John Bercow banned from Parliament for life

I’m not in the least surprised at this. He is an appalling, opinionated little twerp and now to learn that he’s also a bully, well it just adds to the nastiness of the man.

His behaviour in trying to overturn the democratic decision to leave the EU was nothing short of disgraceful.

Well I feel for the people who complained about him. They aren't high powered MPs with an axe to grind.

Hmmm. It is interesting that someone who enforced the law in parliament in ways that irritated the government was investigated and found guilty under the same government, and is now prevented from having any further influence in parliament.

It was an independent panel. The Guardian doesn't seem to be making excuses for him. His behaviour was pure bullying. And he loved himself far too much. That's just my opinion, of course.

www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/mar/08/john-bercow-ex-speaker-banned-commons-bullying-inquiry

Hmmm. It is interesting that someone who enforced the law in parliament in ways that irritated the government was investigated and found guilty under the same government, and is now prevented from having any further influence in parliament.

It also looks as though the Independent Panel was set up by Johnson in 2020 specifically to look at the Bercow claims. Have they 'investigated' anyone else? You'd think it would have been publicised if they have.

Rotten fish smell emanating from this government...

amp.theguardian.com/politics/2018/oct/15/westminster-mps-treated-staff-like-servants-harassment-inquiry-finds

No 'Independent Panel' set up to investigate this lot.

Perhaps Priti Patel should have been referred to them, too. But she was investigated by an entirely different mechanism, the Cabinet Office, and the PM overruled it. His Advisor on the Ministerial Code resigned in consequence.

www.theguardian.com/politics/2020/nov/20/priti-patel-bullying-inquiry-why-was-it-held-and-what-did-it-find

I'm not defending Bercow, just wondering why such different standards seem to be applied. After all, bullying is bullying, whatever method is used to investigate it, and surely those found to have been bullies should be treated the same way?

The 2018 article shows that bullying is probably endemic in Parliament. To single out one person looks less like concern for the welfare of parliamentary staff and more like revenge...

Agree with Doodledog

Agree with Doodledog.

In what way is Bercow in a position to bully anyone now? What staff does he have.

And if he were to be re-elected to the H of C, what then?

I believe a Cabinet minister has been found guilty of bullying and no action taken whatsoever.....

This sounds vindictive.

Compared to the rather weak Speaker we have now, Bercow was good at keeping control. If he has been found guilty of bullying, his punishment is right, and the same should apply to Pritti Patel, equality and all that.

And yet Priti Patel is still in parliament…wasn’t she found guilty of bullying?

Never a fan of his as he always looked like a bully and resembled my first ex husband.

He is doing a Rumplestiltskin in rage.

Well. My word.
He must be even worse than I thought.

horrible little jumped-up twerp. Serves him right

Hmmm. It is interesting that someone who enforced the law in parliament in ways that irritated the government was investigated and found guilty under the same government, and is now prevented from having any further influence in parliament.

It's really difficult to argue against the idea that bullies shouldn't be stopped in their tracks, but this seems to me to have the whiff of fish about it.

Good thing. Ghastly little man.

No place in the House of Lords then tg.

Zoejory

He's very unhappy about it. I was never a fan of his. But I think a few posters on here thought he was rather good.

I thought he was rather good, if a bit self-obsessed. But anyone found guilty of bullying should be banned, no questions; let's hope that this is done consistently.

I think the ban is well deserved, nasty little man!

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He's very unhappy about it. I was never a fan of his. But I think a few posters on here thought he was rather good.