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Bercow peerage would be “a scandal”, claims former Black Rod

Giving former Speaker John Bercow a peerage would be “a scandal that Parliament would struggle to live down”, claims a former Commons’ official.

David Leakey served as Black Rod until 2018.

The position of Black Rod runs the day to day procedure in the House of Lords.

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Lieutenant General Leakey told BBC Radio 4’s Today that Bercow “would fly into a rage” and “the red mist would descend”.

“He would be jumping up and down and bawling out, and shouting insults.

“He called me an anti-Semite once after being rather rude and insulting about my background, education and military career.”

He added: “I think that if John Bercow was given a peerage it would be a scandal that parliament would struggle to live down.”

Bercow, who has been nominated for a peerage by Jeremy Corbyn, has dismissed the claims as “total and utter rubbish from start to finish”.

 

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