Zitate und Sprüche von John Bercow

Ich denke, dass der Brexit der größte außenpolitische Fehler in der Nachkriegszeit ist. Das ist meine ehrliche Meinung.

I don’t think it helps the UK. Brexit is the biggest mistake of this country after the war.

Ihre Meinung schert mich keinen fliegenden Flamingo.

I couldn't give a flying flamingo what your view is.

Wenn jemand sehr vorlaut ist, könnte es lustig werden.

If someone is being very cheeky, it can be quite fun to deal with that situation.

Ich habe gesagt, dass ich, wäre ich kein Politiker geworden, gerne Anwalt oder Wissenschaftler geworden wäre. Meine geliebte Frau hat gesagt: 'Du wärst ein sehr guter Anwalt, aber ein hoffnungsloser Wissenschaftler.' Ich fragte, 'Wieso?' Und sie sagte: 'Weil du nicht originell genug bist.'

I said that if I hadn't been a politician, I'd have liked to be a barrister, or an academic. My beloved wife said: 'You'd be a very good barrister and a hopeless academic.' I said 'Why?' She said: 'Because you're not an original thinker.'

There are people who are just very, very sniffy and snobby and have always sort of looked down their noses at me.

I was proud to be a Tory Member of Parliament for twelve years, proud to represent Buckingham as a Tory, proud to have voted with my party 99% of the time as the record shows.

I don't think that people are disinterested or uninterested in politics. I think very often they are disengaged from the formal political process. To some extent they are suspicious or even despairing of formal politics as a means to give expression and effect to what they want.