If you want to understand the roots of British Parliamentary Behaviour, let me highlight just one detail for you. There is a huge, twohanded golden mace in the centre of the room. It belongs to the monarch, and if it isn't in place, NO BUSINESS CAN BE CONDUCTED. Its gaudy, flamboyant, antiquated, and entirely impractical... and makes very little sense, but we will never change it because it has so much character.
@@aleph8888 - It depends. Presidential democracies, as used in Belarus, the US and virtually all of the Americas (excluding Canada), don't separate the two. A president is effectively an elected absolute monarch. That's why Presidential democracies are subject to a high risk of falling into dictatorship. Some countries, like France, do have Presidents but they're more like elected constitutional monarchs. The power in those nations are vested in Parliament and the Prime Minister. While Macron is the head of the nation, Castex is the head of the government. But sometimes things are a little blurred. As head of a nation, people like Macron shouldn't be the ones attending summits. It should be the heads of government.
@@daviddavies3637 Well, France isn’t really the best example of a republic where head of government and head of state are separate. Yes they have a prime minister, but the French prime minister, unlike in most other republics with a parliamentary system, is under the president’s direct authority. France’s rather unique form of government is basically a middle ground between Presidential republics and parliamentary republics, referred to as a semi-presidential system. A better example of a republic where head of state and head of government is definitively separate would be Germany
You beat me to the punch! I'm British, though live in the US, and I've never forgotten that line. Sometimes I think the hardest decision for MP's must be which of the THIRTY or so bars to choose from. And then there is this observer.com/2016/10/booze-at-the-palace-british-parliaments-30-bars-for-thirsty-mps/ Not so much the Mother of all Parliaments as the Melon Farmer I fear.
Parliament is where countries usually send their idiots so the UK really is the mother of all parliaments . I still have hope the system can improve though .
@@Valencetheshireman927 Improve, in what way? Would you rather have a president that everyone has to agree with and no question time? It is not pretty at times but it is entertaining.
@@Valencetheshireman927 Terribly Sorry. But possibly the orange nightmare and the silly tied PM could do an MMA PPV "big event" "The biggest history has seen" lol
@@RobRidleyLive I didn't know until recently (through watching John Oliver) that British TV can't show footage like this one from Parliament, because it could obviously be used for comedy. Thank God American TV isn't held to this ridiculous constraint, because that was bloody hilarious.
Boris carefully messes up his hair before he goes on camera or in public. He knows his image as a hilarious fop helps him. He can be genuinely charming and funny, and that combined with his carefully cultivated image lets him get people off their guard, let's him distract them from things he'd rather not talk about. There is a clip where some reporters were waiting outside his house, wanting to questiom him about some issue that had people angry at him. He came out with a tray laden with cups of tea for them, and within 30 seconds had them all laughing and talking about other things. He's a clever, manipulative guy. Born for politics, really. Just a shame his Brexit goals are so repugnant.
@@basketcase6999 He might be referring to the probable results of Johnson apparently heading for a no-deal Brexit, which would push the country into a crisis. Taking into account all those expert predictions - medicine shortages, economic crisis... - the decision to go through with a no-deal Brexit would probably stack up an actual bodycount
Some IRA fools are still there.. but I think the majority of Northern Ireland’s people are sensible now so they won’t want to return to the old battle lines of the past .
If this is your first time seeing a clip of John Bercow, Speaker of the House of Commons, do yourself a favour and search up some more. "For far too long the House of Commons has been run as little more than a private club by and for gentleman amateurs."
their behaviour in the house comes from their school days at Eton and Harrow. Their entire parliamentary hierarchy follows exactly how they acted in school
To be fair, those of us with a sense of humor make fun of our own government just as much. And your parliament looks so much more chaotic and hilariously bluntly insulting to itself that it's delightful.
@@Valencetheshireman927 aye, trump is a joke that got stale but keeps on going, we in the UK rip on our Government constantly, mocking it where we can (Mock the week does it plenty)
Eileen Farrar What? How am I a Russian troll? I’m American. I’m just saying facts. Just live your life. Trump being in office isn’t going to effect your life. And other presidents in the future. Trust me, I used I be like you. Always talking about politics. It’s gonna get you nowhere. You will still have to pay taxes and life sucks for most Americans.
@@yodaiam6996 Yeah and we can't lie on our tax forms or in court or slander or libel people or yell fire in a crowded theatre, or call ourselves medical doctors or police officers without the right accreditation, or reveal military secrets unauthorised. Doesn't it suck not to have free expression just because saying and writing things designed to cause deception, ruin or endangerment of persons can somehow ever be criminal?
@Dan Smith I hate to break it to you, but if you check out the BBC iplayer, you will see there is a Parliament TV channel. Also you can watch debates live online on the parliament.uk site. Not to mention if you want there is also Hansard which is a written record of the house debates. So we have plenty of access to British Parliament.
Donald might not even be there. He hasn't won a seat in the house. He'd have to debate. He wouldn't hold the insulated position that the American president has.
This didn’t age well. Johnson and the Conservative party returned with a massive majority and Brexit was achieved with a deal. How are your politics going in the US ?
@@jamesduffy7549 this is not poking fun it would be poking fun if his audience was 50/50 but they are not so this is pure sneering to keep his audience on side.
ORRRDUHHHhhhhh!!! The President will immediately decease from behaving like a spoiled toddler and try to act his age or he shall have his Twitter privileges removed!!!
As a Brit, our politics to me looks normal. But then you compare it to America's and put in on a late night talk show, then it becomes bloody hilarious 😂😂😂
I think he was referring to Margaret Thatcher being elected Prime Minister--most Americans in my experience consider the Prime Minister to be the head of state for the UK because of the similarity with the office of President.
We’re not taught about Parliament in American schools; so the confusion between head of state (the Queen) and head of government (the PM) is understandable. Only reason I understand Parliament is because I lived in Australia from 1989-1991, and HM Australian Government uses the Westminster system. Queen Elizabeth is also the Queen of Australia, although Australia is an independent country-Australia CHOOSES to have Queen Elizabeth serve as head of state,
Mal McKee True-and I expect he does. His main job though, is relevant comedy in his monologues, and for something to be funny it has to be first understood. I have my doubts about how many Americans know the difference between the British Isles (geographical location) and the UK (a union of 4 distinct nations). This distinction isn’t helped along by the fact that it’s residents call themselves British, Britons, English, Welsh, Scots/Scottish, Irish, Liverpudlians, Londoners...depending upon who you speak to.
Mal McKee I agree with you about repeating incorrect information, but its a trade-off. Colbert can’t be funny without making the jokes understandable to as many people as possible, nor does he have unlimited time in which to make the joke. He can’t give a dissertation before each joke. As to the multiple ways to refer to people in Britain, well, that is a problem very common to multi-ethnic and/or immigrant nations that do not restrict freedom of expression. China is multi-ethnic, too, but the government insists on referring almost everyone as “Chinese,” even if they are not Han Chinese. In immigrant multi-ethnic nations like the USA, UK, Canada, Australia to name just a few, you get hyphenated people. I can call myself at least 6 different things: Irish-American, Jewish-American, Australian-American, Pennsylvanian, Pittsburgher, and Philadelphian-due to triple-citizenry (US, AUS, IRE), ethno-religious group, and places I’ve called home. This is not an ambiguity that occurs in repressive nations.
Mal McKee Agreed. Many Americans magically become Irish every March 17th. I actually am; I was born in the US, but my paternal grandma was born in County Galway, making me eligible for Irish citizenship. I also lived in Australia for several years as kid, and I became an Australian citizen at that time.
