Farage uses maiden Parliament speech to attack 'little man' Bercow
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Published 2024-07-09
The Reform leader said: “We can’t judge you from working in this place but we can judge you from the way the outside world sees you.
“I don’t just mean the United Kingdom, I mean the world, because Prime Minister’s Questions time is global box office politics and it is pretty clear to everybody that you [Sir Lindsay Hoyle] act with great neutrality, that you have brought tremendous dignity to the role as Speaker so we absolutely endorse you entirely for this job.
“And it is, I must say, in marked contrast to the little man that was there before you and besmirched the office so dreadfully in doing his best to overturn the biggest democratic result in the history of the country.”
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All Comments (21)
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Oh this parliament will be a fun one.
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He's not wrong about Bercow
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Also subtly pointing out the fact that the entire labour front bench also wanted what the little man did
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'The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it.' George Orwell
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He's not wrong is he
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Farage is amazing. It restores the old British humor and at the same time the oratory of a root politician. 👏👏👏🇬🇧
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He's right, and each Reform MP represents ~800,000 voters.
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He is just warming up!
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And so it begins Straight talking, calling out, and truth telling. Long may it continue.
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He's right, as EVER. And he will be PM in under 5 years, so WATCH OUT.
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Farage will give them all a run for their money-fantastic debut.......Join Reform!
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Farage is 5'7, the irony
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As a Labour voter Farage is right, at least Hoyle shows neutrality in the house and doesn't bully his staff. Bercow is a 3rd rate politician swept to oblivion where he belongs.
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I'm not British, but regardless of his politics, Farange is funny. He's old school, I assume his hobbies are politely insulting people, drinking, and crashing airplanes.
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Yes Farage, Reform
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Those in the commons, as well as those in the comment section who don’t understand how absurd a speaker (or any MP) attempting to undermine the democratic will of the people is need to, respectfully, shut up.
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Well Bercow clearly wasn't impartial...the primary role as the speaker.
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Parliament will become more interesting.
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They cant touch nigel because he does NOT lie
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The percentage of speaking time for each party should be allocated in respect of their vote share percentage. As a result Reform should have more speaking time than the Liberal Democrats because they represent more voters (14% vs 12%).