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John Bercow Articles

PMQs: Not setting the House on fire

I know the Conservative party has been trying to rebrand itself the workers' party but for the Tory prime minister David Cameron to compare himself with Nye Bevan was quite shameless. It was in answer to a question about the NHS when Cameron claimed there were now...

No wonder women MPs are leaving the Tory benches

Ed Miliband certainly won prime minister’s questions today by focusing on the Tories’ ‘women problem’. It is the political equivalent of kicking the Tories in the crotch – much worse for men than for women. David Cameron tried his old trick of reeling off statistics...

A punctual U-turn

I began Business of the House Questions this morning by reminding the Commons that tomorrow is International Women’s Day. It is disappointing that the government has chosen to celebrate this by proposing to remove the Equality and Human Rights Commission's general...

Primetime politics

I find politics exciting most of the time. I watch prime minister’s questions like it’s a boxing match. By which I mean I find it very entertaining, not that I shadow-box throughout it wearing a dressing gown while trying to stare out my neighbours. Even diehard fans...