Omg do the Brits broadcast these meetings, and if so how do we watch in the States? That was gold, I was honestly waiting to to see a physical confrontation. Bravo UK 👏
Every time they sit. Search for Parliament live on You Tube, the Parliament Live Website , and 'papers like the Guardian also stream important debates live and their entirety. On these sites you wont get talking heads droning on just the proceedings. Next important debate should be on Monday as Johnson will be attempting again to force a General Election which is remarkable in itself or, if he is still Prime Minister and hasn't shutdown the Commons early (the reason for much of the Opposition's fury) then on Wed at noon he'll be taking Prime Ministers Questions where you can see him try to bluster and bluff his way out of an hour of tough questioning. If you are lucky it will be as a risible a performance as his first one. :)
@@WeeAlYerHibbyPal The MP's have blocked ole Boris in his attempt to get a snap election And its not just the opposition who are up in arms against him, its also a contingent within his own party, and even his brother has resigned in protest
The distance between the two sides of parliament is the length of two swords. It was to stop opposition MPs from stabbing each other. Going from one side to the other is known as "Crossing Swords".
@@kanedNunable Yeah, I see on TV, what is it -- 600 MPs? -- crammed into such a small space. Other Parliaments give each member their own comfortable seat, with console and everything.
@@lawrencedoliveiro9104 they aren't there to live a life of luxury though, their purpose is to serve the people that elected them. They don't need to be pampered to do that.
@@SusseBo Yes it is indeed politically correct of those people who hijack threads online (usually Russian trolls lately, huge explosion of it last week which is strange) to change the subject randomly on to defending something people do (financially supporting the meat industry in this case) against critics because it offends you but you don't want to either ignore or counter-argue like an adult. That's what the term is used to mean by everyone except the kind of idiot who throws it around in a way that makes it pointless as a term because it then just means "any social or political opinion that I don't like for any reason", and obviously you're not an idiot so it must be the former... It is indeed politically correct for all the whiny baby snowflakes who don't like the fact that anyone criticises the ethics of certain food purchasing decisions to moan about the fact that those critisisms exist at all instead of ignoring them or explaining what's wrong with the substance of their argument. I just wonder what prompted Putin to send his troll army after fricking vegetarianism of all things at this specific time. All the TH-cam thread hijackings just to talk about this come across as so weirdly obsessed with hurt feelings over the mere existence of vegetarianism that it's not even just hilariously unrealistic, it's crossed over into self-parody.
After three years on the continent watching the great theatre on the island off our coast, the enthusiasm for work parliaments like in Stockholm (where even clapping is unusual) or for the extremely bureaucratic parliament in Berlin is growing. The House of Commons has the stage quality of a Shakespeare play, but with the fact that they gave up power to the audience with the Brexit referendum, the actors don't get along well at all.
Living Scotland I see Bercow do this on a regular basis and Colbert has it spot on! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 guys you should tune into one of these heated debates! It will make you laugh if nothing else!
@#1 tricycle mechanic The point of crossing the aisle is that both parties should be able to negotiate and compromise with each other, that's what politics is about. Not shouting or fearmongering, it's about reasoned discussion and debate, which will lead to people crossing the aisle in both directions.
L W the thing is the current Republicans are moderates at best. That’s shows just how left the Democrats are now. The Republicans not crossing the aisle should tell you how bad the Democrats are now for the USA. I’m a constitutionalists and we don’t compromise on the constitution. The Democrats want to destroy the Republic make it another failed communist nation just so they can feel better about themselves or retain the power they have acquired.
QuickDrawWP Welp, some Democrats have a solution for you - reinterpret the Constitution to either remove or add rights that were not intended by the framers.
His predecessor (the one before that actually) Betty Boothroyd was *the* best Speaker ever. Great fun, an ex-Tiller Girl (IIRC - one of those burlesque dance troupes anyway) and she never took any crap from anyone. Like a much loved strict but fair headmistress :-D She was also Chancellor of my uni and I graduated in her final year on the job, so I got to meet her! A genuinely wonderful woman and still much loved by those of us old enough to remember her as Speaker or as an MP. Can't say that about many other MPs! Bercow is ok, but he can be quite divisive.
Bercow is fantastic. When the dreadful May invited Trump over for a state visit, Bercow made sure that he was not going to be invited to address parliament. Bercow also prevented May from ignoring what parliament was saying and just repeatedly bringing her rejected Brexit deal back for another vote. The Queen in parliament is sovereign and Bercow makes sure that the government knows it.
@Darth Wheezius He is also allowing a Russian oligarch invest 200 million in his state for an aluminum mining plant which they let the EPA loosen regulations to aid this company. There's more goi,g on behind the scenes with Moscow Mitch AND Rand Paul the other Kentucky Senator behind the approval of this Russian aluminum plant. Coincidentally isn't aluminum and steel part of what this China tariff war was started over. Well those tariffs allow the Russian plant in Kentucky compete with the Chinese??? HMMM I smell something coming from Kentucky and it stinks. Moscow Mitch may be offended so bad from the title because now he can't pass laws that keep helping the Russian plant in Kentucky without raising red flags. I wonder how many family members got jobs or contracts with that aluminum plant/factory?
I think it was Robert Conquest who said that a big part of the problem with our legislature is that the two parties don't face each other. The layout of the House and Senate are essentially designed to foster bloviation rather than attempting to talk to one's political opponents and bring them to one's side.
@@bosstowndynamics5488 There are *very* few political parties out there that allow their members the kind of freedom of expression the US Democrats and Republicans do. In Europe speaking out against, say, your party's official candidate for President or Prime Minister (like many Republicans did when Trump won the primaries) would get you kicked out within seconds.
@@bosstowndynamics5488 it's actually a bit more nuanced. If you look up his voting record you'll find he is was one of the senators most positive to white house proposals. But then ofc, when he occationally did disagree, he really went to town
that man is the house is supposed to be neutral ground in parliament, a very responsible position in which order is maintained and not allowed to fall into the debacle you just witnessed he was clearly biased to the left and was slammed for it by joe public.
@seba nasir6599 It’s hard to understand how this is the real House of Commons and NOT some comedy group doing a parody of it! You almost expect him to start doing a Silly Walk or something...
John Bercow is a treasure, his tie game is (in my probably incorrect opinion) on point, and he is, from where I'm sat, a fantastic Speaker of the House of Commons. I wonder if, once he's left the office of Speaker (he's been rumoured to be looking at retirement), Great Britain could let us borrow him? He'd show the spineless twits of our legislature what-for in a hurry.
No, sorry, if Bercow ever retires (personally I think we should vote to have him stated as speaker indefinitely), he'll be preserved as a national treasure. You can't have him!
@@Coldheart322 Ah well, worth asking. We'll have to find someone else to wake up the representatives snoozing at the back of the House then. Our government could use some people like Bercow, and unfortunately the United States isn't quite the right environment for producing people like him.
@TheRenaissanceman65 He is only an embarrassment to the people who want him to act on their behalf, and not as an impartial speaker. It's funny how people are willing to call someone impartial when they go against their interests. Surely if Bercow didn't allow the motion to block a No Deal, he could be called impartial against the MP putting forward that motion? The reason Boris and Co want to discredit Bercow is they don't control him, and no one should. I think the only national embarrassment atm is Boris. Not looking good for him losing 21 party members in a single day, and failing to get his snap GE through.
Whatever he decides to retire, there should be a Best Of video collection of him telling off members of the Parliament. It won't be the same without him.
@TheRenaissanceman65 Why do you think Corbyn is afraid of a GE? It's pretty much assured at this stage, given that the Tories have no majority in the House. But I guess you missed the part where Corbyn said about getting the anti-No Deal bill passed first, THEN have a GE. It was a nice attempt by Boris, but thankfully no one fell for it.
John Bercow (ORDER) is an absolute gift! He makes British politics bearable. If you want to smile, just look up compilations of his greatest put downs! "Don't need any assistance from a junior minister. An absurd proposition!" - John Bercow
@@denadear In the UK, all speakers resign form their parties and become independents when they are elected to the Chair. Deputy Speakers can stay in their party, although they still do not vote or take part in debates, even when not presiding over the House.
