John Bercow has come underneath renewed fireplace this week over allegations he bullied members of employees whereas working within the Commons. F
John Bercow has come underneath renewed fireplace this week over allegations he bullied members of employees whereas working within the Commons. Former Black Rod David Leakey got here ahead to say that Bercow – who denies the allegations – ‘brutalised Commons employees’. And Lord Lisvane, a former chief clerk of the Home of Commons has additionally submitted bullying allegations about Bercow to the parliamentary requirements authority. However fortunately, Bercow does nonetheless have some associates in excessive locations to help his battle to achieve entry into the Lords, together with Labour’s Diane Abbott.
The shadow residence secretary pledged her help to the ex-speaker this morning. Abbott tweeted that it was ‘unlikely’ Leakey had really been bullied as a result of he was a former ‘Lieutenant Normal who served in Germany, Northern Eire and Bosnia’:
By no means thoughts the truth that Leakey really claimed that Bercow ‘didn’t intimidate me… however the seen impact of such behaviour on different parliamentary employees was fairly appalling’; clearly Abbott additionally missed the Ministry of Defence’s overview into bullying and harassment within the navy final yr. Nor does it appear as if she paid a lot consideration when Labour pledged in 2019 to make Parliament a spot with ‘zero tolerance of any type of bullying or harassment.’
Or maybe that doesn’t matter while you’re keen on the one who has been accused…