John Bercow was a serial bully

[life on mars]

Ex-Commons Speaker John Bercow was a serial bully, says report .

Vile man .

Expel him Sir Kier now he is a Labour man not Tory or us he ffs

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60660385

[JamesWales]

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A long term Tory and now Labour, so thankfully I think this is one that needn't go down the sectarian route...

From everything I have heard he isn't a nice man at all. Was on a total power trip as speaker too. Utterly dreadful compared to Hoyle.

[life on mars]

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In the imporatl words of the otrher useful idiot Corbyn I quote his twitter

"As speaker John Bercow stood up for the most " lol June 21

Then the rat switched to Labour after all his efforts to deafen democracy and turn the leave vote , add Sir Kier to that one ship

[cyril evans awaydays]

Re: John Bercow was a serial bully

In the imporatl words of the otrher useful idiot Corbyn I quote his twitter

"As speaker John Bercow stood up for the most " lol June 21

Then the rat switched to Labour after all his efforts to deafen democracy and turn the leave vote , add Sir Kier to that one ship

imporatl words indeed!

[Eric Cartman]

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A long term Tory and now Labour, so thankfully I think this is one that needn't go down the sectarian route...

From everything I have heard he isn't a nice man at all. Was on a total power trip as speaker too. Utterly dreadful compared to Hoyle.

Bercow probably edged too far towards being a celeb. Hoyle has just served to prove how little power the speaker actually has in a practically lawless house of commons.

[Dorcus]

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imporatl words indeed!

He's in his element over this; he gets to mention his hero Corbyn again and makes him feel importatl.

I wonder if he wrote speeches for Trump. Covfefe springs to mind.

[life on mars]

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Well done Sir Kier for acting quickly and suspending the nasty piece of works:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/john-bercow-labour-bullying-report-b2031080.html

Andrea Leadsom had his number long ago , but nobody listened as she was a Tory .

[Dorcus]

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Well done Sir Kier for acting quickly and suspending the nasty piece of works:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/john-bercow-labour-bullying-report-b2031080.html

Andrea Leadsom had his number long ago , but nobody listened as she was a Tory .

Andrea Loathsome you mean!

[Eric Cartman]

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Well done Sir Kier for acting quickly and suspending the nasty piece of works:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/john-bercow-labour-bullying-report-b2031080.html

Andrea Leadsom had his number long ago , but nobody listened as she was a Tory .

Interesting to see her support of a bully here - https://twitter.com/andrealeadsom/st...52468297756672

Maybe she didn't 'have his number' and actually just had an agenda?

[life on mars]

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The man was a bully , his behaviour was known , how decent MP's could support him is so poor.

I guess though they enjoyed his biased towards the remainers cause , his dislike of Boris , more than the known bullying of thier own.

His move to Labour was toe curling , Labour should have refused his request , they knew what his behaviour was like sadly they thought it made great press to see him swap political sides so easily , dear me any port in a storm I guess for both Bercow and Labour at the time

[the other bob wilson]

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The man was a bully , his behaviour was known , how decent MP's could support him is so poor.

I guess though they enjoyed his biased towards the remainers cause , his dislike of Boris , more than the known bullying of thier own.

His move to Labour was toe curling , Labour should have refused his request , they knew what his behaviour was like sadly they thought it made great press to see him swap political sides so easily , dear me any port in a storm I guess for both Bercow and Labour at the time

So, let’s get this clear, a report comes out yesterday branding Bercow a “serial bully” and straight away you’re on to it with your normal desire for political balance demanding that Labour cancel his membership of the party. Within a few hours, it’s announced Labour have suspended him pending a party review and, after you first congratulate Starmer for taking decisive action, you then revert to your default setting by having a go at Labour for accepting Bercow as a member in the first place.

Tell me, did John Bercow just become a serial bully once he left the Conservative Party? If he did, then how can Labour be blamed for accepting his application for membership? If he was always a serial bully, then, using your logic, shouldn’t the Conservative Party be criticised as well for not doing anything about it while he was a member of that party or does he only become a serial bully when an independent review says he is?

To provide some of the “balance” you clearly place such great store in, I can’t help but contrast Keir Starmer’s approach to a critical independent report with that of our Prime Minister when it comes to those into the behaviour of Priti Patel and Owen Patterson.

[cyril evans awaydays]

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A long term Tory and now Labour, so thankfully I think this is one that needn't go down the sectarian route...
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From everything I have heard he isn't a nice man at all. Was on a total power trip as speaker too. Utterly dreadful compared to Hoyle.

.......and some fall on stony ground!

[Eric Cartman]

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Interesting that Life on Mars is very concerned with the plight of bullied adults but not so concerned with the plight of sexually abused children. Life on Mars, maybe the bullied adults 'brought it on themselves' like you felt those victims of sexual abuse did?

[Elwood Blues]

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So, let’s get this clear, a report comes out yesterday branding Bercow a “serial bully” and straight away you’re on to it with your normal desire for political balance demanding that Labour cancel his membership of the party. Within a few hours, it’s announced Labour have suspended him pending a party review and, after you first congratulate Starmer for taking decisive action, you then revert to your default setting by having a go at Labour for accepting Bercow as a member in the first place.

Tell me, did John Bercow just become a serial bully once he left the Conservative Party? If he did, then how can Labour be blamed for accepting his application for membership? If he was always a serial bully, then, using your logic, shouldn’t the Conservative Party be criticised as well for not doing anything about it while he was a member of that party or does he only become a serial bully when an independent review says he is?

To provide some of the “balance” you clearly place such great store in, I can’t help but contrast Keir Starmer’s approach to a critical independent report with that of our Prime Minister when it comes to those into the behaviour of Priti Patel and Owen Patterson.

I agree with your last sentence, he has acted quickly when compared to Boris Johnson, although since this report said that, if still an MP, Bercow would have been expelled from the commons ( which only happened 3 times in the 20th century and not at all so far this century) perhaps Sir Keir didn't have much choice.

However, when Bercow applied to join Labour in mid 2020, Sir Keir would surely have been aware that an enquiry regarding bullying was underway and that the complainants included Lord Lisvane the former clerk to the commons (who is of course a Cardiff lad, a point in his favour!!)and Angus Sinclair a former naval captain, as well as Kate Emms Bercow's fomer secretary. In addition David Leakey a retired Lieutenant General and former Black Rod gave evidence to the enquiry and also spoke out against Bercow getting a peerage earlier in 2020.


Wouldn't it have been sensible to have delayed Bercow's admission to Labour until the results of the enquiry were known?

[life on mars]

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Ooooo let take make a joke of a know bully or move the goalposts for a fella that was breaking the remit of a speakers impartially , as leader he is in charge of bullying and harassment all in the name of his own politcial view , I note it hasn't made big headlines I wonder why ??????

Glad he has been ousted strange how the committees at the time of the reported incidents found him in not guilty guess he had a lot of allies on the left and in the middle and Remainers of course , those front bench MP's would have all know about this behaviour wouldn't they , the union leader of the 21 bullied said so yesterday ??

Its pretty poor behaviours and abuse in such a historic role .

I wonder what the wonderful Betty Boothroyd would make of it ??

What an arrogant man he was ?