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partisan and monumentally arrogant, John Bercow was already the most disreputable Commons speaker in modern times. Now the standards watchdog has found him guilty of bullying staff. Grumbling the inquiry was ‘unjust’ (rich given his contempt for fairness when trying to thwart Brexit), this tinpot tyrant will appeal. If he loses, he faces a life ban from Parliament – and no chance of a coveted peerage. that happy day can’t come too soon.