Reform UKs Nigel Farage has made his first speech in the House of Commons. Mr Farage received groans from opposition MPs when he referenced former Speaker John Bercow during his speech.
Mister Speaker-elect, thank you very much indeed. We are the new kids on the block. We have no experience in this parliament whatsoever, even though some of us have tried many times, over the years, previously, to get here.
So we can't judge you from working in this place, but we can judge you from the way the outside world sees you. I don't just mean the United Kingdom. I mean the world because prime minister's questions time is global box office politics. And it's pretty clear, everybody, that you act with great neutrality, that you have brought tremendous dignity to the role as speaker, so we absolutely endorse you entirely for this job. And it is, I must say, in marked contrast to the little man that was there before you and besmirched the office so dreadfully in doing his best to overturn the biggest democratic result in the history of the country.
We support you, sir, fully.
