Nigel Farage claims in first Commons speech that John Bercow tried to 'overturn' Brexit

Nigel Farage was met with jeers as he delivered his first speech in the House of Commons.

The Reform UK leader told the re-elected Speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, that he was better than 'the little man that was there before you', referring to John Bercow. He added that Bercow had disgraced his office 'dreadfully' and did his best 'to overturn the biggest democratic result in the history of the country'

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[keifer]

That guy next to him rolling his eyes 😂

[btmorley]

Next 5 years are going to both dreadful and incredible

[yaboiyoshio]

its so awesome that he has to sit next to Jeremy Corbyn

[yvng]

these next few years are gonna be class

[MarkRE]

Nigel has his work cut out there, harder than the European Parliament for sure.

[billyfullwood]

I wonder how he feels about ardent Brexit supporter Dyson cutting 1000 UK jobs.

[vikki]

The eye rolls and groans at the end 😂😂

Let the games begin!

[chese]

All the MPs were all being nice and graceful until Farage opened his gob

[Peter-Ac]

he was very pleased with himself at his remark about John Bercoe being a little man. he's hardly a giant at 5ft 8 himself

[BrandydocMeriabuck]

They hate him because he speaks the truth

[milliondogs]

Whatever you think of him, Farage will certainly make these speeches in The Commons more entertaining.

[thesunisout]

I am surprised that Nigel even wants to be a politician after his hand in Brexit and what it did to the country.

[adamlxrd]

I wouldn’t worry about him too much. He had a 60% attendance rate when he was an MEP. If I cared that little about my job I’d be thrown out by my collar.

[X-mt]

Can't wait to vote for him again.

[giman]

But bercow did undermine brexit at every turn....so what farage said was fairly accurate.

[Lloydb]

Thing is theres a time and a place, this was the opening and part of traditional well wishes for the speaker.

[henrihsdh]

Farage is amazing 😂. It restores the old British humor and at the same time the oratory of a root politician. Great. 🇬🇧👏

[stephenguppy]

Bercow allowed every debate and amendment in favour of trying to frustrate Brexit. So Nigel is quite correct.

[tschensj]

It's almost poetic how Nigel boldly claimed that Bercow, wielding his speaker's mace like a wizard's staff, single-handedly tried to thwart the indomitable will of the British people. Truly, Bercow must have been concocting spells in his chamber, plotting to keep Britain shackled to Brussels. Nigel, UK's valiant hero, exposing the nefarious plans of a lone speaker—it's practically Shakespearean.

[theotherone]

I can't wait. Everyone get your popcorn out....