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

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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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@TheInstituteOfArtAndIdeas 28 күн бұрын

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?KZfaq&+comment

@tonyroy8123 28 күн бұрын

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

@bikes02 28 күн бұрын

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

@tonyroy8123 28 күн бұрын

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

@tonyroy8123 28 күн бұрын

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

@bikes02 28 күн бұрын

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

@phillipgriffiths9624 28 күн бұрын

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

@rosella1919 28 күн бұрын

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

@mrswindymiller 22 күн бұрын

wonder if he does

@mypointofview1111 17 күн бұрын

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

@lohphat 13 күн бұрын

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 28 күн бұрын

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 26 күн бұрын

I think not.

@ppckrtt 26 күн бұрын

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

@AlienatedNortherner 26 күн бұрын

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

@generaldisarray6147 26 күн бұрын

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 26 күн бұрын

@@ppckrtt 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@rosella1919 28 күн бұрын

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

@RossJohnson-bs8kf 24 күн бұрын

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

@jameslewis2635 22 күн бұрын

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 22 күн бұрын

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

@TheCloudhopper 28 күн бұрын

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.

@algernonwolfwhistle6351 28 күн бұрын

Another nail in the coffin of Conservative politics and politicians.

@capt.bart.roberts4975 28 күн бұрын

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

@capt.bart.roberts4975 28 күн бұрын

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

@b.alexanderjohnstone9774 26 күн бұрын

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 15 күн бұрын

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

@martycrow 28 күн бұрын

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 28 күн бұрын

Arguably one of the last decent tory MP's.

@earthman6700 28 күн бұрын

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

@martycrow 28 күн бұрын

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

@martycrow 28 күн бұрын

@@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 28 күн бұрын

@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.

@jameshoopes6467 25 күн бұрын

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

@johnmason2593 6 күн бұрын

Rubbish

@davideire90 28 күн бұрын

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

@matthew-182 26 күн бұрын

he left the torys 15 years ago

@charonel 25 күн бұрын

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 24 күн бұрын

@@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 24 күн бұрын

@@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 22 күн бұрын

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

@TheOriginalDaveJ 28 күн бұрын

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

@DansChan995 27 күн бұрын

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 24 күн бұрын

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

@paulyandle6081 23 күн бұрын

@@DansChan995 Along with Mick Lynch.

@suemount6042 23 күн бұрын

Now that I would like to see myself Dan

@hotoneinspai 19 күн бұрын

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 19 күн бұрын

@@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!

@CBTvideos 28 күн бұрын

Orderrrrrrrrrrrr; Oh how I miss Bercow, a legend.

@gerryburntwood9617 26 күн бұрын

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

@Jonny.Y 24 күн бұрын

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 24 күн бұрын

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

@Jonny.Y 24 күн бұрын

@@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.

@khtan585 28 күн бұрын

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

@futures2247 28 күн бұрын

tens of trillions are hidden off shore by psychopaths.

@Elst07896 28 күн бұрын

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

@NefetariMoonRay 28 күн бұрын

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 28 күн бұрын

they help to keep the world economy afloat

@wildfire9280 28 күн бұрын

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

@noelfleming3567 28 күн бұрын

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

@Alexander-uj5pb 28 күн бұрын

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

@tonyroy8123 28 күн бұрын

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

@bikes02 28 күн бұрын

@@tonyroy8123 Keep dreaming toxic lefty

@nicolaburch7878 28 күн бұрын

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

@GoodOlRoll 28 күн бұрын

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

@MrTonyHeath 23 күн бұрын

Me too.

@LoveLove-bc9np 28 күн бұрын

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 27 күн бұрын

@@LoveLove-bc9np 😎❣️

@3lionsusa 28 күн бұрын

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

@renex_g3915 27 күн бұрын

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

@chaosPneumatic 26 күн бұрын

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

@minui8758 26 күн бұрын

@@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 26 күн бұрын

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

@Valkyrien04 24 күн бұрын

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

@KeithRowley418 23 күн бұрын

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

@dixieflatline1189 28 күн бұрын

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 28 күн бұрын

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 25 күн бұрын

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

@bumberClart1000 28 күн бұрын

Tax Evasion. Say it again

@craigjohnstone1461 28 күн бұрын

@@bumberClart1000 insider trading too

@jamesyboy4626 28 күн бұрын

Tax evasion. Remix it!

