John Simon Bercow (born January 19, 1963) is a politician and Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Buckingham in the United Kingdom with a current majority of 18,129 votes. He has a long-standing interest in Burma and has frequently raised issues of democracy and genocide in the country. In 2006 he was made a Patron of the Tory Reform Group.
“@DavidWooding: Commons Speaker takes a pay rise. t.co/XmoIJd77q2” Poorest society get #bedroomtax #unfair
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RT @tobyornot_: But…it's WHERE he takes it *innocent* “@ScouseShriek: John Bercow takes pay rise to £142,000 | The Sun Politics t.co…
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RT @tobyornot_: The brave act of a principled man *innocent face* “@DavidWooding: Commons Speaker takes a pay rise. t.co/kHfLNIKXjK”
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Source: The Sun
The hike means he will soon be paid more than the Prime Minister. And it comes despite David Cameron and ministers waiving a rise to save taxpayers £3million. Mr Bercow, 50, also the MP for Buckingham, has frozen the o ...
Full article at: The Sun
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Source: Daily Mail - UK
Annual salaries would increase from £65,738 to £75,000May be staged of five years from 2015, after the General ElectionOfficials could also demand that they give up their guaranteed pensionsOne senior MP describes salary as a 'pitiful pay c ...
Full article at: Daily Mail - UK
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Source: Mirror.co.uk
Parliamentary authorities insist drinks in Westminster’s nine bars are not subsidised but are still cheaper than most nearby pubs Parliament is gripped by a booze culture with one in four MPs finding their colleagues guil ...
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Source: The Independent
Sally Bercow pointed “the finger of blame” at Conservative peer Lord McAlpine by tweeting during a media frenzy over allegations of child sex abuse, a judge was told. The wife of Commons Speaker John Bercow posted the message on the social media sit two ...
Full article at: The Independent
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Source: The Huffington Post: UK Edition
Wasn't that nice Mr Obama a sweetie, the way he tried to help our Dave end the war in the Tory party while he was over in Washington this week? Mind you, given how little the President has managed to do to end the war in Syria, ...
Full article at: The Huffington Post: UK Edition
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Source: John Bercow's Blog
The National Audit Office has today published High Speed 2: a review of early programme preparation, a study of the Department for Transport’s planning and development of the HS2 project. The NAO report makes ...
Full article at: John Bercow's Blog
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Source: Daily Mail - UK
Deputy Commons Speaker Nigel Evans was arrested on May 4He is accused of raping one man and sexually assaulting anotherSpeaker's role will fuel talk he is has not been supportive of his deputy Under investigation: Deputy Speaker Nigel Evans was arreste ...
Full article at: Daily Mail - UK
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Source: The Huffington Post: UK Edition
A Labour MP has called for the nursery in the House of Commons to be closed - and said it was better when it was a pub. Roger Godsiff has tabled a motion lamenting the loss of the "extremely popular" bar, converted into a childca ...
Full article at: The Huffington Post: UK Edition
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