I don't like that he begins smiling and checking the camera everytime things get "interesting". Makes me doubt his sincerity when he says more interesting things- like calling another member "boy" or giving the snippet "you will not be missed". I feel like he amps up that sort of stuff when he knows people will be showing the clip overseas.
My former boss studied with him way back in the mid 1980s at the University of Essex and I remember what he said as soon as he won the Speakership for the UK House of Commons in 2009: he was a 'blindingly' smart guy, but still finding his political feet. As I remember the discussion, he was always trying to 'right wrongs', and that meant he used to get into explosive arguments at the drop of a hat on a heap of issues. Nominally right wing/conservative, he could quickly take some left wing views if he thought it was needed. He'd be an amazing guest!
The size of that massive head on dear leader couldn't be missed, all hair and empty space in between, room for a whole colony of hamsters to live in comfort.
Paul Ramos He's actually a conservative (Tory) but he seems to get on better with the Labour Party, at the end of the session they all queued up to shake his hand, really touching. 🇬🇧🙋🏻❤️
Trump in a debating chamber would just be “Excuse me, excuse me, excuse me, EXCUSE ME..”. The most primitive debate techniques - interruptions and distractions.
Trump in the House of commons, sits there with his mouth open as questions and answers fly over the birds nest on his head, and the look in his eyes, a one of " help me what's happening, I dont like it, bring me a sharpie, " nope old Donnie just couldn't cope far to fast and furious for his addled brain.
@@toddr2265 Nope it would be funnier than anything SNL could do, have you ever seen the way MPs in our Parliament stand up and then wait to have their name called to speak to the Prime minister at PMs questions time. Old Donnie would think they were going to attack him or something. I mean does your President even debate with your elected representatives in a heated exchange over policy in full view of tv cameras so that the country can actually watch. And sorry but the SNL I've watched most of it isn't funny at all.
I’m Latino but British culture is fascinating. Oh how you entertain us, you created the beautiful game that we’ve known today, you give us awesome bands, you give us creative writers, your accent is sophisticated and your government is fun as hell to watch 😂
Just so American viewers know, Black Rod wasn't booed by the opposition - but prior to announcing the House of Lord's acceptance to prorogation; she looked at the Government and then the Opposition. One person from the Government said "Yea" but when she turned her head to the Opposition; they all shouted "No", i.e. they didn't agree with Boris Johnson's call for prorogation. Either way, it's a shit-show.
The Prorogation was declared Unlawful by the highest court in the land, and Parliament resumed sitting. If you like Bercow you will love his successor Sir Lindsay Hoyle M.P. . He is even tougher and forthright. The PM Johnson is still in place but completely out of his depth .
Momon When MPs took control of Parliament last week, when they passed the law to make sure UK didn’t leave with a no-deal, ordering No. 10 to release the documents they have on dealing with a no-deal scenario, not voting for the Snap election Johnson wanted to have. And the fact that 21 Tory MPs voted against Johnson and their own government and party knowing they would be effectively kicked out of the Tory party.
@@aidanrogers4438 I misunderstood completely. For some reason, I thought you were speaking from an American perspective. Nevermind, my mistake, carry on.
@@aidanrogers4438 Which is all fantastic if any of it works, but otherwise it's for show and they can pretend they did all they could while you pat them on the back. Yes, they ordered the release of the Yellowhammer documents, which were in fact not the Yellowhammer documents at all, but a base scenario of what would likely happen under a no-deal exit. Not the worst case scenario the Yellowhammer documents were supposed to be. The law that passed doesn't force the PM to ensure the UK doesn't leave on a no-deal scenario. It just makes sure he doesn't use it as a bargaining chip, but he can still go to the EU and undermine any request for an extension even as he officially asks for one. A no-deal scenario is still very much on the table. And they voted against the election for their own reasons -- i.e., not wanting to risk losing their seats -- not because they were holding Boris accountable. As for the 21 MPs voting against Boris and risking losing their party seats, that's no different from the US congressional members and senators whom over the last 2 years have done the same. Countless Republicans have left their party or stood up to Trump, and as a result during last fall's midterm election, they were routinely punished for doing so by losing their seats and being dismissed from their jobs. (Trumps turnover has been one of the highlights of his presidency.) Maybe instead of trying to pretend your government's shitshow is better than our government's shitshow, you could recognize that all the citizens of both countries are being screwed by their oligarchy and the bureaucratic displays being put on by most of our representatives ultimately amount to a performance. Set aside your tribalistic need to pretend your government is superior while both our Titanics sink.
Cos were used to it, were immune to the craziness of our elected representatives who somehow run this country, you meet your MP on their own their perfectly acceptable but get them in a group and bloody hell they go full on mental sometimes, wouldn't have it any other way, bloody great stuff, better than a bunch of nodding donkeys scared of their own shadows.
