Category Archives: John Bercow

Hannan vs Farage in the European Parliament

By scrubber | Published: December 15, 2010
There are many out there who criticise Nigel Farage for his speeches in the European Parliament just as there are many out there who, like me, admire him for them. As we all know, he’s been hauled over the coals in the past by the Powers-That-Be, and taken a great deal of stick in the [...]
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A steaming, confected, self-polishing jobbernowl.

By scrubber | Published: June 30, 2010
So says the excellent Quentin Letts of our over-promoted, self-important and out-of-his-depth Squeaker John Bercow. I didn’t know what a jobbernowl was either, so I looked it up. Excellent! What a cracking choice of word. Quentin’s article was inspired by the Junior Health Minister Simon Burns’ behaviour in the House of Commons yesterday during Health Questions. It seems [...]
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