‘I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak, in this place, but as the house is pleased to direct me, whose servant I am here,’ said speaker William Lenthall, the idea being that it was parliament’s views – not his own – that mattered.
John Bercow has a message to his predecessor: bollocks to that. Or more specifically: bollocks to Brexit. That is the message printed on a sticker emblazoned on a car parked in the speaker’s personal parking spot outside parliament, as revealed by Guido Fawkes.
Credit: Guido Fawkes
If Bercow’s choice of number plate – B13 RC0 – is bad enough, the sticker itself is unforgivable. A speaker is supposed to be impartial, and nowhere is this more important than on an issue as divisive as Brexit. Parliament has, and will continue to come under, intense scrutiny as it votes on key legislation in the Brexit process.
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