A scathing new biography of John Bercow reveals the hypocrisy of the former Speaker for claiming to be a champion of diversity when, in fact, he was at the centre of numerous allegations of bullying women. Here, in the final part of our serialisation, we tell how he tried to salvage his legacy by sabotaging … Read more
Unspeakable John Bercow W&N £20 Rating: The shortest sentence in this autobiography is also the truest. ‘Brevity,’ writes John Bercow, ‘is not my strong suit.’ You can say that again! Unspeakable might have been better titled Unstoppable, as it goes on and on and on, surfing the wave of its own long-windedness. Bercow never uses … Read more
A solicitor who was refused a job at a law firm because he was too old has won £13,000 compensation despite cracking a ‘joke’ about his Russian-speaking interviewer poisoning him with Novichok. Raymond Levy told senior lawyer Maria Udalova-Surkova: ‘I hope you are not going to poison me,’ before she interviewed him for a position … Read more