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John Bercow
British
Politician
Born:
Jan 19
,
1963
About
Me
Party
People
Politics
You
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I said that if I hadn't been a politician, I'd have liked to be a barrister, or an academic. My beloved wife said: 'You'd be a very good barrister and a hopeless academic.' I said 'Why?' She said: 'Because you're not an original thinker.'
John Bercow
Good
You
Wife
Hopeless
Politician
Academic
Liked
She
Because
Said
Been
Very
Original
Why
Thinker
Beloved
Fairness is not about statistical equality.
John Bercow
Equality
Statistical
About
Fairness
I don't think that people are disinterested or uninterested in politics. I think very often they are disengaged from the formal political process. To some extent they are suspicious or even despairing of formal politics as a means to give expression and effect to what they want.
John Bercow
Politics
People
Political
Think
Despairing
Some
Give
Effect
Very
Political Process
Disengaged
Often
Suspicious
Want
Formal
Process
Disinterested
Means
Uninterested
Even
Expression
Extent
I pride myself on being courteous to people, and trying to fashion good relations.
John Bercow
Myself
Good
Fashion
People
Pride
Relations
Courteous
Trying
Being
I'm not in the business of warning people.
John Bercow
Business
People
Warning
I was proud to be a Tory Member of Parliament for twelve years, proud to represent Buckingham as a Tory, proud to have voted with my party 99% of the time as the record shows.
John Bercow
Time
Party
Member
Tory
Record
Parliament
Voted
Proud
Years
Represent
Twelve
Shows
The Conservatives must realise that being sceptical is different from being phobic in what is an interdependent world.
John Bercow
World
Conservatives
Must
Sceptical
Being
Different
Realise
Interdependent
If someone is being very cheeky, it can be quite fun to deal with that situation.
John Bercow
Situation
Someone
Cheeky
Deal
Very
Quite
Being
Fun
I never aspired to be Speaker simply so I could say, 'I am the Speaker of the House of Commons,' and tell my children that.
John Bercow
Say
Tell
Could
Never
Simply
House
House Of Commons
Am
Children
Commons
Speaker
Aspired
The prime minister's job is to captain his team, his party and his government.
John Bercow
Government
Job
Party
Minister
Prime
His
Team
Captain
I'm supremely uninterested as to what is written in many of the newspapers.
John Bercow
Written
Supremely
Newspapers
Uninterested
Many
There is no denying or hiding the fact that over the years I moved from well on the right of the Conservative Party, much much more to its left, and therefore to the centre of the poltical spectrum.
John Bercow
Conservative
Party
Conservative Party
Hiding
More
Fact
Over
Well
Years
Left
Denying
Moved
Centre
Much
Therefore
Right
Spectrum
Lying to a committee is a very grave abuse, and there ought to be a clear punishment.
John Bercow
Lying
Ought
Punishment
Clear
Abuse
Very
Committee
Grave
Possibly the fact that I was physically quite feeble, a relatively short little fellow, attracted me to that idea of a very authoritative and aggressive version of Conservative politics.
John Bercow
Politics
Me
Conservative
Aggressive
Relatively
Possibly
Physically
Fact
Feeble
Idea
Attracted
Fellow
Version
Very
Authoritative
Quite
Short
Little
I think the record shows that as Speaker, I have taken the lead in cleaning up politics.
John Bercow
Politics
Cleaning
Think
Record
Lead
Taken
Up
Speaker
Shows
When I first started out in politics I was, what you might describe as, a hard right Conservative.
John Bercow
Politics
You
Conservative
First
Out
Might
Hard
Describe
Right
Started
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