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FORMER Commons speaker John Bercow has been branded a “serial bully and liar” and banned from Parliament after an investigation found him guilty of bullying.
Parliament’s Independent Expert Panel has upheld the findings of an investigation into allegations of bullying against Mr Bercow.
The panel, which determines appeals and sanctions in cases where bullying complaints have been brought against MPs, said the original investigation’s findings proved that Mr Bercow has been a “serial bully and liar.”
The panel would have also recommended Mr Bercow’s expulsion from the House if he were still a sitting member, they said.
Mr Bercow, who stood down as speaker in 2019, appealed to the panel against the findings of an investigation by parliamentary standards commissioner Kathryn Stone. But the panel upheld the 21 allegations against Mr Bercow from three complainants relating to the period 2009 to 2014.
Mr Bercow called the investigation a “travesty of justice” which “brings shame on the House of Commons.”
Ms Stone said she was “grateful to the panel for their detailed and considered report regarding the conduct of Mr Bercow.”
