When I first started out in politics I was, what you might describe as, a hard right Conservative. John Bercow More Quotes by John Bercow More Quotes From John Bercow Sally is my wife, but not my chattel or my property. John Bercow property my-wife wife The prime minister's job is to captain his team, his party and his government. John Bercow party team jobs I'm not psychic. I cannot know what is in the mind of particular public figures. John Bercow psychics figures mind I'm not in the business of warning people. John Bercow warning people I have been blindsided on this matter, as others have been, i will reflect on the matter, absorbing what colleagues say and consulting others for their advice, and I will report to the House on Monday. John Bercow top-news One should no more refuse to request an extension of Article 50 because of what one might regard as the noble end of departing from the EU as soon as possible, than one could excuse robbing a bank on the basis that the cash stolen would be donated to a charitable cause immediately afterwards. John Bercow top-news If we come close to being there I would imagine that parliament would want to cut off such a possibility and to do so forcefully, if that demands additional procedural creativity in order to come to pass it is a racing certainty that this will happen and that neither the limitations of the existing rulebook nor the ticking of the clock will stop it doing so. John Bercow top-news One should no more refuse to request an extension of Article 50 because of what one might regard as the noble end of departing from the EU as soon as possible, than one could possibly excuse robbing a bank on the basis that the cash stolen would be donated to a charitable cause immediately afterwards. John Bercow top-news This is not a normal prorogation, it is not typical, it is not standard. It is one of the longest for decades and it represents not just in the minds of some colleagues but huge numbers of people outside, an act of executive fiat. John Bercow top-news It's a joke! the idea that the British parliament can be pushed aside when such a crucial decision is to be made is fantasy. John Bercow top-news I've never said anything about going in July of this year, i do feel that now is a time in which momentous events are taking place and there are great issues to be resolved and in those circumstances, it doesn't seem to me sensible to vacate the chair. John Bercow world The idea that parliament is going to... be evacuated from the center-stage of the debate on Brexit is unimaginable. It is simply unimaginable. John Bercow world It's not for the chair to create a majority that doesn't exist. John Bercow top-news What the government can not legitimately do is resubmit to the House the same proposition -- or substantially the same proposition -- as that of last week, which was rejected by 149 votes. John Bercow top-news I have to notify the House in accordance with the Royal Assent Act 1967 that her Majesty has signified her royal assent to the following acts ... European Union Withdrawal Act 2018. John Bercow world I feel very strongly that our opposition to racism and to sexism, and our support for equality before the law and an independent judiciary are hugely important considerations in the House of Commons. John Bercow latest-headlines You have to accept that in the democratic world you do business with whoever is elected, and in this instance, in relations with the US, Britain has let France steal a march on it. John Bercow latest-headlines I said that if I hadn't been a politician, I'd have liked to be a barrister, or an academic. My beloved wife said: 'You'd be a very good barrister and a hopeless academic.' I said 'Why?' She said: 'Because you're not an original thinker.' John Bercow good you hopeless wife I don't think that people are disinterested or uninterested in politics. I think very often they are disengaged from the formal political process. To some extent they are suspicious or even despairing of formal politics as a means to give expression and effect to what they want. John Bercow think politics political people I was proud to be a Tory Member of Parliament for twelve years, proud to represent Buckingham as a Tory, proud to have voted with my party 99% of the time as the record shows. John Bercow parliament proud party time
