now, it's ten years since john bercow was elected speaker of the house of commons.xpenses scandal, he's introduced changes, big and small, to the way westminster works and looks. here's duncan smith. applause. elected in 2009 after the expenses scandal, john bercow pledged to champion the rights of the backbencher. applause. 0rder. urgent question, allison mcgovern. ministers can now be summoned to answer an urgent question on issues of the day. 0rder — questions to the prime minister! and prime minister's questions. 0nce 30 minutes, now regularly runs to a5. but his manner divides opinion. 0rder! the government chief whip has absolutely no business whatsoever shouting from a sedentary position — order! i'm really very worried about the conduct of the education secretary — in the average classroom, he would've been excluded by now! he must calm himself! the ayes to the right: 202. the noes to the left: 228. cheering. in 2015, a tearful mr bercow survived an attempt to unseat him. since then, he's spoken out against donald trump. 0ur opposition to racism and sexism,

john bercow, the speaker, today, not oi'i john bercow, the speaker, today, not on my watch.would find one. he usually does. it goes to the heart, the economist last week had a good cove r, the economist last week had a good cover, speaking a britain's mess up constitution. our constitution is a basket case. unwritten, not quite written... basket case. unwritten, not quite written. . . that basket case. unwritten, not quite written... that has been one of its advantages, its flexibility. that is why we have evolution rather than a revolution. i said the brexit situation is bonkers. that is more about the institutions we have, rather than the constitution. we have power invested. you rely on the power you invested with certain people, the queen with royal prerogative, john bercow as speaker, to test the resilience of the institutions. you can have a codified constitution and have this. if you have something that is not fit for the present time, even if codified, it won't work. we have strains obscure cropping up with parliament because of the fundamental problem that is the nu

yes, john bercow likes to let it run on.speaker give lots of backbench mps questions. in fairness, i think the backbench questions are where the drama can come from in terms of pmqs. and that's in part because theresa may, i don't think is a very good at pmqs performer. jeremy corbyn isn't either. there's also been a shift in what both sides want to get from prime minister's questions. so, under jeremy corbyn, i think there is a focus on the labour side of getting a clip that they can put on social media channels of him with a message which is aimed at his base. and i think that means that you're not really seeing those exchanges or the oratory you might expect of past. so, well, that might all be over now because in a few weeks' time, we'll have a new prime minister. we may not get a prime minister's questions before the summer, but we will have them eventually. so, patrick, let's look at both of the candidates. jeremy hunt, first of all, how would he be, do you think, at the despatch box? well, he's not really been tested.

what is your opinion of john bercow?led by the speaker any further. all i will say is, look, he's pretty good at tennis, you know. despite his... you know, he's not the most colossal chap physically, but he has a pretty mean first serve. have you played him? yes, and i'm afraid i was very roundly defeated, i'm sorry to say. i respect his ability to play tennis. and generally, his return of serve, as speaker, is pretty fast. he is good on his feet. i hope... perhaps i could put it diplomatically by saying i hope that john, the speaker, will take his responsibilities as a parliamentarian is seriously and soberly as we all do, and we'll make sure that he uses his good offices to reflect the overwhelming will of the people that we should get brexit done, whatever people voted. and he will help parliamentarians to recover the trust that they have currently lost by getting us out of the eu on the 31st of october. i think that's probably the most useful thing thatjohn think that's probably the most useful thing that john bercow

and if he didn't hear it, he couldn't rule on it, john bercow said.rly burly during the exchanges between theresa may and the labour leader, jeremy corbyn. mr corbyn had chosen to use his questions to ask about arms exports to saudi arabia. last week, the court of appeal ordered the government to review the way it grants export licences to the kingdom. ministers are legally obliged to assess allegations of serious human rights violations before letting sales go ahead. in the case of saudi arabia's war in yemen, the judges said the government had "made no attempt to do so". jeremy corbyn criticised the sale of arms to the saudis. the uk has supplied them with over four and a half billion pounds worth of deadly weapons. uk weapons which have been used in indiscriminate attacks on civilians in which over 200,000 people have been killed. and hundreds of thousands more stand on the brink of famine, starvation, and of death from wholly preventable diseases. surely, mr speaker, the court of appealjudgement should be a wake—up call to the prime minister and t

jon: notably absent, leaderti of the oppo jeremy corbyn and speaker john bercow, who declined to attend. the president didn'cet seem to no he was delighted to be there. pres. trump: onehalf of all americans, i offer a toast to the eternal friendship of our people, the vitality of our nations, and to the long-cherish and truly remarkable reign o her majesty the queen. thank you. ♪ jon: if the state dinner r is the height al protocol, the day did not start like that. moments before donald trump arrived on air force one compute launched a most uresidential attack on twitter on the mayor of london, sadiq khan. "he has donasa terrible job mayor, has been foolishly nasty to the visiting, president and he is a stone cold loser after that presidential twitter blast, the real cannon fire as president from was given a gun salute welcome. as he flew above the city that sadiq khan presides over, it is safe to assume that the president will not be rolling out the red carpet at the white house for him anytime soon. time for theomp to tahe over from tolitics. the president and first lady melania trump

