John Bercow is under growing pressure to step down over the report into bullying in the Commons. But while the Speaker has been all too eager to take a stand in the past – saying, for instance, that Donald Trump was not welcome in Parliament – he isn’t taking the hint when it comes to his own future. In the Commons just now, Maria Miller told Bercow to his face that it was time for him to go:
‘The report is clear that there needs to be a complete change in leadership at the most senior level, including you, Mr Speaker, if we are…to press the reset button’
Will Bercow finally take the hint? Mr S won’t count on it…
Update:
James Duddridge has also turned on John Bercow. The Tory MP had this to say in the Commons debate on bullying:
‘Taunting, mocking, mimicking, belittling someone’s junior status, making lengthy and humiliating tirades…in front of colleagues. How can we encourage Mr Speaker to stop this behaviour?’
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