Bercow should heed the words of Speaker Lenthall

"May it please your Majesty that I have neither eyes to see nor tongue to speak such as this House shall direct me"

These are the words that Speaker Lenthall uttered when he stood up to Charles I when he tried to arrest Cromwell. Bercow would do well to remember this in the coming weeks and months ahead - he is the servant of the House, not its master.

Bercow's role is to be an enabler and to ease the transition of the House into transparency. He should be doing his work behind the scenes like any good negotiator. A nudge here and a stern word there are what he should be doing.

Neither is his role to reconnect Parliament and the public. Quite frankly it is the role of the political parties and the politicians to reengage with the voter.