As the government's solicitor-general, Robert Buckland, noted wrily after Monday's ruling: "This speaker has made his name for being interventionist and innovative in many ways." But since May's Conservative Party lost its majority in 2017, and as Brexit has become entangled in the weeds of parliamentary procedure, Bercow's influence has soared. "I say to very senior members who, from a sedentary position, are chuntering really very inanely: Do try to grow up!" The speaker's role is politically impartial, meaning Bercow has given up his allegiance to May's Conservative Party. "I think I can safely say that I have never lost a wink of sleep over any work-related matter.

Source: bd News24 March 19, 2019 15:56 UTC