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26 March 2012updated 07 Sep 2021 11:31am

Picture of the day: Cameron glares at Bercow

The PM was not amused by the Speaker's address to the Queen.

By George Eaton

The PM was not amused by the Speaker’s address to the Queen.{C}

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Here’s the look of contempt David Cameron gave John Bercow as the Commons Speaker addressed the Queen at Westminster Hall. “You are a kaleidoscope Queen of a kaleidoscope country in a kaleidoscope commonwealth,” Bercow declared, to Cameron’s evident displeasure.

As Bercow concluded, Ed Miliband reportedly turned to Cameron and said “great speech”, a comment that the PM simply “ignored”.

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