Really Bercow would win hands down, he used to the debating style of the House of Commons, he would run rings around Sanders. Sorry but American politicians are just so bloody boring.
@@drawingspider7798 You do know that before Bercow was the speaker of the House of Commons, he was infact a Conservative MP, although thankfully he seems to have reigned it in as he has too as to be seen impartial in all matters involving party politics.
@Freddy Gwynne really, so we are only 'Great' Britain if we are part of the EU?? Well, we must have been pure shite in over 2000 years before the 1990s then.
@Freddy Gwynne I'm aware of that, but the Common Market and the EU are 2 different things. The Common Market was a trade pact, the EU is an Oversite Government of several countries.
Once tRump is in jail for all the crimes he has committed (thanks to SDNY prosecuting state crimes) perhaps he can get a cell mate called *_Black Rod_*
Britain: _"I require _*_no_*_ response from _*_you."_* America: *"Shut up."* ......I'm not sure quite what this says about our different cultures, but it definitely says _something!_
Robin Williams described Parliament (to Americans) as Congress with a 2 drink minimum. Brits are stoic but the governmental system is (typically) much more brutal than what Americans have
I've had the pleasure of listening to John Bercow twice giving after dinner speeches. The most eloquent man of such immense vocabulary I have ever heard. You'd not be disappointed...
As a British citizen, nothing makes me happier than taking the piss out of the complete omini-shambles that is my government at the moment. More! More!
You have to admit, British politicians are extremely entertaining ! 🇬🇧😂👍 A interview, is very good idea. Even if, Stephen has to go to England, for the Brunch.
You cut off the bit where John Bercow said he didn't "give a flying f....flamingo" what an MP thought. Oh, he's resigning his post next month, so you can invite him on as a guest.
I'm genuinely glad that UK politics is providing US citizenry with a bit of entertainment. At the moment - we are kind of depending on each other's fiascoes to get us through the day. Isn't it strange how we are in a period where we are mutually learning that countries don't actually need functioning governments in order to survive. What you have to understand though, my American friends and cousins, is that we may be ridiculously pantomime but we aren't going to trigger a nuclear holocaust. So our fiasco is much more light entertainment than yours. Let's hope happy endings are pending all round.
I’m honestly starting to wonder if we’re in some unspoken contest to out-stupid one another. We kicked it off by voting for Brexit. Our US cousins grabbed the mantle and voted in Trump. Now we’ve wrestled it back again with that clown Boris and his concerted efforts to leave the EU without a deal on Hallowe’en (oh the irony, given what a horror show it would be). I dread to think what stupid-as-fuck thing our respective countries will do next. 😔
You realise the British Prime minister has fewer checks when launching nukes that the US president does? Britain is closer to Russia so it was designed to be quicker
Your not going to do that because you don’t have the means to do that if u did I might try . America defiantly has the means abd can do we could if we wanted but counties lie all the time who’s your say Russia really diss not have the biggest bomb or chins or fuck Africa or better yet it’s probably Iceland or Ireland that actually has one
We have the Usher of the Black Rod here in Canada too. #parlimentary I love how they sit all stacked together in UK parliament; elbows locked and ready to smash outward.
it's not fun living in the UK these days...there is real anxiety amongst the people due to Brexit...and it's been going on now for 3 years - that's a looooooong headache !
As funny as the british parliament is. It IS entertaining to see first the black rod getting the door closed in his/her face as the cermony dictates. After they all march out to her majesty they are all cheery and friendly and with the black rod as well.
The British Politics is more alive than any form of politics in the whole World while the American is more boring and sometimes you can somebody is feeling sleepy in chamber as i observed.
But the 'Lady Usher of the Black Rod' and the Gentlemen Ushers of the Black Rod who preceded her, are generally referred to as "Black Rod", and have been for centuries.
Hands up to John Bercow - he is everyone's favourite guy in the UK (in that, the ppl in the UK incl myself and everyone I know, against stupid silly man Boris - which is a lot of ppl!)
No he isn't. Just because he has sometimes disagreed with some of the members of the Tory party DOES NOT make him everyone's favourite guy. He is a narcissistic elitist bullying prig. Less objectionable than most of the useless oxygen thieves in Westminster he may be, but doesn't mean he's actually a decent human being. He's a tool.
Bercow was wrong in the end,was forced to retire and is the most hated politician in Britian.....Brexit happened and Boris won by a record,landslide of 80 Seats
I wish you’d included the infamous “flying flamingo” comment. And the scuffle that broke out when opposition MPs held Bercow down (albeit very politely) so he couldn’t leave the chamber, echoing what happened when Charles I went all power-crazed and dissolved Parliament. And we all know what happened to _him._ 💀
"I do not require a response from you.."...Jeez...takes me back to my school days....in fact the whole House of Commons is like an unruly class and the speaker is the poor bloody teacher trying to get some ORRRDDDEEERRR!!!......