I say, we're dreadfully sorry about that whole "Declaration of Independence" thing. Can we have a do-over? The Mango Mussolini would have to go back to reality TV, each U.S. American could choose from your inventory of delightful accents, and we could get single-payer health care. In return, we have a rather nice Navy, so Britannia could rule the waves again. What say you? ;)
Wish our conservatives had a backbone to stand up against their corrupt party for the good of the country and the good of our people. Time to step up and do better America, or admit that our government is awful, and that all of the hate we receive throughout the world is justified because we have allowed this corruption to ruin our country
@Devofone >Held accountable by the public. As a Brit, I'm not sure of that. Held accountable by the public? Preposterous! They've got money coming in from Rupert Murdoch and Russian real estate owners, and you think that they're still accountable to us? In America, the rich fund interest groups which fund the rich's political allies. In Britain, they just cut the middleman and get declared a peer for life. That's right - being rich enough gets you a seat in the British equivalent of the Senate. Not just that, but there are hereditary lords there too! And we have a monarch! Still think we're a democratic country?
Well, they are all in favor of the policies Trump proposes (with the exception of trade), like the tax cut they passed, the military budget they choose to spend on, the social safety net they choose to cut. They just don’t like his behavior and wanted him to be a more “polished” conservative. Other than that, Rep. Amash is the only Congressman who actually stood up by actually changing his political affiliation not just saying “I like most of his stuff, just his tweeting needs to pull back a bit,” and risking his re-election chances for that bit on the impeachment issue.
@Devofone I don't know, Brexit also got lots of help from the Russians. It's just that you can't impeach Britain leaving the EU, really. If not, well...
Muslims occasionally invoke 'the Prophet's beard' as an intensifier, but it sounds quite like 'the Prophet's beer'. Maybe Steve and Muhammad should open a pub.
Isn't it bizarre how both the US and UK are now each united in name only and have questionable, old money, blow hards with exceptionally dodgy blonde hair as leader? Like the parallels have become eerie.
I was watching the live stream of the House of Commons yesterday. It is in fact a million times more entertaining to listen to them speak than our own politics
No way Trump would survive Question Time - a mandatory 2 hour 4x a week televised Q&A session where the opposition MPs get to ask him questions effectively under oath.
I started listening to those on BBC when Blair was PM. "Will the Right Honorable gentleman agree with me, that the physical condition of the Council Houses in the majority of this country are beyond deplorable, and that..."
Well nowadays the opposition asks questions and the PM does everything possible to not give any sort of answer, instead he/she strikes back at the opposition for their views
True, the Queen has been the Head of State since 1952 when she acceded the throne, but strictly speaking wasn't crowned (and anointed as Head of the Church of England) until 1953.
John Bercow has done nothing for the country as a biased parliamentarian who sides with those who look like they will win. A supposedly neutral speaker is not what he is at all.
He’s been called up for bullying junior staff multiple times. He’s a fat privileged bigoted idiot. Whose your other national treasure, Peter Sutcliffe.
Technically, a PM in the UK is not head of state. They are the Prime Minister (prime helper/ assistant) of the head of state which is the monarch. They are the head of the government (the cabinet, the executive) which in America is referred to as the "administration" as the US Congress is called the "government".
@@fallenangels611 sometimes he's too good to shut someone down. I'm unaware of his standing politically or his biases but he's just too good sometimes.
The UK never elected a female head of state. The head of state in the UK is the Monarch. The UK has had several female heads of state in their history. In 1979 the UK elected their first female head of government.
@farenheit041 surely not, but existing doesnt make something natural and everything that doesnt exist is supernatural ... a table is not natural either ... all the things i listed are created by the human mind, well not all, at least not as broadly as i described them, social structures can be found in animals too, but forms of government not really, you can find hierarchie, but thats not the same ... i´ll try to be more specific ... a family member of the bush family can stay relevant just by virtue of being part of that, why? Because we placed systems that work in favor of those with money, they buy themselfes in good schools, make important contacts and we never get rid of them again ... i dont think thats inherently human, people who already were in power really really didnt want to give that up, so in ohdaa to accomplish that, they thought how they could create the system in a way that benefits them ... being greedy might be a human trait, but i doubt its inherent
@@andmos1001 in fairness Elizabeth I became 100% head of state almost a hundred years before we had a civil war establishing the primacy of parliament, so trenton had a point
Daniel R it means that in everything but names the PM is head of state and are responsible for the day to day agenda of the government. The PM is acting as an chosen leader on the monarchs behalf
I'm glad he's gone. He was anti-Democratic, didn't support the people. A foul little self-important man and his wife is as odious. Perhaps the US will accept these understains on the parliament
most of the Tory party went to the same boarding (Public) schools and this behaviour is simply carrying on the same traditions that they had in those school common rooms
@@dougclark9921 Several of those PMs were Labour... Have you noticed that Comrade Corbyn went to a very smart grammar school too? Whilst living in a very nice 17th century manor?
As Brit, living in Canada, I am having so much fun with all the wonderful comments about Boorish Johnson, but the Bollocking given by the Speaker of the House was epic. This is one of my favourite Colbert segments.💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
There are PLENTY of us English trying our best to stay in the EU. I have been to several different protests in Bristol and London to make my voice heard, which is about all I can do sadly.
@@ashleysmith1276 As are plenty of us Welsh, including Plaid Cymru. I live in a constituency that voted remain, it's sad when we are overlooked by people who break down the areas to the size that fits their agenda.
Well, then they should just Scoxit and Nixit from the UK. Followed by a Scontry to EU and NIntry through uNIfication with ROI. Then only Wales would prevent a complete UKollapse and rebrand Wales + England as Wangland.
OrddddddddddddddddAAAAAARRRRRR. Be a good boy and behave yourself.
Bercow. My hero!
@@cinne2135 ...he for sure has balls, something others lack ??? :-)
@@Anouk129 He's the man! Been watching Parliament the last three years or so. He's a legend. Bercow, Britsh OG. Lol!
Parliament has always been far more entertaining than Congress.
If you want to understand the roots of British Parliamentary Behaviour, let me highlight just one detail for you. There is a huge, twohanded golden mace in the centre of the room. It belongs to the monarch, and if it isn't in place, NO BUSINESS CAN BE CONDUCTED. Its gaudy, flamboyant, antiquated, and entirely impractical... and makes very little sense, but we will never change it because it has so much character.
'MIDLIFE CRISIS DRACO MALFOY'?! I'M SO MAD THAT NO-ONE'S SAID THAT BEFORE!
That's because it would send all the Malfoy's beliebers into world ending rage.
I feel like John Oliver has
@@edoardoprevelato6577 Since when does malfoy have beliebers?
@@CooperAATE possibly but still
@@PurpleandBlackNails ever since fanfiction has been a thing.
The British PM isn't head of state, they're the head of the government.
Other than the US and France most countries separate the two.
aleph8888 they separate it in France too
@@aleph8888 - It depends. Presidential democracies, as used in Belarus, the US and virtually all of the Americas (excluding Canada), don't separate the two. A president is effectively an elected absolute monarch. That's why Presidential democracies are subject to a high risk of falling into dictatorship. Some countries, like France, do have Presidents but they're more like elected constitutional monarchs. The power in those nations are vested in Parliament and the Prime Minister. While Macron is the head of the nation, Castex is the head of the government.
But sometimes things are a little blurred. As head of a nation, people like Macron shouldn't be the ones attending summits. It should be the heads of government.
@Graham, King of the Britons! It was, before the flaws of presidential democracies took over.
