John Bercow told MPs to hush and it went viral because he sounded so weird
Telling MPs to pipe down sounds like a good thing, except when House of Commons speaker John Bercow told our elected representatives to hush, it sounded, well, a bit terrifying.
John Bercow here, sounding like he’s been slain in a Megadrive game pic.twitter.com/NbXlwee6hG
— Richard Wheeler (@richard_kaputt) February 26, 2019
No wonder they looked a bit alarmed.
Why is he making that noise?
— David Baddiel (@Baddiel) February 26, 2019
He was trying to hush rowdy MPs who were chipping in as Theresa May answered a question – he's got a whole repertoire of such sounds
— Richard Wheeler (@richard_kaputt) February 26, 2019
And it reminded people of something.
It's pure Golden Axe pic.twitter.com/O32IE8A95n
— Richard Wheeler (@richard_kaputt) February 26, 2019
Very Streets of Rage II!
— Simon Fitzpatrick (@simonpatfitz) February 26, 2019
I don't know what a Megadrive is, but yes.
— Rt Hon Sir Peter Mannion KCB MP (@PeterMannionMP) February 26, 2019
— Damon Evans (@damocrat) February 26, 2019
And other things too.
Is john Bercow the Archers' sound effects machine? https://t.co/koq0QSS49g
— Will Gore (@willjgore) February 26, 2019
He sounds more like General Melchett from Blackadder Goes Forth every day. Mehhhh
— David M (@dmjaroka) February 26, 2019
To conclude …
https://twitter.com/tompeck/status/1100429177633816576