John Bercow once flew into a rage with a female member of his staff – because his toothpaste had been confiscated by airport security, according to startling new details of the bullying rows that rocked his decade as Commons Speaker. A biography of Mr Bercow chronicles the ‘fiendish rudeness’ which he displayed to colleagues including his … Read more
Andrea Leadsom reignites her feud with ex-Speaker John Bercow as she jokes he’s the only MP she’d like to tell to ‘F OFF’ in lighthearted ministerial resignation speech She used a ministerial resignation speech to mock the ex-Speaker again Was taking the Commons through her achievements in Government She was axed as business secretary by Boris … Read more
Unspeakable John Bercow W&N £20 Rating: The shortest sentence in this autobiography is also the truest. ‘Brevity,’ writes John Bercow, ‘is not my strong suit.’ You can say that again! Unspeakable might have been better titled Unstoppable, as it goes on and on and on, surfing the wave of its own long-windedness. Bercow never uses … Read more