@@daviddavies3637 Well, France isn’t really the best example of a republic where head of government and head of state are separate. Yes they have a prime minister, but the French prime minister, unlike in most other republics with a parliamentary system, is under the president’s direct authority. France’s rather unique form of government is basically a middle ground between Presidential republics and parliamentary republics, referred to as a semi-presidential system. A better example of a republic where head of state and head of government is definitively separate would be Germany
Order! Order!
Behave yourself!
Be a good boy, Donnie!
Oh, if only...
Ηe would teach him a good lesson on how to behave.
The UK is like the ex you now realize was the one.
jo pump go away
jo pump orderrrrr!! Behave now ! Be a good boy!
@@jopump9907 ...... order order youuuuu be quieeeet and be a gooood boy or leaaave pleaaaaaase!!
I love that the Americans are finally discovering the delightful Hon. John Bercow
@Alistair Fairweather
After Monty Python, it was just a matter of time before catching wind of this “git”.
Jon Oliver did a ridiculous Segway on that dude... hilariously mind boggling
@@mmb628jr2 Jon Oliver is a gem
Bercow is the best!
I watched the clip three times already. He's fabulous!
RIP to the great Robin Williams who accurately described British politics as "Congress with a Two Drink Minimum"
You beat me to the punch! I'm British, though live in the US, and I've never forgotten that line. Sometimes I think the hardest decision for MP's must be which of the THIRTY or so bars to choose from. And then there is this observer.com/2016/10/booze-at-the-palace-british-parliaments-30-bars-for-thirsty-mps/ Not so much the Mother of all Parliaments as the Melon Farmer I fear.
Parliament is where countries usually send their idiots so the UK really is the mother of all parliaments . I still have hope the system can improve though .
@@Valencetheshireman927 Improve, in what way? Would you rather have a president that everyone has to agree with and no question time? It is not pretty at times but it is entertaining.
@@Valencetheshireman927 Terribly Sorry. But possibly the orange nightmare and the silly tied PM could do an MMA PPV "big event" "The biggest history has seen" lol
@@RobRidleyLive I didn't know until recently (through watching John Oliver) that British TV can't show footage like this one from Parliament, because it could obviously be used for comedy. Thank God American TV isn't held to this ridiculous constraint, because that was bloody hilarious.
that call to order is the most British thing I've ever witnessed
You haven't witnessed many British things, have you?
What?
You should see us arguing about making tea!!!
Sorry. I am apologising for no reason because I am British.
@@garethhanby Sorry, but aren't you Canadian?
Trump: I spend an hour in combing my hair to look like this
Boris: I woke up looking like this
@Cliff Hanley He practices for hours in front of a picture of Worzel Gummidge.
Boris carefully messes up his hair before he goes on camera or in public. He knows his image as a hilarious fop helps him. He can be genuinely charming and funny, and that combined with his carefully cultivated image lets him get people off their guard, let's him distract them from things he'd rather not talk about.
There is a clip where some reporters were waiting outside his house, wanting to questiom him about some issue that had people angry at him. He came out with a tray laden with cups of tea for them, and within 30 seconds had them all laughing and talking about other things.
He's a clever, manipulative guy. Born for politics, really. Just a shame his Brexit goals are so repugnant.
James Bennett What’s repugnant about them?
@@basketcase6999 He might be referring to the probable results of Johnson apparently heading for a no-deal Brexit, which would push the country into a crisis. Taking into account all those expert predictions - medicine shortages, economic crisis... - the decision to go through with a no-deal Brexit would probably stack up an actual bodycount
Yes, Boris has mastered the ‘likeable, bumbling Toff’ routine, and it’s got him far. It’s intended to be disarming, and it works.
Please don’t underestimate the impact on the peace in Northern Ireland....it’s a balance
The impact on Northern Ireland is small fry. There won't be a big resurgence in terrorism
Some IRA fools are still there.. but I think the majority of Northern Ireland’s people are sensible now so they won’t want to return to the old battle lines of the past .
J 19 they didn’t want it back then either, but they got it. It only takes a small number of people.
@@orangetack1099 tell that to the 70s and 80s...
it was a faux issue dragged up by EU puppets ROI ... they also tried using Spain and France.. all failed to block Brexit ..
If this is your first time seeing a clip of John Bercow, Speaker of the House of Commons, do yourself a favour and search up some more.
"For far too long the House of Commons has been run as little more than a private club by and for gentleman amateurs."
their behaviour in the house comes from their school days at Eton and Harrow. Their entire parliamentary hierarchy follows exactly how they acted in school
@@loquayrocks Can confirm. Public school is very much like that.
@@BadgerUKvideo Here here!
@@ruialexandre6197 It's "hear hear"
My MP certainly didn't go to any posh school just a normal State school. A hard working girl, who has my backing to stop a no deal Brexit.
It's even better when you consider that one of the Tory MP's that resigned was Jo Johnson, Boris's brother.
OMG 😃 that means a by-election well at least he will get his election before October.
That was later, but yes. Bozzymandias is 23 seats from a majority, as far as I can see.
Great headline opportunity "JoJo Leaves BoJo"
@@pattiebell3657 No by-election, he is standing down at the next general election. He resigned from the Cabinet immediately.
And Corbyn was dragged through the mud by his brother.
When the Americans make fun of us and they have trump
To be fair, those of us with a sense of humor make fun of our own government just as much. And your parliament looks so much more chaotic and hilariously bluntly insulting to itself that it's delightful.
The British parliament is more hilarious than Trump because at this point Trump is an unfunny joke .
@@Valencetheshireman927 aye, trump is a joke that got stale but keeps on going, we in the UK rip on our Government constantly, mocking it where we can (Mock the week does it plenty)
TXM far better then Hillary
Johnson born in New York. Just saying.
Yeah, but it you yell ORDER at trump he's likely to ask for a big mac and fries.
Loll
Top marks for that comment Lesh4537.
And he'd want it super-sized. 🙄
😂😂😂😂
👏👏
Ah, even a US audience knows to boo Boris. Well, I suppose you've had plenty of experience with spotting egocentric incompetence.
I was thinking the same lol
Not enough of us, obviously.
Yes, now if we could convince the rest of them that they are being duped by Trump.
Holly B Your life won’t change when trump is in office and out. When will you people realize this? It’s pointless when it comes to politics here.
Eileen Farrar What? How am I a Russian troll? I’m American. I’m just saying facts. Just live your life. Trump being in office isn’t going to effect your life. And other presidents in the future. Trust me, I used I be like you. Always talking about politics. It’s gonna get you nowhere. You will still have to pay taxes and life sucks for most Americans.
I’m British (Scottish) and Stephen’s impression of Bercow at the end made me laugh so hard I nearly coughed up a lung. So damn funny. 😂
My god I love how the brits can express themselves
As Useless Idiots?
You'll want to look up Malcolm Tucker from the Thick of It......
Except we can’t because we’ll get done for hate speech
@@yodaiam6996 only if you are a racist twat, Muppethead!
@@yodaiam6996 Yeah and we can't lie on our tax forms or in court or slander or libel people or yell fire in a crowded theatre, or call ourselves medical doctors or police officers without the right accreditation, or reveal military secrets unauthorised. Doesn't it suck not to have free expression just because saying and writing things designed to cause deception, ruin or endangerment of persons can somehow ever be criminal?
What I wouldn't give to hear our Speaker of the House talk to Donnie that way.
"Now listen here you stupid orange faced git..."
@Dan Smith I hate to break it to you, but if you check out the BBC iplayer, you will see there is a Parliament TV channel. Also you can watch debates live online on the parliament.uk site. Not to mention if you want there is also Hansard which is a written record of the house debates. So we have plenty of access to British Parliament.
She won't. Her donors wouldn't allow it.
Dan, you've been "prorogued".
Donald might not even be there. He hasn't won a seat in the house. He'd have to debate. He wouldn't hold the insulated position that the American president has.
