WATCH: Bercow admits saying “stupid”, but does not apologise to Leadsom

“That adjective simply summed up how I felt about the way that that day’s business had been conducted.”

Bercow’s shortcomings as Speaker were distilled in his abandoning the regalia

The traditional uniform helped to anonymise the office-holder beneath the office, and took humility to wear. Whoever succeeds him should restore it.

Bercow’s bully pulpit

A lesson of the claims made against the Speaker is that there is no adequate means of holding him to account when Commons’ conventions break down.

LISTEN: Wallace – Bercow’s refusal to step aside while bullying allegations are investigated risks harming Parliament

In response, Lord Hain dismisses the alleged incidents as “an office row”, and suggests the scandal is motivated by political disagreement.

Nick Hillman: Voters in Buckingham deserve a real say and a real MP

I like John Bercow – indeed, I’ll vote for him. But the Speaker of the House shouldn’t represent a constituency – doing so disenfranchises thousands of people.

WATCH: The Article 50 Bill gains Royal Assent

The Speaker informs the House of Commons that it has become law.

WATCH: Lidington – Lords should not amend the Article 50 bill

“I hope… they will accept that, as an unelected chamber, they should agree that the will of the British electorate as a whole, and the view of the House of Commons overwhelmingly, should go.”

WATCH: Howarth questions Bercow’s impartiality following his opposition to Trump’s visit

The Speaker also received support from Sir Edward Leigh and Paul Flynn.

The four Lib Dem MPs who voted for the motion to elect the Speaker by secret ballot

Despite early optimism about allies among the Opposition, no Labour MPs voted Aye.

The 23 Conservative MPs who voted against the motion to elect the Speaker by secret ballot

It’s a varied list, from Graham Brady to Sir Richard Shepherd, and Tracey Crouch to Jacob Rees-Mogg.

Tears, applause and defeat. What a way to end a parliament.

A mismanaged motion led to embarrassment and yet another odd turn in the bizarre tale of a controversial Speaker.

WATCH: Charles Walker accuses Hague and Gove of dishonesty in the Bercow debate

“I have been played as a fool. But I would much rather be an honourable fool, in this and any other matter, than a clever man.”

A mis-formed villain who seized power through treachery is today to be solemnly buried

I refer, of course, to the funeral of Richard III. But some MPs, not all of them Tories, have a different committal in mind.

Speaker Bercow expresses “sadness” for his “embittered” and “resentful” Parliamentary critics

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Crass or rather splendid?: Merry Christmas from John and Sally Bercow

By Joseph Willits Follow Joseph on Twitter It would probably be fair to say that anything the Speaker and his wife Sally… Read more »