John Bercow clashed with offical after trying to get his wife a front-row seat to Barack Obama speech

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EX-Commons speaker John Bercow clashed with Black Rod after trying to get his wife a front-row seat for a speech by Barack Obama.

Mr Bercows huge row with senior official David Leakey came during planning for the then-US Presidents address to Parliament.

Bercow was trying to get his wife a front row seat to a speech being given by Barack Obama when the incident occurred

Sally Bercow posed in front of the Houses of Parliament wearing a bedsheet

It is understood to be revealed in a confidential dossier submitted to Parliamentary authorities by Mr Leakey to prevent Mr Bercow being granted a peerage.

Mr Leakey said he experienced a verbal Bercow-bashing in 2011.

It came just months after Sally Bercow posed for a photo draped in a bedsheet by a hotel window with Parliament in the background.

Mr Bercow was told that even the Foreign Secretary William Hague had to sit in the second row.

The pair also had a bust-up over the visit of Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi the following year.

Ex-British military commander Mr Leakey submitted his formal complaint last month highlighting his bullying behaviour towards a number of

Parliamentary staff, including myself, over a period of years.

Mr Bercow responded that Mr Leakey was in absolutely no position whatsoever to comment on his relationships with colleagues.