@bumberClart1000 27 күн бұрын

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

@jamesyboy4626 27 күн бұрын

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

@bumberClart1000 27 күн бұрын

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

@davidhouston4810 26 күн бұрын

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

@Marsha1901 24 күн бұрын

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.

@mattcam200577 27 күн бұрын

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

@grahamtrave1709 22 күн бұрын

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 28 күн бұрын

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

@matthewlawrenson7508 28 күн бұрын

Tax evasion. Great point

@AraMarama-jw4df 23 күн бұрын

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.

@psychologicalsuccess3476 28 күн бұрын

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 28 күн бұрын

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

@wendyknight9574 25 күн бұрын

His replacement is not fit to hold the office.

@onetexan1058 23 күн бұрын

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.

@michaelbaynham5107 28 күн бұрын

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

@alanhat5252 28 күн бұрын

It's time people voted for that!

@nni9310 23 күн бұрын

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

@anirbanbhattacharya2146 28 күн бұрын

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

@Seafox0011 28 күн бұрын

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

@petrihadtosignupforthis8158 28 күн бұрын

Not politician. More state officer.

@col.hertford9855 28 күн бұрын

@@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 28 күн бұрын

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

@col.hertford9855 28 күн бұрын

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

@Pab1oRomirez 28 күн бұрын

First time in while that I’ve watched a political piece on KZfaq 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.

@jurgenporn1867 28 күн бұрын

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 28 күн бұрын

🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵🥵your such a nelly 🥵

@stephenhathaway269 28 күн бұрын

@@cliffrightmove1527you’re illiterate

@tonyroy8123 28 күн бұрын

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

@paulies5407 28 күн бұрын

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

@noelfleming3567 28 күн бұрын

@@tonyroy8123👍👏👏

@amyrashap5713 23 күн бұрын

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.

@davecap2641 28 күн бұрын

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

@sean.butterworth 21 күн бұрын

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

@balticstain7150 23 күн бұрын

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

@heliotropezzz333 28 күн бұрын

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 12 күн бұрын

agreed "pork markets".

@enzeda 28 күн бұрын

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

@tsiva4398 26 күн бұрын

Hypocrite

@paulgibbons2320 28 күн бұрын

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

@ncfungirl209 26 күн бұрын

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 26 күн бұрын

@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 23 күн бұрын

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 23 күн бұрын

@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 17 күн бұрын

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

@zenocrate4040 28 күн бұрын

Indisputably entertaining and thought-provoking.

@kevin9sc 28 күн бұрын

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.

@capt.bart.roberts4975 28 күн бұрын

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

@vadusnisky31 28 күн бұрын

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 27 күн бұрын

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

@tsiva4398 26 күн бұрын

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 12 күн бұрын

@@tsiva4398 disparity, not parity

@rankothcj6579 28 күн бұрын

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

@tricialyn4645 28 күн бұрын

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

@patricklynch6547 19 күн бұрын

John Bercow is a fabulous speaker enjoyed listening to him.

@colinjameslichtwark513 22 күн бұрын

So much respect for this man.

@chrispalmer7893 28 күн бұрын

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 28 күн бұрын

@@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 28 күн бұрын

@@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 28 күн бұрын

@@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 21 күн бұрын

@@tomwalsh2244what goes around comes around 😂😂😂

@ansontan9226 24 күн бұрын

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

@pendolinoable 27 күн бұрын

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

@Don-lw4cb 28 күн бұрын

Well said John Bercow, a brilliant and truthful summation!

@kat2023. 28 күн бұрын

Bring Bercow back. Best speaker ever!!

@derekwhyle1884 28 күн бұрын

No. That title belongs to Betty Boothroyd

@emdiar6588 28 күн бұрын

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

@Zrneta 22 күн бұрын

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

@nicolek4076 28 күн бұрын

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 27 күн бұрын

Ask David Cameron where the money has gone.

@Roy-gi5ul 25 күн бұрын

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

@braidybecket8946 12 күн бұрын

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

@noxtrin1878 8 күн бұрын

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

@l33jcm 28 күн бұрын

As articulate as ever! Well said, sir!

