Conferences Quote by John Bercow

Many must think the House of Commons is completely bound by tradition when they see us at work in the Chamber - but nothing…

— Lindsay Hoyle

Conferences are just like the poor and the Democrats, they will always be with us.

— Will Rogers

We do not have time to play at "oppositions" at "conferences." We will keep our political opponents... whether open or disguised as "nonparty," in…

— Vladimir Lenin

Our partying was governed by licensing hours. When the pub or club shut, that would be it.

— Ian Gillan

The Commons is one of the most depressing and intellectually unstimulating places in the country. [On the state of British politics

— Clare Short

Using the commons as a cesspool does not harm the general public under frontier conditions, because there is no public, the same behavior in…

— Garrett Hardin

Now, national conventions are largely an excuse for companies and party leaders to throw parties for delegates to attend, to network and have a…

— Bob Barr

I'm impatient not with the House of Commons as an institution, but with the way in which it is operated. This doesn't prove I…

— Pierre Trudeau

Attending party political conferences is an expensive business. Simply purchasing a charity rate visitor pass, spending a night or two in a budget hotel…

— Wes Streeting

I couldn't have attended half the parties that I was supposed to have been to according to the newspapers. It bothers me.

— Calvin Klein

For far too long the House of Commons has been run as little more than a private club by and for gentleman amateurs.

— John Bercow

Anyone who's tuned in to the House of Commons TV coverage knows the benches are often empty. I like that. I'm a big fan…

— Victoria Coren Mitchell