'Who does he think he is?' Farage BLASTS Bercow over furious rant against 'sexist' Boris
NIGEL Farage has hit out at "arrogant" John Bercow and called for the House Speaker to be "removed" from his position after he accused Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson of being "sexist" earlier today.
Farage slams John Bercow over Boris Johnson sexism row
Speaking on his LBC show, Nigel Farage claimed the latest reprimand to Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson proved the House of Commons' Speaker is incapable of being impartial and should not be representing the nation in Parliament.
Mr Farage said: “Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. It’s painful.
“I mean, let’s discuss in a minute whether or not what Boris did was sexist, but who does this person think he is?
“Is this the Messiah who’s come back to correct us all and put us on the right path?
“It is arrogant, it is stuck up, it is full of virtue signalling and, more importantly, he again and again and again, is incapable of being impartial.
“He clearly takes the other side of the argument. Just a few weeks ago I reported on this show a car sticker that was on the front of his range rover which said a nasty word about Brexit.
“He’s not impartial, my view is that it is time for him to be removed.
“In a year and two days we’re going to get back the independence of our nation and with it the sovereignty of people in this country and they will be represented in Parliament.
John Bercow RIPS into Boris Johnson for 'sexist' remark
Is this the Messiah who’s come back to correct us all and put us on the right path?
“Surely, a sovereign Parliament back in charge of our nation’s affairs deserves better than this.”
Boris Johnson was forced to apologise to shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry after he referred to her as “Baroness whatever-it-is” and “Lady Nugee”, her husband’s name.
Speaker Bercow interrupted the debate accusing the Foreign Secretary of “name-calling” and being “frankly sexist”.
He said: “We do not address people by the titles of their spouses.
“The Shadow Foreign Secretary has a name and it is not ‘Lady-something’ and it is inappropriate and frankly sexist to speak in those terms, and I’m not having this in this chamber.
“That is the end of the matter… it will not be allowed and you will be called out on it.”
Boris profusely apologised, saying: “May I crave your indulgence just to prostrate myself before you and to apologise for any inadvertent sexism or discourtesy that you may have deemed me to have been guilty of.
"And I heartily tender my apologies to the right honourable lady opposite if she was offended by what I said. I meant no harm, Mr Speaker and I apologise unreservedly if I have offended the feelings of the right honourable lady."