LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM: The colorful old speaker of the House of Common of Brittany, John Bercow, said he has left conservatives to join the Labor Party of the opposition, launching a blister attack on Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
In an interview with the observer newspaper published on Sunday, the old MP said that the conservative party under Johnson was “reactionary, populist, nationalist and, sometimes, even xenophobic”.
Bercow, who was reduced as a speaker in October 2019 after 10 years, said he joined the Labor game a few weeks ago because he shared the values of him.
“I am motivated by support for equality, social justice and internationalism. That is the labor brand,” he said to the observer.
“The conclusion I have achieved is that this Government needs to be replaced. The reality is that the Labor Party is the only vehicle that objective can achieve. There is no other credible option.”
Bercow described the prime minister as “a successful activist, but a terrible governor”.
“I do not think I have a vision of a more equitable society, any thirst for social mobility or any passion to improve many people less fortunate than him. I think more and more people are sick of lies, sick of empty slogans, sick A lack of delivery, “he told the newspaper.
Bercow served as a conservative MP for Buckingham for 12 years before he was elected speaker in 2009, becoming the youngest person to celebrate the 100-year-old paper.
He famous for his screams of “order, order!” To carry pink MPS online, Bercow found himself as the man in the middle of more than three years of fiery parliamentary debates on the withdrawal of Great Britain of the European Union.
He surprised the conservative rulers with a series of decisions that they saw as trying to explode Brexit and favor the “remain” side.
The 58-year-old boy denied with vehemence ever taking sides, but won praise from the pro-Europeans and a global sign with the failures and the external personality of him.
The last years of him, since the speakers were eclipsed by the allegations of the intimidation of parliamentary staff, the accusations that he denies.
The former Chancellor of the Work Shadow, John McDonnell, said Bercow had been “scrupulously fair” in his treatment of parliamentarians.
“He won our respect, especially for the struggle of him to protect the rights of parliament. The welcome of all heart to the Labor Party,” McDonnell Twoiteó.
