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The Speaker often makes the news for his manner in dealing with noisy MPs in the House of Commons.And last week, John Bercow was in the headlines for cutting short the prime minister at PMQs. The Daily Politics looks back at some of his…
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Speakers of the House have developed a bruising and robust style to put errant MPs in their place.John Bercow called Defence Secretary Philip Hammond "incompetent" when his officials failed to produce any briefing notes for backbenchers for…
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