Delusional, scandalous and snobbish: Tory PMs according to John Bercow
The News Agents
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4.1 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 8 December 2023
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
In an extended interview, Lewis Goodall speaks with the former speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow.
They discuss his difficult relationships with various Tory PMs (Cameron, May and Johnson), his switch from the far-right to the centre left, the bullying allegations that ended his political career. Plus, the TV show Traitors. He's in the next series.
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:08.0 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:11.7 | Remember this. |
| 0:12.4 | Buter, difference of opinion is of the essence of politics. |
| 0:19.0 | Um, utter difference. the essence of politics. Arm. |
| 0:21.6 | Don't gesticulate, don't rant, |
| 0:25.6 | spare us to theatrics. |
| 0:29.6 | Behave yourself. |
| 0:31.6 | Be a good boy, young man. |
| 0:34.6 | Be a good boy. |
| 0:35.6 | Show some antennae, man. |
| 0:38.1 | The state of my throat, which is purely temporary, |
| 0:41.6 | is not down to the consumption of a kangaroo's testicle. |
| 0:46.5 | Get a grip of yourself, man. |
| 0:50.5 | Come, take up yoga, you'll find it beneficial, man. |
| 0:54.8 | Order! |
| 0:56.8 | Of course, the unmistakable tones of Speaker John Burko. |
| 1:00.9 | Every word, every syllable of his occasionally Dickensian vocabulary, deliberately delivered. |
| 1:07.3 | Not a breath wasted. |
| 1:09.3 | He was speaker in the troubled decade from 2009 to 2019. |
| 1:14.4 | No years more troubled than the Brexit saga played out in the arena of the Commons with one man in the chair. |
| 1:21.9 | He quite literally had a ringside seat to history to the prime ministers and events which have dominated our lives. |
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