I shall undoubtedly use that sometime in the near future

"well I'm sure he's got a great many merits, but thus far they've been fairly effectively concealed from public view" I might have to paraphrase, but this would be the one to use

Is it a disadvantage? Ignorance is bliss, after all

That was on GQ right

Bercow is a turncoat. He knows where his allegiances are held and he uses the political system for his own ugly ends. He's a buck-toothed scavenger who carries a plague

Hang around with people from Diplomat circles for a while and you'll pick it up.

He managed to insult over 17 million on a daily basis by helping to delay and disrupt their istructions to Parliament

@@Willywin it's not his fault parliament made a dog's breakfast out of Brexit. His job was to ensure everyone followed the rules and procedures of the House of Commons - that's why he was the Speaker, not the PM or a cabinet member.

"Well, I'm sure he's got a very great many merits, but thus far they've been fairly effectively concealed from public view" Almost 😏

@@Willywin he also gave the leave MPs plenty of time in the commons before the vote and allowed them to voice their opinions and didn't shun them

He is a career politician speaking through a forked tongue, jeez one person talks eloquintly and you Muppets fall for it hook line and sinker, no wonder the Tories are in power lol.

@@choughed3072 i just like the way he speaks. No need for further opinions.

@@choughed3072 If he was a career politician, he wouldn't have become the Speaker. For someone like that, you can turn to Jacob Rees-Mogg. He and Bercow have a long history of verbal sparring in the chamber, but Rees-Mogg quite clearly has an agenda.

Ye he rly eloquent init.

@@owenpalmer5281 I think that was, perhaps, the point.

I just imagined that and laught a bit too hard

Djordje Simonovic same

They would not see him above the counter

Hes far too posh for such a comman working class place such a Mc Ds.

The English can't pronounce R's especially at the end of words - it would be 'oodaaa!' If the server were Scottish then the R's would be pronounced!

I know right! My favourite part actually

@PrinceDinar pooing on an irregular basis

@PrinceDinar The doctor told him that not going to the toilet for so long (holding your pee in) should not be done on a regular basis (every day, every second day, twice a week...), and he replied he must be safe because he does it on an irregular basis. (once)

@PrinceDinar The regularity of something, although often used that way, doesn't have anything to with the amount of times somebody is doing something. The doc told him to not do it regularly. What he obviously meant was: don't do it to often. Bercows answer (irregularly) was basically saying: I don't do it on a schedule. Between the lines the answer obviously meant: " I don't care what you tell me. I'll do it when I fell like doing it.

Saw it instantly

Happily no longer a tory

@@kida4313 he switched parties?

@@turningmememachine7256 Well, he was a Tory before he became Speaker, but since they have to be neutral he was technically of neither bias during his period of service. He's since no longer a member of the party, though, and seems to have indicated that isn't his leaning anymore - definitely seems to have a New Labour twinge. Here's an article about it. www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/sep/09/john-bercows-long-journey-from-hard-right-to-labour-darling

@@kaizokuAUTO thanks for the info

really says something when the Tory speaker respects the Labour leader more than the Tory one. Corbyn and him shared a strong mutual respect, you can't say the same for Boris. Honestly, that was probably one of the reasons Tories wanted him out so bad, he didn't belittle and conform to their will, but actually revered the house and democracy, and did everything he could to maintain, so obviously he respected the one who never attempted to fiddle it, and not the one who tries to fiddle it non-stop.

Brown, for all his faults as PM, is a very intelligent man, very well read etc. Basically, compared with the rest of them mentioned, he is a grown up.

@@jonnylumberjack6223 I think the best thing he learnt was to turn off the microphone as soon as he is out of the public eye. That incident is the only memory I have of his term.

Kian Docherty Well, the people of his own party once attempted to oust him from the post in the most cowardly way possible so obviously he doesn’t have much love for them, especially Tory leadership.

I think he went off some Tories (such as Boris and some of the front bench). But he did the job for many years and had respect for most of them. He couldn't have done the job otherwise.

No shit Sherlock. Hahahahaha

No thanks

He'd be a good QI presenter to follow in the line of Stephen Fry and Sandi Toksvig.

He needs to present a few "Have I Got News for You?"

A permanent presenter of HIGNFY?

I've never been more delighted by a genteel answer before in my life. I mean, if he'd cut loose like Frankie Boyle, that would have been fantastic but that was so much more satisfying!

That is some of the most quintessentially British 'smack-talk' I have ever heard.

That has to be the most eloquent "because he's an arsehole" that I've ever heard.

You got half of it right he`s an Arse !

@Viscount Lordington That some prime unfounded bigotry you coughed up there.

Yesss yessssss..a thousand times yes!!!!!!!

How. Dare. You detective Diaz I am your *sUpEriOr OfFicEr*

One of the best scenes 😂😂

What happens in my lower chamber, Mr. Speaker, is none of your business.

@@ifandafydd7432 BOOOOOONNNNEEEEE?????!!!!!

And bullied so many...

@@user-vh6ts9uf6c who cares

​@@user-vh6ts9uf6cI've yet to see him bully a single person

@@inigoiraetau1903 Did you work in parliament? Were you one of his staff? What a weird comment

​@@user-vh6ts9uf6c did you work there? Were you one of his staff? What a weird comment.

Thanks :)

Yes

Look that up did you

Ryan Batchelor no some of us know what long words mean because we use them in day to day life.

