. >> i beg to move that the right honorable john bercow do take the chair of this house as speaker. may i first, sir peter, have the pleasure of congratulating you on your appointmt -- on your elevation as father of the house? you first entered this chamber in 1959, when harold macmillan was prime minister. since then, you have established your reputation as a member who speaks on matters with the greatest of clarity and with the deepest of passion. that has been your trademark. indeed, it has been said that when sir peter -- sir peter tapsell rises -- [laughter] ambiguity is always very dangerous. it has been so that wn sir peter arises, he does so not to speak but to intone superbly. we give you our affectionate congratulations on your position. it is not my purpo today to intone superbly or otherwise, but to recommend theight honorable membe the member for buckingham. i am conscious that as he has said this is not an occasion for long speeches, and therefore i will emulate king henry viii, who is reputed to have said to each of his six wives, of enclosed please do not worry -- i

. >> john bercow was reelected to his post on thursday. tuesday's elections were led by the father of the house, the member what the law is continuous service in the house. he is dragged reluctantly to the chair. it includes speeches by the new prime minister david cameron and harriet harman.

john bercow makes his way with the speaker's chaplain into the house of commons, ready for prayers there. a sense of how long it will become a cannot be more than a few minutes. that is the scene in the central lobby. and back here, you're going to make the point. >> he had a challenge in its own constituency and he had underestimated how popular the speaker was in his own constituency. no one or two did, but i was in the gallery of the house of commons at that moment and there is no well at all to get rid of him. the mood amongst a few, the regret, but overwhelmingly there was a sense that he had done a good job or that it would be rude to turn in on itself. >> there are a lot of people that do not have patience with the speaker. charity and we think that he proved himself in his time as speaker has starting the process of modernization. i think that spirit of wanting to make it work, i think that was extended to the speaker who has already taught several loans under his belt in demonstrating that it does command authority. i think people want to make it work. >> as -- the speaker's rol

john, if john bercow goes back to the house of commons, there's discussion about the incoming conservative government -- the incoming membership, the house would try and change it. do you think they will or is that a trivial matter compared to all the other problems they've got? >> i always thought that the possibility of that was slim. would a new tory government that's tried to govern in the interests of the nation as its first act in parliament think right? we're going to get -- we're going to get bercow because we don't like him. he's not loved by the conservative party but it would be an extraordinary first act of a conservative government or a minority government to think, right, we've got to get the speaker. i just don't see it happening. it almost seems like student politics rather than serious politics. >> it hasn't written since 1865. charles suffered a defeat of >> douglas comes well who was the m.p. who played a key role in bringing down the former speaker he's come out on his website and said something the tories should embrace electoral reform. >> okay. we're joined by ian wa