John Bercow: Call To Order

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The definitive biography of one of the most influential and controversial political figures of the Brexit age.

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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Sebastian Whale is the political editor of The House magazine. In February 2015, he started as a reporter for PoliticsHome and Total Politics after receiving an NCTJ diploma from the Press Association. He joined the political press lobby in June 2017. His interviews with leading politicians have received widespread pick-up across national publications. He has also been published in The Guardian, the New European and on the New Statesmans website. Born in 1991, Sebastian went to school in Derbyshire and studied at Kings College London.