in the meantime a public protests and at the state banquets the speaker of the house of commons john bercow a liberal democrat leaders of its cable the labor party leader jeremy corbyn all very senior political figures they're all boycotting the state banquet it is the most peculiar thing you can think of where 2 countries which are supposed to have the special relationship are in this this this very odd situation where large sections of the british policy that there's a whole class simply don't want anything to do with the american president bush is the how about day involves a very interesting one it will be for the moment of course lawrence we'll leave it there for now thank you. and let's get to all of the top story of the day in the crackdown in sadar let's take a look at how we got to the point that we're out at the moment mass protests began in december over living costs forced the military jointer to depose president omar bashir on april the 12th but he'd been in power for nearly 30 years the transitional council was then set up but protest leaders weren't satisfied that while a mas

——john bercow. it is the largest in europe. you see that... is the largest in europe.rgest in europe. you see that... the governments are relu cta nt to that... the governments are reluctant to meet the dalai llama. we saw what happened in the uk in 2013 when david cameron did meet the dalai llama. —— lama. britain has opened a new chapter on this whole matter. they didn't see him in 2014, the vatican said because of the delicate situation with china. the vatican said because of the delicate situation with chinam the vatican said because of the delicate situation with china. it is u nfortu nate delicate situation with china. it is unfortunate that the pope should not, you know, should not shy away from standing up and meeting with him. having said that, he met with the president of slovakia and other leaders. but key countries. my point, ijust gave testimony leaders. but key countries. my point, i just gave testimony and spokein point, i just gave testimony and spoke in front of the canadians and it committee on foreign relations. i spokein it committee on foreign rela

notably absent, the leader of the opposition, jeremy corbyn, and the speaker, john bercow, who declinedthe president didn't seem to notice. he was delighted to be there. on behalf of all americans, i offer a toast to the eternal friendship of our people, the vitality of our nations, and to the long cherished and truly remarkable reign of her majesty, the queen. thank you. if th state dinner is the height of royal protocol, the day didn't exactly start like that. moments before donald trump arrived on air force one he launched a most un—presidential attack on twitter on the mayor of london, sadiq khan. after that presidential twitter blast, the real cannon fire as donald trump was given a gun salute welcome. as he flew above the city that sadiq khan presides over, it's safe to assume the president won't be rolling out the red carpet at the white house for him anytime soon. time for the pomp to take over from the politics. the president and first lady, melania trump, were greeted at buckingham palace by prince charles and the duchess of cornwall. learned his views daily on anything and ev

notably absent, the leader of the opposition, jeremy corbyn, and the speaker, john bercow, who declined. the president didn't seem to notice. he was delighted to be there. on behalf of all americans, i offer a toast to the eternal friendship of our people, the vitality of our nations, and to the long—cherished and truly remarkable reign of her majesty, the queen. thank you. if the state dinner is the height of royal protocol, the day didn't exactly start like that. moments before donald trump arrived on air force one, he launched a most un—presidential attack on twitter on the mayor of london, sadiq khan. after that presidential twitter blast, the real cannon fire as donald trump was given a gun salute welcome. as he flew above the city that sadiq khan presides over, it's safe to assume the president won't be rolling out the red carpet at the white house for him anytime soon. time for the pomp to take over from the politics. the president and first lady, melania trump, were greeted at buckingham palace by prince charles and the duchess of cornwall. in the two and a half years of donald

nobody, john bercow is an activist speaker, so he will involve himself, so who knows?therine is right, it is perceived that government has to deliver brexit, but the big question is what sort of brexit? only 25, a quarter of the population is in favour of a nodal brexit. if as looks increasingly likely, and by the way i am not convinced parliament has the will to stop a nodal brexit because what it will mean isa nodal brexit because what it will mean is a vote of no confidence and for tory mps to support a vote of no confidence against their leader means they are literally committing career suicide and will lose their job as an mp. personally i think you should because it is such a serious matter, but at this point i don't have faith that enough people in the house of commons will do that. we will see, but sorry, what was the point? is the sort of brexit that is delivered. if looks increasingly likely, borisjohnson delivered. if looks increasingly likely, boris johnson manages delivered. if looks increasingly likely, borisjohnson manages to force us into a nodal situat

john bercow. now a new labour mp is expected to take her seat on monday.bes won the peterborough by election, narrowly seeing off a challenge from the brexit party. labour took 31% of the vote, beating the brexit party's mike greene by 683 votes. the conservatives came third with 21%, and the liberal democrats fourth with 12%. the by—election was triggered after former labour mp, fiona 0nasanya, was forced to step down by her constituents after being jailed for lying about a speeding offence. the commemorations in portsmouth meant theresa may wasn't in westminster for her weekly round of pmqs and so her senior minister, david lidington, filled in. instead of his usual opponent, the shadow foreign secretary emily thornberry, he faced another labour frontbencher, rebecca long—bailey. she turned to president trump's visit and speculation that access to the nhs would be part of any trade deal with the us after brexit. yesterday, the prime minister had to repeat to president trump a journalist's question about whether the nhs is on the table as part of a us tra