@Dragonsitter 28 күн бұрын

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

@Elfdustify 28 күн бұрын

Stitched up - no doubt about it.

@davidsmith8728 28 күн бұрын

For bullying if I recall.

@hus390 28 күн бұрын

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

@robinholland1136 28 күн бұрын

@@hus390 🤣🤣

@lindanairn2329 28 күн бұрын

@@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.

@Tom_murray89 28 күн бұрын

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

@heliotropezzz333 28 күн бұрын

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

@DeliMeatTree 28 күн бұрын

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

@noelfleming3567 28 күн бұрын

Broken promises 😢

@garyt.8745 28 күн бұрын

That would be Chickens being counted, surely.

@heliotropezzz333 28 күн бұрын

@@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.

@robertcampbell8027 28 күн бұрын

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

@jeremyanderson8433 28 күн бұрын

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

@ckennylin717 28 күн бұрын

Please come to the US and straighten our electorate out!

@summerbright2769 24 күн бұрын

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

@stuartmelville5684 28 күн бұрын

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

@tednindo6761 28 күн бұрын

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

@tonyroy8123 28 күн бұрын

The best speaker ever and a shining light for Labour!

@paulinereid5226 28 күн бұрын

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.

@matthewburns7989 28 күн бұрын

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 28 күн бұрын

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

@o.b.7217 28 күн бұрын

Oordaar! Oordaaar!

@willhovell9019 28 күн бұрын

The best Speaker since Betty Boothroyd .

@lonniejohnson7092 23 күн бұрын

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

@jonathanwetherell3609 23 күн бұрын

Bercow really knows his stuff. Spot on Sir.

@dannyglass1013 28 күн бұрын

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

@collintrytsman3353 28 күн бұрын

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!!!

@RayanBDHK 22 күн бұрын

It's great to hear a speech which is so direct and clear!

@misssocrates3442 22 күн бұрын

Well done john!!! He's bloody brilliant. His oratory is on point always x

@hughiedavies6069 28 күн бұрын

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 28 күн бұрын

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.

@JoeMarine 28 күн бұрын

Love this guy!

@johnsykes9623 27 күн бұрын

Exclent. As always John you are spot on. How we miss your calm authority in the house. May all speakers achieve your prowess 😎

@tonycave7426 26 күн бұрын

A wonderful insight into the debate from one who was at the very heart of the UK Parliamentary process for many years. Educatonal and entertaining.

@BorderTerrier-yk2hw 28 күн бұрын

Even Bercow is sounding sensible.

@ethanol52 28 күн бұрын

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.

@fje1948 4 күн бұрын

Best Speaker ever…. I would love to see him back!

@Beeza56 27 күн бұрын

Bravo! We need this man on this side of the pond.

@tsiva4398 26 күн бұрын

The best speaker Britain has ever seen and the greatest impartial speech on the current plights .

@paulsaintclair9761 28 күн бұрын

Some very good points

@fabiosuttle5926 28 күн бұрын

Hear, Hear!

@davidrussell8689 27 күн бұрын

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

@joe-vl3nd 26 күн бұрын

Nice one John 👍🇬🇧

@paulgibbons2320 28 күн бұрын

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

@maribelfarnsworth4565 28 күн бұрын

Well said, Mr Bercow!

@hus390 28 күн бұрын

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

@alanhat5252 28 күн бұрын

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

@mswyman100 23 күн бұрын

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.

@j.x.x.r3645 28 күн бұрын

When is this from? It seems to be before the manifesto was released, which was a few weeks ago

@peterwill7116 28 күн бұрын

Well he’s certainly speaking plainly with common sense.

@ajarnwordsmith628 26 күн бұрын

Brilliant summation

@teresajohnson5265 21 күн бұрын

Such an AMAZING speech!!!!!❤

@luismanuel2612 28 күн бұрын

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 28 күн бұрын

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

@timkbirchico8542 28 күн бұрын

From the best Speaker the house has ever had.

@aninda2457 25 күн бұрын

What makes him the best ? Plz elaborate.

@timkbirchico8542 25 күн бұрын

@@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 25 күн бұрын

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

@timkbirchico8542 25 күн бұрын

@@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 25 күн бұрын

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