John talks a lot of good common sense with a balanced view on many matters. Interesting how his political stance has changed from a relatively right wing stance to that of left wing. All credit to him.
Him chairing the youth parliament that first time was one of the things that really impressed me. As an American I wish our Speaker of the House or President pro tempre of the Senate would do this. I'm bet those kids loved it and will never forget it. You can see he choked up a little when he talked about it.
John Bercow impressed and delighted me during his time as Speaker, and he continues to do so in any "interview" I watch. He does a remarkable "Winston Churchill" as well!
How about is abusive, narcissistic sociopath? This is a man who abused staff - there is an 85 page report from British judges finding that he was the most despicable character. You need to find new role models.
I hope/wish the present HoC speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, will make proper attempts to fill the big gaps left by John Bercow, and not be cowed by any political leaders/speakers and SPEAK up for the nation!
Ridiculous narcissist, whose first action as Speaker was to ditch his uniform because his vanity was greater than the office. And then he was inebriated by the exuberance of his own verbosity.
He wasn't the first Speaker to drop parts of the uniform. Betty Boothroyd ditched the wig and Michael Martin chose not to wear knee breeches, silk stockings, or the traditional buckled shoes.
@@elgee6202 Some allowance was made for the first woman speaker, whose hairdo was quite substantial. The court dress aspects of the uniform were not, as I remember, daily. Speaker Martin was not a good example, but at least he kept a semi-judicial appearance.
1:58 ......uhhh, you heard that you could get away with bullying lower ranking staff? And that mimicking multiple people in your office, as part of your Little Man Syndrome, would not be frowned upon?