This didn’t age well. Johnson and the Conservative party returned with a massive majority and Brexit was achieved with a deal. How are your politics going in the US ?
No need to get your knickers in a twist. It's a sad life if you can't laugh at yourself sometimes
@Balla yes, laugh away. This clip is just a yank poking some fairly harmless fun, who cares?
I’m bri’ish
@@jamesduffy7549 this is not poking fun it would be poking fun if his audience was 50/50 but they are not so this is pure sneering to keep his audience on side.
@@solomonstemplers yes it is, it's fine. Don't be so sensitive for crying out loud
ORRRDUHHHhhhhh!!! The President will immediately decease from behaving like a spoiled toddler and try to act his age or he shall have his Twitter privileges removed!!!
@Syed Humza Reza I wouldn't mind him being deceased either.
@Syed Humza Reza actually i think i meant desist haha ... decease works so much better though this context
Freudian Slip Deceased?
Ererere
Syed Humza Reza I think the word he was going for is desist?
As a Brit, our politics to me looks normal. But then you compare it to America's and put in on a late night talk show, then it becomes bloody hilarious 😂😂😂
I'm just glad that the us is getting a break from looking like idiots. Not to worry, I'm sure trump will do something stupid momentarily.
You think British politics is normal???? Where do you live mate?
Yeah ummmm at least in america I have free speech, not getting fined for jokes
@@tinachristine4573 Birmingham. I meant used to, so not much seems out of the ordinary x
@@Courier_333 What? 0_o
2:40 "The Brits elected a woman Head of State in 1979...?"
We don't elect the Head of State (the Queen).
1979 ??
I think he was referring to Margaret Thatcher being elected Prime Minister--most Americans in my experience consider the Prime Minister to be the head of state for the UK because of the similarity with the office of President.
We’re not taught about Parliament in American schools; so the confusion between head of state (the Queen) and head of government (the PM) is understandable. Only reason I understand Parliament is because I lived in Australia from 1989-1991, and HM Australian Government uses the Westminster system. Queen Elizabeth is also the Queen of Australia, although Australia is an independent country-Australia CHOOSES to have Queen Elizabeth serve as head of state,
Mal McKee True-and I expect he does. His main job though, is relevant comedy in his monologues, and for something to be funny it has to be first understood. I have my doubts about how many Americans know the difference between the British Isles (geographical location) and the UK (a union of 4 distinct nations). This distinction isn’t helped along by the fact that it’s residents call themselves British, Britons, English, Welsh, Scots/Scottish, Irish, Liverpudlians, Londoners...depending upon who you speak to.
Mal McKee I agree with you about repeating incorrect information, but its a trade-off. Colbert can’t be funny without making the jokes understandable to as many people as possible, nor does he have unlimited time in which to make the joke. He can’t give a dissertation before each joke.
As to the multiple ways to refer to people in Britain, well, that is a problem very common to multi-ethnic and/or immigrant nations that do not restrict freedom of expression. China is multi-ethnic, too, but the government insists on referring almost everyone as “Chinese,” even if they are not Han Chinese. In immigrant multi-ethnic nations like the USA, UK, Canada, Australia to name just a few, you get hyphenated people. I can call myself at least 6 different things: Irish-American, Jewish-American, Australian-American, Pennsylvanian, Pittsburgher, and Philadelphian-due to triple-citizenry (US, AUS, IRE), ethno-religious group, and places I’ve called home. This is not an ambiguity that occurs in repressive nations.
Mal McKee Agreed. Many Americans magically become Irish every March 17th. I actually am; I was born in the US, but my paternal grandma was born in County Galway, making me eligible for Irish citizenship. I also lived in Australia for several years as kid, and I became an Australian citizen at that time.
Colber needs to get Speaker Bercow on his show, that guy is a total boss.
Seconded!!! Let's get a petition going here!
That man might be quite busy at the moment
Hear, hear!
To be fair though, Bercow has had several charges of bullying his staff levelled against him.
@@judioregan4210 He got another one after this. The Tories are threatening to have a candidate stand against him in the next GE.
Omg do the Brits broadcast these meetings, and if so how do we watch in the States? That was gold, I was honestly waiting to to see a physical confrontation. Bravo UK 👏
Every time they sit. Search for Parliament live on You Tube, the Parliament Live Website , and 'papers like the Guardian also stream important debates live and their entirety. On these sites you wont get talking heads droning on just the proceedings. Next important debate should be on Monday as Johnson will be attempting again to force a General Election which is remarkable in itself or, if he is still Prime Minister and hasn't shutdown the Commons early (the reason for much of the Opposition's fury) then on Wed at noon he'll be taking Prime Ministers Questions where you can see him try to bluster and bluff his way out of an hour of tough questioning.
If you are lucky it will be as a risible a performance as his first one. :)
search for ukparliament on twitch. They have emotes and everything, lol
I'm in the US and I watched it on twitch. It was amazing, I couldn't turn it off.
@@WeeAlYerHibbyPal The MP's have blocked ole Boris in his attempt to get a snap election
And its not just the opposition who are up in arms against him, its also a contingent within his own party, and even his brother has resigned in protest
th-cam.com/users/UKParliament
The distance between the two sides of parliament is the length of two swords.
It was to stop opposition MPs from stabbing each other.
Going from one side to the other is known as "Crossing Swords".
Funny, it’s wider than that in other Parliaments.
@@lawrencedoliveiro9104 we are always short of space in blighty
@@kanedNunable Yeah, I see on TV, what is it -- 600 MPs? -- crammed into such a small space. Other Parliaments give each member their own comfortable seat, with console and everything.
@@lawrencedoliveiro9104 they aren't there to live a life of luxury though, their purpose is to serve the people that elected them. They don't need to be pampered to do that.
@@Oxley016 Other countries have more respect for their politicians. And the feeling is mutual.
"If you don't eat your meat you can't have any pudding!!"
If you don't eat your mince, you can't have any pie.
Pink Floyd the greatest band this earth has seen so far!!
Oh no another meat eater. Not politically correct. Climate polluter.
@@SusseBo Yes it is indeed politically correct of those people who hijack threads online (usually Russian trolls lately, huge explosion of it last week which is strange) to change the subject randomly on to defending something people do (financially supporting the meat industry in this case) against critics because it offends you but you don't want to either ignore or counter-argue like an adult. That's what the term is used to mean by everyone except the kind of idiot who throws it around in a way that makes it pointless as a term because it then just means "any social or political opinion that I don't like for any reason", and obviously you're not an idiot so it must be the former... It is indeed politically correct for all the whiny baby snowflakes who don't like the fact that anyone criticises the ethics of certain food purchasing decisions to moan about the fact that those critisisms exist at all instead of ignoring them or explaining what's wrong with the substance of their argument. I just wonder what prompted Putin to send his troll army after fricking vegetarianism of all things at this specific time. All the TH-cam thread hijackings just to talk about this come across as so weirdly obsessed with hurt feelings over the mere existence of vegetarianism that it's not even just hilariously unrealistic, it's crossed over into self-parody.
Ian Duncan Smith ( con) was spoiling his dinner with an impromptu pick, lick and omnomnom the other day.
The speaker is literally my favourite person in the whole of parliament. Dude is a legend 😂😂😂
Respected for his impartiality by all sides. That’s why he’s had the job for so long.
There was a baby in the commons once and he congratulated it on having better behaviour than his colleagues
03:00 There are times where he looks a little like Bill Clinton. I love watching clips of him scolding politicians !!
The only thing I don't like is his overtanning.
I miss Betty Boothroyd.
I am so glad I watched this. I have tears of laughter. He was the best speaker we ever had.
The House of Commons speaker is a legend btw. He doesn't take shit from anyone.
Sure Bercow prevented him from addressing the commons on trumps UK visit.😂😂
Bercow is a democratic institution himself.
