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John Bercow was a "serial bully" while House of Commons Speaker, and would be banned from getting a parliamentary pass, a report has said.
The Independent Expert Panel said "his behaviour fell very far below that which the public has a right to expect" from an MP.
It also said his evidence showed he had been "a serial liar".
However, Mr Bercow said the inquiry into the complaints was "amateurish" and based on "tittle-tattle".
Mr Bercow was Speaker of the House of Commons from 2009 to 2019 and presided over a turbulent period during which the House of Commons debated the UK's exit from the European Union.
A report by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards Kathryn Stone found that Mr Bercow had displayed "threatening conduct" towards staff, including verbal abuse, and displays of anger.
It said he had "shouted at and mimicked" a member of staff and was responsible for "intimidating, insulting behaviour involving an abuse of power".
She also found he had subjected Lord Lisvane - a senior clerk in the House of Commons - to "repeated unfounded criticism… often made at length and at volume and included derogatory inferences about [his] upbringing and background".
Mr Bercow appealed but the Independent Expert Panel upheld all the findings of the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60660385
arista
08-03-2022, 02:27 PM
Ex-Commons Speaker John Bercow was a serial bully, says report
[The Independent Expert Panel
said "his behaviour fell very far below that
which the public has a right to expect" from an MP.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-60660385
The Slim Reaper
08-03-2022, 02:29 PM
He's a tory, what do you expect? Now do Priti Patel :smug:
arista
08-03-2022, 02:32 PM
He's a tory, what do you expect? Now do Priti Patel :smug:
No
The Slim Reaper
08-03-2022, 02:35 PM
No
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Crimson Dynamo
08-03-2022, 02:41 PM
Nasty little man
UserSince2005
08-03-2022, 02:42 PM
potbellied rat
Crimson Dynamo
08-03-2022, 06:32 PM
SKNimmXoCXM
arista
08-03-2022, 06:35 PM
Bercow now banned from Parliament.
And the Labour Party has Suspended him
arista
08-03-2022, 06:36 PM
He's a tory, what do you expect? Now do Priti Patel :smug:
Get your Facts right Slim
He is in the Labour Party now
LaLaLand
08-03-2022, 06:37 PM
Yet Priti Patel still has a job...
Right...
Bercow now banned from Parliament.
And the Labour Party has Suspended him
From the rafters ?
Cherie
08-03-2022, 07:13 PM
From the rafters ?
:laugh:
Kizzy
08-03-2022, 07:14 PM
He's a tory, what do you expect? Now do Priti Patel :smug:
:clap1:
Crimson Dynamo
08-03-2022, 07:17 PM
typical lefty
nice to see him exposed
Kizzy
08-03-2022, 07:21 PM
So when will we see the end of the church of England?...By all accounts the guy in charge of this invention was a right bully?
Lineker is taking a ribbing on Twitter for this tweet he posted back in 2019.
Always seems to be on the wrong side of history does Gary. He's been on the BBC gravy train for too long.
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Kizzy
08-03-2022, 10:21 PM
Hm these people seem to be OK with the fact that trust in all politicians is at an all time low...this government have been found seriously corrupt and can't even stick to their own rules... and yet some guy that USED to work in parliament call someone a fecking eejit and it's pearl clutching time?....do me a cheesy quaver!
rusticgal
08-03-2022, 10:28 PM
Small man syndrome…:laugh:
arista
08-03-2022, 11:40 PM
https://livecenterimagesnorth.azureedge.net/lc-images-2021/lcimg-15a50aea-bf0e-43cb-afb7-c03d71022eff.jpg?bypass-service-worker&
Kizzy
09-03-2022, 02:06 AM
Anything to distract from the refugee crisis....
thesheriff443
09-03-2022, 07:05 AM
Actually found him entertaining and is he no worse than all that he other mp’s living in big houses while campaigning for the poor.
Was known for a long time that he was a bully but many chose to overlook it because he pissed off the Tory backbenchers and they loved that
The Labour party waxed lyrical about him after he stepped down and nominated him for a peerage then enthusiastically welcomed him as a member only last year
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