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brooklynite

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Wed Nov 6, 2019, 10:47 AM Nov 2019

Bercow: Brexit 'biggest foreign policy mistake in post-war period'

Source: BBC

Former Commons speaker John Bercow has called Brexit "the biggest foreign policy mistake in the post-war period".

A recording of Mr Bercow has emerged when he was speaking at the Foreign Press Association in London.

He told journalists that while he was impartial when in the post, he could now tell all on his own opinion.

In the recording from the Turkish Anadolu Agency, Mr Bercow said: "I'm no longer the Speaker. I don't have to remain impartial now.



Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/live/election-2019-50313404

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Bercow: Brexit 'biggest foreign policy mistake in post-war period' (Original Post) brooklynite Nov 2019 OP
Worse than supporting the god awful war in Iraq? n/t hibbing Nov 2019 #1
Worse than Duran Duran? n/t Yavin4 Nov 2019 #2
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