I don’t think it helps the UK. Brexit is the biggest mistake of this country after the war.
BrexitJohn Bercow, November 2019I couldn't give a flying flamingo what your view is.
John BercowIf someone is being very cheeky, it can be quite fun to deal with that situation.
John BercowI said that if I hadn't been a politician, I'd have liked to be a barrister, or an academic. My beloved wife said: 'You'd be a very good barrister and a hopeless academic.' I said 'Why?' She said: 'Because you're not an original thinker.'
John BercowThere are people who are just very, very sniffy and snobby and have always sort of looked down their noses at me.
John BercowI 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.
John BercowI 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.
John Bercow