John Bercow aims to stay on as Speaker to oversee Brexit process

John Bercow was elected Speaker in 2009, and said at the time he would stand down within nine years.John Bercow is planning to stay on as Speaker of the House of Commons until after the UK leaves the European Union in order to oversee the “challenging” period when MPs will thrash out Brexit laws.Bercow will resist attempts to topple him by critical Conservative MPs as he believes the Commons needs an experienced parliamentarian in the role to supervise “very complicated and hig