Former Speaker of the House of Commons and Conservative MP John Bercow has said he was the victim of antisemitic jibes from Tories.

In an interview with the Sunday Times Magazine ahead of this week’s publication of his outspoken memoirs Unspeakable, he said in 22 years in the House of Commons he had never encountered antisemitism at the hands of Labour.

“But I did experience antisemitism from members of the Conservative Party,” he said.

“A lot was subtle. I remember a member saying, ‘If I had my way, Berkoff, people like you wouldn’t be allowed in this place’.”

When he challenged the MP over whether he meant because he was Jewish or working class, the man replied, “Both”.

Mr Bercow said his membership of the right-wing Monday Club as a student had been an “appalling decision”.

"Here I was, a Jewish boy … sidling up to racists," he said.

The former Speaker, who stepped down before the election in December, previously said that he did not believe Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was personally antisemitic.

He was elected as a Conservative in 1997 before he became Speaker in 2009.