@@bart5246 You look ugly when you lie.
@@bart5246 ...oh Bart. Really ???
Bart Bart wow, Im glad he could talk in a way you understand ‘something’
All nations have their faults, but I admire British MPs more than US Senators for possessing more BALLS than their US counterparts.
It's says more about the flaws in the presidential system than the bravery of the politicians, really.
After three years on the continent watching the great theatre on the island off our coast, the enthusiasm for work parliaments like in Stockholm (where even clapping is unusual) or for the extremely bureaucratic parliament in Berlin is growing.
The House of Commons has the stage quality of a Shakespeare play, but with the fact that they gave up power to the audience with the Brexit referendum, the actors don't get along well at all.
@@koelnkorrekt Hear hear!
Admiring MPs is sado-masochistic bullshit have some self respect
*Bollocks
Boris' brother resigned too
I think he plans to spend LESS time with his family.
I think he resigned so he COULD spend time with his family. WAY too much political tension was building up
MonteCreations the joke went over ya head eh 🤦🏽♀️
his brother and sister said they cannot work with him and hes not to be trusted. that says a lot!
Living Scotland I see Bercow do this on a regular basis and Colbert has it spot on! 🤣🤣🤣🤣 guys you should tune into one of these heated debates! It will make you laugh if nothing else!
See how easy it is to cross the aisle, Republicons? Hello? Are you listening? Hello?? Sigh.
Republicunts*
@#1 tricycle mechanic The point of crossing the aisle is that both parties should be able to negotiate and compromise with each other, that's what politics is about.
Not shouting or fearmongering, it's about reasoned discussion and debate, which will lead to people crossing the aisle in both directions.
This will be funny in 20 years yall ignorant
L W the thing is the current Republicans are moderates at best. That’s shows just how left the Democrats are now. The Republicans not crossing the aisle should tell you how bad the Democrats are now for the USA. I’m a constitutionalists and we don’t compromise on the constitution. The Democrats want to destroy the Republic make it another failed communist nation just so they can feel better about themselves or retain the power they have acquired.
QuickDrawWP Welp, some Democrats have a solution for you - reinterpret the Constitution to either remove or add rights that were not intended by the framers.
Those British politicians were fabulous in their Monty Pythonesque reality show meeting.
John Bercow is the best thing to happen to British politics since ever, he is cracking!
Truly smashing
His predecessor (the one before that actually) Betty Boothroyd was *the* best Speaker ever. Great fun, an ex-Tiller Girl (IIRC - one of those burlesque dance troupes anyway) and she never took any crap from anyone. Like a much loved strict but fair headmistress :-D She was also Chancellor of my uni and I graduated in her final year on the job, so I got to meet her! A genuinely wonderful woman and still much loved by those of us old enough to remember her as Speaker or as an MP. Can't say that about many other MPs! Bercow is ok, but he can be quite divisive.
Bercow is fantastic. When the dreadful May invited Trump over for a state visit, Bercow made sure that he was not going to be invited to address parliament. Bercow also prevented May from ignoring what parliament was saying and just repeatedly bringing her rejected Brexit deal back for another vote. The Queen in parliament is sovereign and Bercow makes sure that the government knows it.
@TheRenaissanceman65 It's a sad state of affairs when impartiality in the name of human decency looks bad.
TheRenaissanceman65 he’s fair. Just cuz he doesn’t suck up to conservatives doesn’t mean he’s not impartial.
Moscow Mitch needs to watch this and know that not all politicians are corrupt and have no spine
Why is everyone calling him moscow mitch when trumps the one thats been working with russian agents since the 80’s? Did i miss something lol
Darth Wheezius oh wow wtf i didnt hear about that. Moscow mitch all the way then lol
@@TheArmchairPriest it must be true.
Zach Long Yes. Because i asked, was informed, then looekd up. “Must be true” it is true
@Darth Wheezius
He is also allowing a Russian oligarch invest 200 million in his state for an aluminum mining plant which they let the EPA loosen regulations to aid this company. There's more goi,g on behind the scenes with Moscow Mitch AND Rand Paul the other Kentucky Senator behind the approval of this Russian aluminum plant. Coincidentally isn't aluminum and steel part of what this China tariff war was started over. Well those tariffs allow the Russian plant in Kentucky compete with the Chinese??? HMMM I smell something coming from Kentucky and it stinks. Moscow Mitch may be offended so bad from the title because now he can't pass laws that keep helping the Russian plant in Kentucky without raising red flags. I wonder how many family members got jobs or contracts with that aluminum plant/factory?
*”Go squatty on the potty.”* 😂😂😂
Bercow is honestly the best bit about politics these days.
Agreed 100%
I love the Speaker of the House of Commons with a passion.
I think it was Robert Conquest who said that a big part of the problem with our legislature is that the two parties don't face each other. The layout of the House and Senate are essentially designed to foster bloviation rather than attempting to talk to one's political opponents and bring them to one's side.
"Midlife Crisis Draco Malfoy" 🤔 no truer words have ever been spoken 😂😂
HEY NOW! Midlife Malfoy was married and had a son!
Colbert's geeky side shining through again.
Kay Musonda Are you a supporter of REMAIN ?.........” TOUGH , YOU LOST “ LOL
@@yarpen26 And it's glorious. One can say what he wants - Colbert is truly a master of pictoral descriptions...
Best US description of BoJo that I've heard!.
If Commons Speaker John Bercow was Trump’s nanny... the US wouldn’t have this kind of mess.
BE A GOOD BOY, YOUNG MAHN!
As a Brit - priceless impression of John Bercow, and the Draco Malfoy comment is a gem. Go Stephen!
John Bercow knows how to drop that "ohdaaaahhhh"...
John prevented him from speaking at the houses of parliament on his visit. I was extremely happy that he did
Im a Brit and this analysis of our political system had me in hysterics. Excellent British accent btw. Bercow for PM!!
as boris is finding out to get endorsed by trump is a nightmare
One of the plusses of living with a Parliamentary government. Its really easy to cross the floor.
🇨🇦👍
YEA or leave all together. Like Johnsons brother walked out.
@@bosstowndynamics5488 There are *very* few political parties out there that allow their members the kind of freedom of expression the US Democrats and Republicans do. In Europe speaking out against, say, your party's official candidate for President or Prime Minister (like many Republicans did when Trump won the primaries) would get you kicked out within seconds.
@@bosstowndynamics5488 Malaysia uses a Westminster parliamentary system as well. And perhaps worse off because of it.
@@bosstowndynamics5488 it's actually a bit more nuanced. If you look up his voting record you'll find he is was one of the senators most positive to white house proposals. But then ofc, when he occationally did disagree, he really went to town
Colbert doing Bercow's impression. One wish I didn't know I have has come true. Thanks both of you, lovely men.
I love the Brits 🤣🤣🤣 never a dull moment with them
Clearly you've never been. We complain about anything we can find.
You should visit I have an open house
Dave St. Clare Jones 😀😀😀
Sméagol you can't be worse than the Americans!!?? 😳
I live in France and though I love it its very clear that complaining is a national sport here
Can we please have that man sitting in on all of Trump's addresses to the nation? Just think about the possibilities.
Just think about the comedy gold mine that could lead to....😂🤣🤣
It would be great . President tRump- you're out of ORDER !!! Now, settle down & be a good boy.
Unversed Hero please take take him,he's a jumped up toad of a man
that man is the house is supposed to be neutral ground in parliament, a very responsible position in which order is maintained and not allowed to fall into the debacle you just witnessed he was clearly biased to the left and was slammed for it by joe public.
I'm from the U.K. When you see us from the outside, it's hilarious. When you live here you just take it for granted that the top people talk this way!
*ORDER!!! BE A GOOD BOY DONNY AND GO SQUAT IN THE POTTY!*
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
*Squaty on the potty
You have to say it in such a way that his 4 year old brain will understand.
