John Bercow, March 22, 2018 in London. – Alastair Grant / POOL / AFP
The former speaker of the British House of Commons, John Bercow, announced Sunday to leave the conservative camp, by launching a violent criticism against the Prime Minister Boris Johnson whose party became according to him “reactionary” and “xenophobic”.
Under Johnson, the Conservative Party has become “reactionary, populist, nationalist and sometimes even xenophobic”, judged John Bercow, 58, in an interview with the newspaper The Observer.
He joined the Tories at the age of 17, and served as a Conservative Party MP for 12 years before he was elected Speaker of the Lower House of Parliament in 2009, leaving all party affiliation as required. custom.
After leaving this post in October 2019, he announced to join the ranks of the opposition Labor Party which he hopes will overthrow the government.
“This government must be replaced”
“The conclusion I have come to is that this government must be replaced. The reality is that the Labor Party is the only vehicle that can achieve this goal. There is no other credible option, ”explains John Bercow.
Regarding Boris Johnson, he judged he was “good at the countryside but no leader” and felt that “more and more people are fed up with lies, fed up with empty slogans”.
When he was “announcer”, the “Order! John Bercow’s thundering towards rowdy deputies had toured the world and delighted Internet users who were discovering the British parliamentary debates. But his own conservative camp had accused him of wanting to prevent Brexit by making decisions favorable to supporters of maintaining the United Kingdom in the European Union.
Reacting to the shattering announcement of his rallying to Labor, Justice Minister Robert Buckland told SkyNews on Sunday that John Bercow “left the Conservative Party a long time ago”.
On the same television channel, John Bercow assured that his choice had “nothing personal against Boris Johnson”, while denouncing the “deep contempt” that the Prime Minister had according to him towards Parliament and his “report distant ”with the truth.
After his departure from the perch, John Bercow was accused of tyrannizing his teams to the point of harassment, accusations he denies.