Bercow causes outrage with tribute to 'kaleidoscope Queen'

Controversy as Speaker's Westminster introduction takes longer than Queen's speech

John Bercow and the Queen

DESPITE his diminutive frame, John Bercow, Speaker of the Commons, managed to overshadow the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations at Westminster Hall today with a rambling speech to MPs and Lords that lasted longer than the Queen's and left commentators fuming.

His overlong introduction contained crude rhetorical devices, a quote from Ghandi, a thinly veiled plug for a charity he supports and was thoroughly panned afterwards.

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