Stop treating each other as enemies, Speaker John Bercow tells British Parliament

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LONDON (REUTERS) - Britain's parliamentary speaker John Bercow told lawmakers on Thursday (Sept 26) to stop treating each other as enemies after a day when several criticised the rhetoric of Prime Minister Boris Johnson for deepening division in the country.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

LONDON - Britain's parliamentary Speaker John Bercow told lawmakers on Thursday to stop treating each other as enemies after a day when several criticised the rhetoric of Prime Minister Boris Johnson for deepening division in the country."There was an atmosphere in the chamber worse than any I have known in the 22 years in the House... The culture was toxic," Bercow said in Parliament.

"May I just ask... colleagues please to lower the decibel level and to treat each other as opponents and not as enemies."

 

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