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Forgive me for saying so,i do not mean to be offensive.This man was member of Monday Club.Now this club was vocal about repatriation of non-whites back to their homelands.This would have deported Mr.Bercow back to Israel.For in case you guys do not believe Jews to be Whites.I mean they are neither Nordic,neither Slavic,nor Anglo Saxon but a mixed breeds of some unknown khazar race according to researcher Arthur Koestler or whatever but they are not whites.Just because this guy has blond hair does not make him white.There are Chechen,Bosnians,Albanians,Kosovars,Pathans,Goranis and several Russian caucasian ethnic groups who are naturally blonde unlike jewish folkes who are blonde by thourough breeding but those Muslims are not categorized as whites because of their religion .Why was this guy pretending to be more white than the whites themselves.

--Yahoo (talk) 18:14, 24 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

In September 2006 John Bercow MP became a Patron of the Tory Reform Group (TimothyCrockford 15.04, 20 January 2007 (UTC))

I have edited this article extensively for four reasons:

• 1) Bercow was refered to as "John". This is inappropriate when writing an article about someone who most readers will not personally.
• 2) Bercow was refered to as being an Opposition Spokeperson - this is the wrong terminology.
• 3) The list of his appointments read like a shopping list.
• 4) It omited his clashes with IDS

(Steve 01:22, 1 October 2006 (UTC))

As a relatively new Wikipediast, I'm not sure of the etiquette for this, but is it appropriate to note that he is exceedingly short?

Have added his height as 5'6", sourced to times. It is appropriate, I believe.93.96.148.42 (talk) 17:56, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Appropriate for what purpose? We don't do this for any other MP, do we? We don't mention Hazel Blears' height, and she's tiny. Please look at WP:NOT to see what is considered worthy of inclusion here. Rodhullandemu 19:29, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Have reworded the expenses section, as it was very misleading - according to theyworkforyou.com, he's actually (relatively) very cheap.... Pentop (talk) 10:59, 20 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Why is he listed as the son of a "Jewish" taxi river instead of just a taxi driver? Is there some kudos attached to being a Jewish cabbie? (Aurumpotestasest (talk) 19:41, 22 June 2009 (UTC))[reply]

I think it's more to do with his Jewish descent then his taxi-driving descent ;) ninety:one 19:48, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Anything on his mother?--88.109.156.13 (talk) 19:51, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Is he Jewish? He may have a Jewish father, but this may not clinch the argument since under Jewish religous law your status is determined by your mother. It's surprising if this has never been mentioned since AFAIK there has never previously been a Jewish Speaker. PatGallacher (talk) 21:16, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

He was described this evening by David Cameron as the first speaker of "the Jewish faith".--Scott Mac (Doc) 21:27, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I can recall, he attends church on a regular basis... Let's leave out any mention of his religion until we get an official bio from the House. ninety:one 21:34, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

No need to wait. The sources are good.

• "Bercow becomes first Jewish speaker of UK House of Commons" (Jerusalem Post) [1]
• "Cameron rightly marks the "milestone" of Bercow being the "first person of Jewish faith" to be elected as Speaker." (The Spectator) [2]

--Scott Mac (Doc) 21:50, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Both are merely re-reporting what Cameron said, and the Mail has now hinted that he may in fact be athiest[3]. As I said, let us wait for some official statement from the House or similar. ninety:one^{(sch acct)} 10:49, 24 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've found a photo of Bercow from Flickr, and from what I understand Flickr photos can be used on articles. However, I am very new to Wikipedia, so I'm not sure if I'm right nor I am sure how to upload photographs. I thought to raise the photo here, in case it is appropriate and someone else could then maybe upload it instead.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lenaye/1505727645/ Renoti (talk) 20:18, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sadly the image is fully copyrighted. You could try asking the author though. ninety:one 20:22, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your response and advice. I would ask, but taking a look at the image permission process it looks awfully complicated, and I'm afraid I don't feel as yet confident enough to try it. Sorry about this. May I ask if any of the other Flickr photos of Bercow (http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=John%20Bercow&w=all) are ok? Renoti (talk) 20:29, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Again, no: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=John+Bercow&l=comm&ct=0&adv=1 Sorry! ninety:one 20:43, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry to have troubled. Thanks again. Renoti (talk) 20:46, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

What would be better, for Wikipedia and for its overall mission, would be for someone to take a picture of Bercow and release it as free content. Wikipedia improves, and the world gains more free content. Uncle G (talk) 23:16, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ask the people at the local WikiProject for Buckingham to search for him and take photos. Jolly Ω Janner 00:09, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

or e-mail BERCOWJ@parliament.uk Francium12 (talk) 18:05, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'll do my best, contacts etc. *taps nose* ninety:one 20:17, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

 Done Feel free to crop if you want. ninety:one 22:10, 29 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bercow was elected Speaker this evening and I am guessing some people who don't like him aren't too happy. Someone with IP 93.96.236.8 changed "Rumours of defection" to "Rumours of defecation" which seems can only be maliciously intended. I've changed it back. (Sorry I only realised afterwards I should have corrected it via "undo" rather than as a new minor edit). --Whimsical Oracle (talk) 20:41, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your work, but in general you don't need to post on the talk page if you're just undoing vandalism :) ninety:one 20:43, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This whole section is kinda original resreach. Anyone got any other sources?©Geni 21:14, 22 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

• It's somewhat disingenuous to describe Bercow as occupying 'joint first position' in terms of the Additional Costs Allowance. Looking at the 2007/2008 data he was one of 143 MPs who claimed the maximum and a further 86 were within 1% of the maximum. Pontificake (talk) 20:04, 23 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Bercow does not pronounce his name rhotically, neither does most of the press. It is pronounced /bɜːkəʊ/, without the r. I don't see why Wikipedia standards should dictate that British names be pronounced the American way. That's ludicrous. --77.211.177.171 (talk) 10:21, 6 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It's ber-co, I'm not going to piss about with that IPA nonsense, so spelt phonetically. ninety:one 17:31, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Neither of you appears to understand our transcription conventions. Please read the key we provide to explain it. kwami (talk) 18:07, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I understand it enough to be able to spend only five minutes decoding a six-letter name, but not enough to dare try to write one. And by the way, your edit summary was totally misleading: you did not undo my edit, rather you appear to have corrected the incorrect IPA symbols (thank you!). I shall assume it was accidental, but you must appreciate how that could be interpreted. And I'm not sure what the IP was on about. ninety:one 20:53, 17 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

from here : http://order-order.com/2009/06/19/friday-caption-contest-bercow-rangers-edition/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by HappyDudeThe MadTim (talk • contribs) 13:11, 31 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]