John Bercow

Bercow dismisses 'amateurish' investigation. BRITAIN-POLITICS-EU-BREXIT-COURT. John Bercow has been handed a ...

Several Commons officials who did not want to be named expressed relief at the outcome. Further complaints by a fourth official were rejected. One said: “The humiliation suffered by staff at his hands was well known in Westminster. Many MPs from all parties turned a blind eye in private to further their own ends, while shedding crocodile tears about the victims of bullying and harassment in public.” He subjected them to “obscene” outbursts, labeling one of his staff “fucking stupid” and repeatedly saying he did not give a “flying fuck” about aspects of their work, it was said. In what amounted to an “abuse of power,” Bercow subjected parliamentary officials to verbal abuse and created an atmosphere of intimidation as Commons speaker, according to an independent panel which examines Westminster’s most serious allegations of misconduct. LONDON — John Bercow engaged in “serious and sustained bullying” of staff during his time as the ultimate authority in the U.K. House of Commons, an independent report has concluded.

Former House of Commons speaker John Bercow has refused to apologise despite receiving a life-time ban from holding a parliamentary pass after being found ...

Mr Bercow said the case against him "would have been thrown out by any court in the land", as he claimed it was "based on the flimsiest of evidence" and "rooted in hearsay and baseless rumour". "It is a travesty of justice and brings shame on the House of Commons," he added. "His evidence in the investigations, the findings of the commissioner, and his submissions to us, show also that the respondent has been a serial liar. "The respondent's conduct was so serious that, had he still been a Member of Parliament, we would have determined that he should be expelled by resolution of the House. One of his accusers, Lord Lisvane, a former clerk of Britain’s House of Commons, said Mr Bercow had showed "hysterical petulance" for his "whining and whinging" in the face of the Independent Expert Panel's (IEP) damning conclusions. Mr Bercow described the investigation as a "travesty of justice" before refusing to make any "faux apologies", insisting he has nothing to say sorry for.

A £37000 portrait of former Commons Speaker John Bercow will remain on the Parliamentary estate while a committee of MPs determine “how the House app...

A third former staff member claimed that the Speaker had subjected them to a "sustained course of conduct… “The Committee recognises the concerns that have been raised around the portrait of former Speaker, John Bercow and we are actively developing a policy which will be used to assess how the House approaches works such as these,” Dean Russell, Chair of The Speaker’s Advisory Committee on Works of Art, said. A House of Commons official told PoliticsHome that the Speaker’s Advisory Committee on Works of Art is in the process of developing a policy “for addressing artworks which contain controversial public figures and subjects”.

Speaking to Sky News following the release of the Independent Expert Panel's findings, John Bercow accused the panel of choosing to use "hyperbolic" ...

A great office can be filled forcefully and effectively without descending to such behaviour." This report, however, finally backs up the testimony of his three victims, and is more damning than many expected. It isn't and I don't," the former speaker said. "To describe what I have experienced as a kangaroo court is grossly insulting to kangaroos. Speaking to Sky News following the release of the panel's findings, Mr Bercow accused the Independent Expert Panel of choosing to use "hyperbolic" language "in pursuit of headlines in a very choc-a-bloc media environment". A report published by the Independent Expert Panel into the former Commons speaker's conduct states Mr Bercow "has been a serial liar" and "a serial bully".