well, there was no lack of verbal skill in the commons as mps congratulated john bercow for reachingore, who famously objected to henry viii separating england from the roman catholic church, a stand that led to his execution. thank you, mr speaker. can i congratulate you on your ten years? sir thomas more, who held yourfine office, went on to be both a martyr and a saint. laughter. i clearly hope it is the latter for you, sir. after this, maybe we can have a discussion about which moisturiser you use as well. we look for to hearing the speaker's beauty tips! well, that's it from monday in parliament. mandy baker will be here for the rest of the week. but from me, kristiina cooper, goodbye! hello. the heat and the humidity have been rising over recent days and that is bringing us feel for some heavy showers and some thunderstorms as well. as we head through the day on tuesday, we're going to keep that warm, humid, fairly sticky feel to the weather and we are expecting further thundery showers as well. now, we've got this weather front that's been pushing up from the south over the pa

the speaker, john bercow, making his views perfectly clear. plant in bridgend will close in september 2020, with the loss of 1,700 jobs. the company is understood to be blaming "under utilisation" and cost disadvantage compared with other sites. the plant employs workers from across south wales and many more in companies supplying goods and services. ahead of the official announcement mps raised the closure with the international trade minister with a labour member linking it to brexit and future trade deals with the us. my father david thomas morgan—davis was head of economic development of the welsh office and got ford to move to bridgend in the ‘70s and yet this week, we find that they are announcing their closure at a time that donald trump is saying, "we're going to have a great trade deal". doesn't he agree that those people working in ford who voted in good faith to leave the eu didn't vote to leave theirjobs? and is there a final say on the final deal so they now can think again and stay in the eu instead of losing theirjobs and being

in the meantime a public protests and at the state banquets the speaker of the house of commons john bercow a liberal democrat leaders of inst cable the labor party leader jeremy corbyn all very senior political figures they're all boycotting the state banquet it is the most peculiar thing you can think of where 2 countries which are supposed to have the special relationship are in this this this very odd situation where large sections of the british policy that there's a whole class simply don't want anything to do with the american president bush is the how about day involves a very interesting one it will be for the moment of course lawrence we'll leave it there for now thank you. and let's get to all of the top story of the day in the crackdown in sadar let's take a look at how we got to the point that we're out at the moment mass protest.

very honored to have with us today the 157th speaker of the house of commons, the right honorable john bercow. speaker bercow began his parliamentary career in 1997 when he was elected the member of parliament from buckingham as a conservative. he served on the front benches as spokesman for education and employment starting in 1999, and was appointed shadow secretary to the treasury in 2001. shadow minister for work and pensions in 2002, and then shadow secretary of state for international development in 2003. now he was elected speaker in 2009 and has served in that role ever since. mr. speaker, we are delighted to have you at brookings with us this morning. as you may know, mr. speaker, brookings has undertaken a major study of the challenges and the pressures faced by democracies today, and i think i can speak for this institution, say people inply this city listening very closely and he has done it well by keeping order in the house of commons. today's event is part of the transatlantic initiative or the bti as we call it, a multi-your project that seeks to reinvigorate and more recently

john bercow is one of the three people who has to agree to an address by foreign head of state and itin 2017 to our university that he said he would not offer such a possibility to donald trump. there again, a donald trump speech is probably not something... america first, donald trump first, we have heard it all before. people might ask what do we get out of it? you will always hear that phrase, trade deal. yeah, trade deal and certainly we will be pushing the button is not so much with donald trump but with the retinue that he has brought with him. these things matter especially ina him. these things matter especially in a postbox environment. but for america, america first means they get the best end of the deals, so we have kind of got to be careful what we wish for. we are already kind of in an american presidential campaign, this works well for him, doesn't it? absolutely. the one thing means that he is going to be meeting with the soon—to—be knot prime minister theresa may. to be a fly on the wall at any point of this is never going to be dull, is it? absently not. let's go to

john bercow now. the ayes to the right 298, the noes to the left 309. out of the woods by any means. the majority is so slender and you can think of the names of those tories who would back this kind of move, and i would imagine there could be labour mps, brexiteers who have voted with the government, they have slightly cancelled each other out, so that is what they are relying on but it is toa what they are relying on but it is to a close vote and there will be another attempt to do something and what the people are trying to achieve by doing this, you need legislation to amend it, and at the moment there isn‘t much going through parliament so that is why they wanted to do it this way, but i‘m sure it won‘t be the end of it and there will be more attempts. they have been pretty creative in doing this and they feel that the speakerjohn bercow will make sure that the house of commons as its say no matter what the government says about that. we have got to explain to viewers because many were expecting to have heard from sajid javid by now. he has taken p