John Bercow Will Stand Down

[Bigbad]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-49639828

[Bobbisox1]

odious little cretin!

[marval]

I shall not miss him.

[vulcan42]

Oh I don't know Bobbi, I quite like Gulliver.

[Gromit]

The next Speaker should be a Labour MP.
Lindsay Hoyle is Bercow’s most senior deputy, but Chris Bryant wants the job, and has been lobbying his fellow MPs for months.

[anneasquith]

I like him,,,,, very entertaining . ;*)

[ToraToraTora]

well whoever it is they wont be as Stoke as Bercow!

[1581960]

Did he have any choice? He was going to be kicked out if he didn't resign. Good riddance.

[Khandro]

Bercow; the man who’s done more than anyone to up-end Britain’s political institutions to suit his own aims, if God had made him a foot taller the country wouldn't be in the mess it is in. What is it with short people?

[Gromit]

1581960
// Did he have any choice? He was going to be kicked out if he didn't resign. //

The Government cannot kick out a Speaker. The Government said they would contest his seat at the next election, which goes against convention. He could well have won the seat, particularly if the Opposition decided not to contest it.
But Bercow wanted to leave in 2017, but stayed on because of the election result. Earlier this year, he said he would leave in the summer. So he has been true to his word.

[1581960]

Gromit.
The reason he stayed was to pursue his own ends, and that’s exactly what he has been doing. But I don’t expect you to agree!

[Sqad]

The hallmark of a successful and impartial speaker is when , on cessation of his/her term of office, for whatever reason, commands both sides of the house with a standing applause.
This didn't happen to Bercow.

[1581960]

Gromit.
He would also have had to undergo the ignobility of defending his seat, and I expect that is the true reason for his resignation.

[Khandro]

It's not only his dreadful handling of Brexit, back in April, one the best speakers ever, Betty Boothroyd, tore into John Bercow over his refusal to allow Donald Trump (travelling to Europe for the D-Day commemorations) to address the Commons.

The respected former Speaker said the US President should be ‘welcomed’ into Parliament in June – and said it was not up to her successor to block him.

In her most strongly-worded criticism of the present Speaker yet, she told the Daily Mail: ‘No Speaker should indulge himself in personalities and whom he approves or disapproves. Speakers must always remember they are the servant of the House and not its master.’

[Mozz71]

//bit of a tear jerker in the commons
where they are all jerking each other.....//

To the point of tears?

Sounds like a specialist movie.

[Gromit]

Squad
// on cessation of his/her term both sides of the house give a standing applause.
This didn't happen to Bercow. //

Because he isn’t going now, he leaves in 7 weeks. That is when he will he applauded (or not).

[cassa333]

Bit blooming late.

[ichkeria]

Unless parliament votes for an election ...
In other words yes, in a little over 7 weeks

[ichkeria]

Before that, emergency debates tabled by Dominic Grieve and Jeremy Corbyn coming up

[rockyracoon]

Our MP has just thrown her hat in the ring. The campaign to get her out will start on FB soon, I’m sure.

[ichkeria]

Who’s that rocky?