It Wasn't Me

Funny how the Speaker's original statement on "

The John Bercow Guide to Understanding Women

" said "This article appeared in a magazine that specialised in being both funny and provocative. It in no way reflects the Speaker’s views today." He has

changed his tune

over the weekend though:

Commons Speaker John Bercow has insisted he was not the author of a guide to chatting up women. Press reports claiming he had penned The John Bercow Guide to Understanding Women were mistaken, he said. The guide, which included tips on luring drunk women, was published in a magazine for young Tories in 1986.

But Mr Bercow said in a statement it had been a parody of him at a time when he was chairman of the Federation of Conservative Students. According to press reports, the guide included the advice that "women will settle for anything that breathes and has a credit card". As a chat-up line, it suggested: "If you're free later maybe we could go back to your place and name your breasts.

This article was not written by me but about me, mocking the fact that I was the last person likely to express the sentiments cited in the piece.

The article was brought up again by the media last week after Mrs Bercow, the Speaker's wife, confessed in a press interview to binge drinking and casual sex when she was in her twenties."

Haha TB believes him but not sure many people will. He's looks like a bloody idiot either way.