Donny: (throws tantrum) 🤣
Even i live so far away from UK i enjoy house of commons more than WWE
A E DUB!
it also has a better story line xD
seba nasir6599 there all wankers
@seba nasir6599
It’s hard to understand how this is the real House of Commons and NOT some comedy group doing a parody of it!
You almost expect him to start doing a Silly Walk or something...
@@Skyprince27 Isn't that what the lords do when they come into the commons...?? Or have I misinterpreted the broadcast aha
“Be a good boy young man!” Bwahahahaha 😂😂😂
If members of his own party could, grow a pair and stand up to Trump, they'd have done it by now.
Yep th-cam.com/video/amY1HBAdl1k/w-d-xo.html
John Bercow is a treasure, his tie game is (in my probably incorrect opinion) on point, and he is, from where I'm sat, a fantastic Speaker of the House of Commons. I wonder if, once he's left the office of Speaker (he's been rumoured to be looking at retirement), Great Britain could let us borrow him? He'd show the spineless twits of our legislature what-for in a hurry.
No, sorry, if Bercow ever retires (personally I think we should vote to have him stated as speaker indefinitely), he'll be preserved as a national treasure. You can't have him!
@@Coldheart322 Ah well, worth asking. We'll have to find someone else to wake up the representatives snoozing at the back of the House then. Our government could use some people like Bercow, and unfortunately the United States isn't quite the right environment for producing people like him.
@TheRenaissanceman65 He is only an embarrassment to the people who want him to act on their behalf, and not as an impartial speaker.
It's funny how people are willing to call someone impartial when they go against their interests. Surely if Bercow didn't allow the motion to block a No Deal, he could be called impartial against the MP putting forward that motion? The reason Boris and Co want to discredit Bercow is they don't control him, and no one should.
I think the only national embarrassment atm is Boris. Not looking good for him losing 21 party members in a single day, and failing to get his snap GE through.
Whatever he decides to retire, there should be a Best Of video collection of him telling off members of the Parliament. It won't be the same without him.
@TheRenaissanceman65 Why do you think Corbyn is afraid of a GE? It's pretty much assured at this stage, given that the Tories have no majority in the House.
But I guess you missed the part where Corbyn said about getting the anti-No Deal bill passed first, THEN have a GE. It was a nice attempt by Boris, but thankfully no one fell for it.
Meanwhile in the USA, there is no point in congress. Just let the lobbyists run things directly, it would cost less with all the bribes to congress.
John Bercow (ORDER) is an absolute gift! He makes British politics bearable. If you want to smile, just look up compilations of his greatest put downs!
"Don't need any assistance from a junior minister. An absurd proposition!" - John Bercow
incorrigible delinquent is up there too....
3:32 John Bercow seems to look straight into the camera as if to say: "You getting this?"
John Bercow is a hero to all the Brits who won’t put up with Boris and his tricks to ignore parliament.
John Bercow, The Speaker, is also a member of The Conservative Party and the man he shouted down is also a Conservative.
He's not a Conservative member anymore, he had to resign from the party when he was elected Speaker .
@@BlokeOnWheels That, and he's also not exactly been the darling of the Conservatives in recent years! :D
I read that it is believed he has changed parties.
@@denadear In the UK, all speakers resign form their parties and become independents when they are elected to the Chair. Deputy Speakers can stay in their party, although they still do not vote or take part in debates, even when not presiding over the House.
The only sane man left in the House
If you just discovered speaker Bercow, do look up more clips of his. It's going to be the best journey of discovery you ever take.
I've been tempted to get an OOORRRDDDAAAHHH T-shirt for a while now.
@@Coldheart322 Ooh does a shirt like that exist? I really want one now.
I say, we're dreadfully sorry about that whole "Declaration of Independence" thing. Can we have a do-over? The Mango Mussolini would have to go back to reality TV, each U.S. American could choose from your inventory of delightful accents, and we could get single-payer health care. In return, we have a rather nice Navy, so Britannia could rule the waves again. What say you? ;)
So you want to trade in one bad hairdo for another?
I suggest you begin with a well worded apology to her majesty and the return if her tea. Then I'm sure she'll consider it. 😁🤣🤣
I'm not often proud of the way my government behaves, but this is one of those times. Long may it continue!
Colbert’s Bercow is H I L A R I O U S 😂😂😂😂
Absolutely hilarious, and awesome. He should invite Bercow to the show some day.
I seriously choked on my food while watching this cuz I started laughing so hard! So insane and funny
As a Brit I am really impressed with his Bercow
It's pretty similar to his "Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow" though, it must be said
Hannah M UM i had no idea he did a jack sparrow! Where is this potentially very sexy footage ??
Funny how the Americans of ALL nations laugh at our democracy, ....really ?....REALLY ?
Wish our conservatives had a backbone to stand up against their corrupt party for the good of the country and the good of our people. Time to step up and do better America, or admit that our government is awful, and that all of the hate we receive throughout the world is justified because we have allowed this corruption to ruin our country
@Devofone >Held accountable by the public.
As a Brit, I'm not sure of that. Held accountable by the public? Preposterous! They've got money coming in from Rupert Murdoch and Russian real estate owners, and you think that they're still accountable to us? In America, the rich fund interest groups which fund the rich's political allies. In Britain, they just cut the middleman and get declared a peer for life. That's right - being rich enough gets you a seat in the British equivalent of the Senate. Not just that, but there are hereditary lords there too! And we have a monarch! Still think we're a democratic country?
Well, they are all in favor of the policies Trump proposes (with the exception of trade), like the tax cut they passed, the military budget they choose to spend on, the social safety net they choose to cut. They just don’t like his behavior and wanted him to be a more “polished” conservative. Other than that, Rep. Amash is the only Congressman who actually stood up by actually changing his political affiliation not just saying “I like most of his stuff, just his tweeting needs to pull back a bit,” and risking his re-election chances for that bit on the impeachment issue.
312vandal lol
@Devofone I don't know, Brexit also got lots of help from the Russians. It's just that you can't impeach Britain leaving the EU, really. If not, well...
@Tsinat Gebreselassie 😆
"Steve of Nazereth" just cracked me up. 😂😂 ..... Have no idea why I found it so funny 😂
@Great White 😂
Muslims occasionally invoke 'the Prophet's beard' as an intensifier, but it sounds quite like 'the Prophet's beer'. Maybe Steve and Muhammad should open a pub.
If you like that joke, search youtube for: stephen lynch craig christ
I love it, too. In fact I hope we will get more of "Nazareth Steve" in the near future!
We don't elect our Head of State, that's the Queen Elizabeth II. We (indirectly) elect our Head of Government, the Prime Minister.
I have to laugh at your president in order to pretend our own sh*tshow isn't happening...
It's pretty bad in Australia 🇦🇺 particularly parliamentary level
It's the only way I've made it throughout this, as you say, sh*tshow.
I feel you... From Brazil
We've all got a bunch of psychopaths in power. Time to end demagoguery.
Isn't it bizarre how both the US and UK are now each united in name only and have questionable, old money, blow hards with exceptionally dodgy blonde hair as leader? Like the parallels have become eerie.
As a British man, I can confirm we also take this piss out of the speakers of the House of Commons 😂
the new one is shit tho. might as well not exist
John Bercow was a very good speaker and is highly esteemed in the UK
I LOVE it when you do British news!!!! 😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤
I'm British and that jammy squares comment was amazing.
But are your granny's jammy squares amazing, that's the question.
Well, I'm British too, but have never heard of "jammy squares". 🤔
Fit are jammie squares? Ah’ve never heard ae them lol if he’d said jammie piece now, that’s British for sure!
Now, Jam Rolypoly, that's a different kettle of fish altogether. Yummy steamed suet pudding rolled with jam, perfect with custard.
