John Bercow quotes
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“A legislature cannot be effective while suffering from public scorn.”
-- John BercowSource : "Profile: Commons Speaker, John Bercow" by David Hencke, www.theguardian.com. June 22, 2009.
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“If you asked me if I'd rather be Speaker or a very senior minister, I'd say Speaker.”
-- John BercowSource : "The Saturday interview: John Bercow" by Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. July 22, 2011.
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“It is quite wrong for party conferences to be used as an excuse for the Commons not to sit. Conferences could be held at weekends.”
-- John BercowSource : "John Bercow: 'We need reform. Too bad if it disturbs people's lunch'" by Steve Richards, www.independent.co.uk. July 4, 2010.
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“It's a cowardly form of politics to use my spouse to beat me.”
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“Lying to a committee is a very grave abuse, and there ought to be a clear punishment.”
-- John BercowSource : "John Bercow: parliament has rediscovered its 'balls'" by Patrick Wintour, www.theguardian.com. July 22, 2011.
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“One consistent thing in an otherwise inconsistent career is that I've always been passionate about parliament.”
-- John BercowSource : Interview with Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. July 22, 2011.
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“Sally is my wife, but not my chattel or my property.”
-- John BercowSource : "John Bercow dismisses Daily Mail as a 'bigoted comic'" by Patrick Wintour, www.theguardian.com. June 7, 2011.
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“The Conservatives must realise that being sceptical is different from being phobic in what is an interdependent world.”
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“The prime minister's job is to captain his team, his party and his government.”
-- John BercowSource : "'Low-grade, sub-standard, downmarket drivel': House of Commons Speaker in angry rant at critics of him and his wife" by Tom McTague, www.mirror.co.uk. August 14, 2012.
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“There are people who are just very, very sniffy and snobby and have always sort of looked down their noses at me.”
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“When I first started out in politics I was, what you might describe as, a hard right Conservative.”
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“If someone is being very cheeky, it can be quite fun to deal with that situation.”
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“I've never been much given to little social cliques.”
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“I'm supremely uninterested as to what is written in many of the newspapers.”
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“There's no point in worrying about things you can't influence.”
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“Fairness is not about statistical equality.”
-- John BercowSource : "The Saturday interview: John Bercow". Interview with Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. July 22, 2011.
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“Even youngish men can acquire wisdom as time goes by.”
-- John BercowSource : "Profile: Commons Speaker, John Bercow" by David Hencke, www.theguardian.com. June 22, 2009.
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“For far too long the House of Commons has been run as little more than a private club by and for gentleman amateurs.”
-- John BercowSource : "John Bercow says he is ready for the Speaker's role" by Nicholas Watt, www.theguardian.com. May 20, 2009.
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“I don't want to crawl over the entrails of past disputes.”
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“I never aspired to be Speaker simply so I could say, 'I am the Speaker of the House of Commons,' and tell my children that.”
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“I pride myself on being courteous to people, and trying to fashion good relations.”
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“I think the record shows that as Speaker, I have taken the lead in cleaning up politics.”
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“I'm not psychic. I cannot know what is in the mind of particular public figures.”
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“I am seeking every day to restore faith in Parliament - to ensure we have a House of Commons which is representative, effective and reconnected to the people we serve.”
-- John Bercow
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