@@lukecolebourne5907 ur my hero

Sounds helluva lot better though

Oh shit

No, just a first class twat

@@JimWalsh-rl5dj that too at times lol

Who's married to a massive whore

Wow people here are so mad at this guy, his linguistic skills are amazing and seems pretty smart

@@wizzenberry yup, and there's nothing people hate more than a smart person that disagrees with them

how was that even slightly diplomatic lol it's exactly the fucking opposite

He did not you arsehole. 8 hours max three days a week

Doing something every 14 hours would be doing it regularly.

@@weswheel4834 not if it's something you normally do every few hours.

Damn i go once in an hour.

That was bercows joke.

Hes a zaddy

I would urinate on his head for demeaning democracy, are you British?

@@JimWalsh-rl5dj Are you British? Is that what you think being British means? (Or is this just a kink you have? That's fine but I'm not sure that Bercow would be into it).

@@weswheel4834 Laddie, it is a valid question, none British people have any right to comment or are you just stupid. Tell you what, if you support unchecked immigration, open your front door and tell immigrants that they are all welcome to live in your house. Also have you ever served your country?

@@JimWalsh-rl5dj I saw on one of your other posts that you'd claimed to have served your country. (I say claimed because this is youtube and you could be anyone). But assuming that's true, thanks for your service I guess. But presumably it was a job. Still, thanks anyway. Back on topic, did you think this way before you served or is this something that you learnt on the job? Who mentioned immigration? You brought nationality into it at the same time as offering to urinate on someone that you didn't like. Does that make you proud to be British? btw, "if you like immigration then tell all the immigrants that they're welcome to live in your house" makes no sense. Replace "immigrants" with "the Welsh" or "women" and it wouldn't make any less sense.

@@L.SPARROW58 go on son!

I always thought his wife was a bit of alright.

Bercow's wife did some very seductive poses for an ES ( Evening Standard magazine) article. So that would make him part of a sexy couple.

@Whitesepulchre 👌 I prefer the term pillow biter

Whitesepulchre You’re a very perceptive one you.

Yeah he looks like he's done what matt l'blanc did

I mean he announced the other day that he considers himself as centre left now and voted for Sadiq Khan. Good on him.

He's not a Tory anymore; he crossed the floor and joined Labour.

seerpou it’s awfully sad

@@henridobbs2423 But Bercow has just about reached the right level ....just slightly above bottom feeder.

Dont be stupid, he is only 5 foot two!

Meirionnydd ista Dwy for?

dolceanstar what?

Ynyr Glyn I cringed too, being from wales

@@adamdrummer1991 I cringe at the Welsh pronouncing a lot of words, and what?

@@ec-pc3122 There is an accent (which you may not like but isn't necessarily wrong) and then there is butchering the phonetics and getting the pronunciation of something written in Welsh completely wrong. They are apples and oranges. You don't like apples. But the orange is actually a tangerine.

I personally always feel compelled to return to watch this Bercow gem. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eLCTo8SbvZ2plIk.html

Except that that doesn't always happen. Also, "trying to have political opinions"? What an idiot you are! You think politicians are experts? You think that comedians aren't some of the smartest and most knowledgable people on the planet? Keep "trying", you might get a decent opinion one day!

@@sierraromeoromeo2444 don’t cry about it lol 😂

@@884dan yet here you are whining about it 🤣🤣🤣

aqeel - dAvEy DaVeY

The Conservative Party is relatively centre-left especially compared to Corbyn's Labour

@Lucalite Except it isn't, heck just this week you saw a huge Keynesian budget released much alike that of Gordon Brown.

In Canada, we call people like him Red Tories.

Evidence?

Ash hahaha what the fuck are you talking about??? Corbyn is a socialist

robert mugabe no one lost their savings or home in a global recession that left millions of Americans at risk of homelessness in a mortgage crisis and saw Iceland become bankrupt. He took millions of children out of food poverty and improved standards of living across the board. Admittedly the gold wasn’t ideal and I’m not a fan of certain policies and he was no public speaker but he’s not an idiot and he isn’t a mass murdering dictator like your name sake. Plus I think he could make a decent cup of tea. So yeah.

They are not in power, they are in elected office. If you cannot get that through your puny innbred mind, then keep your foolish opinions to yourself

lordmick roach Aren’t you a lovely person.

@Bilal Khalid First of all I am not a "bro" which is a childish and puerile bastardisation of English and typical of ethinic people who are not well educated and dont know their fathers. Bro, do fuck off

lordmick roach. You have problems.

The Last Leg is biased towards the left leaning politicians. They will get an easy ride. I

It's not a bloody TV show

@@pierrethetrex6106 I know but it felt like one with him so I was watching motions that I wasn't even interesting about 🤣🤣🤣 Now I only watch what I care about.

Someone who couldn't stay neutral, you know....his job.

Firstly us Tories aren’t bad people, just have different opinions also John bercow is quite obviously not a Tory

@@georgeos2828 parties evolve over time as people do. he was eleccted as a tory, whether he still considers himself one is a differnt question, but id reckon he does.

@@georgeos2828 don’t care

Aaaand not a Tory anymore.

@@georgeos2828 sorry, but you're bellends if you can vote for that scumbag.

Bercow did exactly the same. When he took the position in 2009, he set out with a mission to make sure Government and Opposition members were represented and treated equally in the chamber. It's on his Coat of Arms - "All Are Equal". And that's exactly what he did. If government ministers want to call him biased and try to oust him for allowing the rest of the House to hold them accountable as they should, then that's hardly surprising.

That right there is good proper British humour

oh shut up, they're great, it's literally their show

agree completely

I use it all the time. “I don’t like this voice recording; it’s too oleaginous.” “Krishnan Guru-Murthy, a man for whom the term ‘oleaginous’ might have been coined.” “The Left invariably, oleaginously genuflect to Islam.”