@@judioregan4210 BRITISH put jam on anything!
I was watching the live stream of the House of Commons yesterday. It is in fact a million times more entertaining to listen to them speak than our own politics
The Americans laughing at British food. Yay, McDonald's and KFC...
Lol 😆👏🏿👏🏿😂
@cwazy345 no, one of our concerns is that we'll be forced to take your mutant chicken numb nuts.
"Midlife crisis Draco Malfoy"? That's an insult to Draco hahahaha
Why you ain't backing boris
No way Trump would survive Question Time - a mandatory 2 hour 4x a week televised Q&A session where the opposition MPs get to ask him questions effectively under oath.
it happens once a week
I started listening to those on BBC when Blair was PM. "Will the Right Honorable gentleman agree with me, that the physical condition of the Council Houses in the majority of this country are beyond deplorable, and that..."
Well nowadays the opposition asks questions and the PM does everything possible to not give any sort of answer, instead he/she strikes back at the opposition for their views
A slight correction, the woman head of state is the Queen, crowned in 1952!
True, the Queen has been the Head of State since 1952 when she acceded the throne, but strictly speaking wasn't crowned (and anointed as Head of the Church of England) until 1953.
I seriously cannot wait to see John Oliver's reaction to this as well
orange man bad!!
John Bercow really is a national treasure
I would love to see how he would deal with trump
John Bercow has done nothing for the country as a biased parliamentarian who sides with those who look like they will win. A supposedly neutral speaker is not what he is at all.
He’s been called up for bullying junior staff multiple times. He’s a fat privileged bigoted idiot.
Whose your other national treasure, Peter Sutcliffe.
Technically, a PM in the UK is not head of state. They are the Prime Minister (prime helper/ assistant) of the head of state which is the monarch. They are the head of the government (the cabinet, the executive) which in America is referred to as the "administration" as the US Congress is called the "government".
The speaker also burnt boris when he addressed corbyn by his name.
That was one of my fav moments of the day.
is there a link to the video or something? i'd like to see it.
@@MyroslavaRmthe sun has it.
@@MyroslavaRm th-cam.com/video/zvwzJqNYbFY/w-d-xo.html
@@anderjpoo ...thanks for the link. 😁
John Bercow = Legend as a Speaker of the House
Tilak Kamath total embarrassment you mean! U.K. Politics is comical asf hence the reason spitting image was created
@@fallenangels611 sometimes he's too good to shut someone down. I'm unaware of his standing politically or his biases but he's just too good sometimes.
Hes an absolute nob
Watching this on 8th January 2021...the difference a year makes!!!!
Bercow is a national treasure. He was a major right winger before he became speaker, where he sorta gained common sense.
The UK never elected a female head of state. The head of state in the UK is the Monarch. The UK has had several female heads of state in their history.
In 1979 the UK elected their first female head of government.
Although true, the joke will be understood by all Americans because the United States combines the roles of head of state and head of government.
Having the head of state be a hereditary position is so silly that we're ignoring it.
@farenheit041 i´d argue it is far from natural ... or are governments, money and social structures something "natural"
@@konstantinkoch6114 perhaps a natural ohhhhhhdaaaaaaaaaah?
@farenheit041 surely not, but existing doesnt make something natural and everything that doesnt exist is supernatural ... a table is not natural either ... all the things i listed are created by the human mind, well not all, at least not as broadly as i described them, social structures can be found in animals too, but forms of government not really, you can find hierarchie, but thats not the same ... i´ll try to be more specific ... a family member of the bush family can stay relevant just by virtue of being part of that, why? Because we placed systems that work in favor of those with money, they buy themselfes in good schools, make important contacts and we never get rid of them again ... i dont think thats inherently human, people who already were in power really really didnt want to give that up, so in ohdaa to accomplish that, they thought how they could create the system in a way that benefits them ... being greedy might be a human trait, but i doubt its inherent
“Midlife crisis Draco Malfoy”
I lost my shit at that comment
His own brother just resigned from his government.
to spend less time with his family :D
Now that is embarrassing
And Corbyn's brother just denounced the opposition leader.
Making Johnson PM was just one big ruse to humiliate him.
😄
@@alabaster6117 his brother is also a wack job climate denying weather forecaster...
Britain PM is not head of state the monarch is. Which means they actually had a female head of state hundreds of years ago.
PM is acting on the monarch's behalf. Meaning that PM is figuratively the head of state. The monarch is the literal implication of head of state
The British monarch is the head of state in much the same way people claim to be owned by their cats.
@@andmos1001 in fairness Elizabeth I became 100% head of state almost a hundred years before we had a civil war establishing the primacy of parliament, so trenton had a point
@@andmos1001 I'm not sure what you mean by 'PM is *figuratively* head of state'. Officially it's the Queen, anyway.
Daniel R it means that in everything but names the PM is head of state and are responsible for the day to day agenda of the government. The PM is acting as an chosen leader on the monarchs behalf
Hilarious Mr Colbert! One of your best!
Speaker of the House, John Bercow is the only thing making the news worth watching, HE IS A LEGEND.
sad hes gone and replaced with a tory fanboy. its shit now :(
I'm glad he's gone. He was anti-Democratic, didn't support the people. A foul little self-important man and his wife is as odious. Perhaps the US will accept these understains on the parliament
most of the Tory party went to the same boarding (Public) schools and this behaviour is simply carrying on the same traditions that they had in those school common rooms
@TheRenaissanceman65 what school did BoJo go to? Eton.. what school did Cameron go to? Eton. It's a Tory thing
of the last 14x PMs there were 11 who went to Oxford and 2 of the last 3 went to Eton first. Thats without looking at the rest of the MPs.
@@dougclark9921 Several of those PMs were Labour... Have you noticed that Comrade Corbyn went to a very smart grammar school too? Whilst living in a very nice 17th century manor?
Yeah how dare our politicians go to good schools.
I think you mean private schools
OMG.....that was perfection lol. As a Brit, I like Colbert's Bercow much more than the original lol. I say - well done Sir !
Could be worse, we could end up eating American food. 🤮🤮🤮
Aaaaand you probably will. Trump Steaks, to be precise...
Geoffrey Bell bro American food is good you’re just a hater
Blood pudding is beyond weird.
@@rutabagasteu On the other hand, Stilton cheese is the Food of the Gods...
Awwdaaaaa! Oohddaaaah! Hoodoo! 😂Be a good boooy young maaan.. Be a gooood boooy!
As Brit, living in Canada, I am having so much fun with all the wonderful comments about Boorish Johnson, but the Bollocking given by the Speaker of the House was epic. This is one of my favourite Colbert segments.💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕
Correction: England and Wales have been trying to Brexit. Scotland and Northern Ireland voted to remain within Europe.
There are PLENTY of us English trying our best to stay in the EU. I have been to several different protests in Bristol and London to make my voice heard, which is about all I can do sadly.
As Ashley said, London was for Remain as well.
@@ashleysmith1276 As are plenty of us Welsh, including Plaid Cymru. I live in a constituency that voted remain, it's sad when we are overlooked by people who break down the areas to the size that fits their agenda.
Why getting a weaker nation?
Well, then they should just Scoxit and Nixit from the UK. Followed by a Scontry to EU and NIntry through uNIfication with ROI. Then only Wales would prevent a complete UKollapse and rebrand Wales + England as Wangland.
WHAT THE F!?
British Parliament is like Game of Thrones! XD
Westminster is like GOT but funnier and on series 700.
And the brexit season is the best show yet
@Lynx he was writing the first book at the same time, that's how long it takes him to write. 😂
Boris Johnson always looks like he slept in his clothes and just rolled out of bed after an all night drinking binge.
he makes a 10k suit look like one from a thrift store.
Wow! That was amazing.... and the longer he went on the more red his face got. Love that chap