Ex-UK Parliament Speaker Bercow Joins Opposition Labour Party

Ex-UK Parliament Speaker Bercow Joins Opposition Labour Party
Ex-UK Parliament Speaker Bercow Joins Opposition Labour Party
Former speaker of Britain’s House of Commons, John Bercow has left the Conservatives to join the opposition Labour Party.

Gatekeepers News reports that Bercow defected to the opposition party launching a fierce attack on Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

He said the Conservative Party under Johnson was “reactionary, populist, nationalistic and sometimes even xenophobic”.

Bercow, who stepped down as speaker in October 2019, told Observer newspaper in an interview published on Sunday that he joined the Labour Party a few weeks ago because he shared its values.

“I am motivated by support for equality, social justice and internationalism. That is the Labour brand,” he said.

“The conclusion I have reached is that this government needs to be replaced. The reality is that the Labour Party is the only vehicle that can achieve that objective. There is no other credible option.”

Gatekeepers News reports that the 58-year-old also described the Prime Minister as “a successful campaigner but a lousy governor”.

“I don’t think he has any vision of a more equitable society, any thirst for social mobility or any passion to better the lot of people less fortunate than he is. I think increasingly people are sick of lies, sick of empty slogans, sick of a failure to deliver,” he said.