it how it is and doesn't follow party lines. I'm amazed that his home party is the Conservatives ( and always have been ) Good speaker as well.

[@bumberClart1000]

Get him back on Sky News ✌️

[@jameswhitfield1375]

It was par for the course that the Speaker would be elevated to the Lords once tenure had ceased. It didn't happen for John. Spiteful Johnson made sure of that. If all goes to plan this time, that omission will be rectified.

[@malcolmstockbridge2569]

Might not happen if the rules change which are being rumoured.

[@mieczyslawapascoe7234]

I see Bercow as a person with integrity and am sure he believes what he is saying. Personally, after the way Starmer treated Jeremy, my trust in the new prime minister is non existent. No decent, moral person would be capable of such behaviour.

[@jackryder-sw9rk]

well said Mr Speaker. The best we've had since Betty

[@Nedxr777]

I will NEVER VOTE FOR EITHER OF THE TORY PARTIES …not ever !

[@stephenclark9917]

Yawn.

[@PatrickWhelan-sp1th]

Yes a tedious cliche I'm afraid