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- English
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About This Book
Divisive, controversial, atypical - few others embody the fraught nature of British politics today quite like John Bercow. A man who is revered by his one-time political opponents and chastised by his former bedfellows. A politician who has traversed the deep chasm between the Conservative right and the liberal left. A Speaker some see as a great moderniser and others, a constitutional arsonist.With Brexit left unresolved, Bercow is determined to ensure that he, the 157th person to occupy the Speaker's Chair, has left an indelible imprint on the history books.From suffering at the hands of bullies to standing up for backbenchers in the Commons, this is the story of John Simon Bercow, the son of a taxi driver from North London, and one of the most fascinating characters to grace the corridors of the Palace of Westminster.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter One: Don’t Call It a Coup
- Chapter Two: Planting Seeds
- Chapter Three: Bullied
- Chapter Four: The Monday Club
- Chapter Five: Fresh Start
- Chapter Six: The Fed
- Chapter Seven: Cutting Ties
- Chapter Eight: Electioneering
- Chapter Nine: Working Man
- Chapter Ten: Julian
- Chapter Eleven: Rottweiler
- Chapter Twelve: Back to Front
- Chapter Thirteen: The Candidate
- Chapter Fourteen: Election Night
- Chapter Fifteen: Sally
- Chapter Sixteen: Reformer
- Chapter Seventeen: Whips
- Chapter Eighteen: Bollocked by Bercow
- Chapter Nineteen: Cameron
- Chapter Twenty: Clerks
- Chapter Twenty-One: Carol
- Chapter Twenty-Two: Two Days in February
- Chapter Twenty-Three: Night and Day
- Chapter Twenty-Four: ‘Bully’
- Chapter Twenty-Five: Coming Forward
- Chapter Twenty-Six: Fallout
- Chapter Twenty-Seven: Going Nuclear
- Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Backbenchers’ Backstop
- Chapter Twenty-Nine: Legacy
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