Set up an interview Stephen. Get on a plane over here and film it. Parliament is prorogued for a bit. The Speaker has held lots of charity events at Parliament as well.
Berkow later also said "I couldn’t give a flying flamingo what your view is. "
Instant classic
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤
I am going to get a t-shirt with that quote printed in capital letters!
You do know he cleaned it up, he really wanted to say Flying F..., but then he would have had to remove himself from the house......
xDDDDD
@@juliejay5436 You're in luck 'cos TLDR News channel is selling that right now
John Bercow being interviewed by Stephen Colbert is a dream I didn't realise I had till just now. If you can, CBS, make this happen.
The audience would cheer and he'd yell ORDAAAAAAA
I don't like that he begins smiling and checking the camera everytime things get "interesting". Makes me doubt his sincerity when he says more interesting things- like calling another member "boy" or giving the snippet "you will not be missed". I feel like he amps up that sort of stuff when he knows people will be showing the clip overseas.
My former boss studied with him way back in the mid 1980s at the University of Essex and I remember what he said as soon as he won the Speakership for the UK House of Commons in 2009: he was a 'blindingly' smart guy, but still finding his political feet. As I remember the discussion, he was always trying to 'right wrongs', and that meant he used to get into explosive arguments at the drop of a hat on a heap of issues. Nominally right wing/conservative, he could quickly take some left wing views if he thought it was needed. He'd be an amazing guest!
Just do it, invite him. He's so inspiring. Old Nancy could learn a lot from him for the speaker job.
And in the interview please ask bercow about his love for roger federer.
Robin Williams once referred to UK Parliament as 'Congress with a 2 drink minimum'
Now I get it
Oh man i do miss Robin Williams. What a great actor what a soul of a man. May he rest in peace.
ORDER ORDER.
Thats the greatest 😅
Prime Minister, could you look interested while I bring up some boring shit about my constituency?
Yes, two drinks is quite a lot in America.
If only he can say that to Trump. "Get out man you will not be missed!"
"Get out OLD man"
The size of that massive head on dear leader couldn't be missed, all hair and empty space in between, room for a whole colony of hamsters to live in comfort.
My thoughts exactly!
Satisfying!
I wasn't sure what Bercow meant by that but I think the MP he was shouting at walked out of the chamber.
Steven, please for all that is holy, get John Bercow to come on your show
Have to wait until he resigns, I think
@@psammiad He's resigning next month! "Get on the show Mr Speaker!!!!"
@@peanutnutter1 Jep, he said 31st of October is his last day on the job
I love John cleaver sarcastic. ...
Jonathan Miccoli m m mmmml m
Wait, they cut if off before the flying flamingo part!
Flying flamingo is R rated language.
I was about to comment they left out the best part 😂
Stephen's RUclips person notorious chops up the monologue, along with interviews. They really SUCK at it.
That was not a standard prorogue-ation, by the editors.
yeah I was 'bout to comment on that absinthe too. :) - best part.
Bernie and Bercow should sit down in The Late Show and just talk. I'll pay good monies for that moment.
And yet you'd get it for the basic cost of television.
Or for "free" on RUclips (so the cost of internet/data). So, yeah, good monies.
Imagine it... a Bernie & Bercow Presidency... Rapture!
I'm retracting my similar comment to give this one all the likes. This episode might just happen.
Bercow is a tory lol don't think they'd find too much common ground (he's not nearly as much of a tory than he used to be though to be fair)
Paul Ramos He's actually a conservative (Tory) but he seems to get on better with the Labour Party, at the end of the session they all queued up to shake his hand, really touching. 🇬🇧🙋🏻❤️
From a British viewer here in London, for the love of all that is good and pure, PLEASE get John Bercow on your show!!
No please don't...
I would pay to see Bercow yell at Trump like that.
He would do it.
Hell I would pay to see ANYONE bring OOOOOORDERRRRR to YOU KNOW WHO!!!
@@or1750 OOOOORRRRDDDAAAHHHH!
@@notsure1969 he'd do it for free
Bercow actually banned Trump from being invited to speak in parliament during his last official (golfing) visit to UK .
I'd love to see DJTrump in a debating chamber like the House of Commons.
Bercow ORDDDDDAAAAAAring trump shutup hahaha that would be epic..
"Get out you orange of a man"
Trump in a debating chamber would just be “Excuse me, excuse me, excuse me, EXCUSE ME..”.
The most primitive debate techniques - interruptions and distractions.
Trump in the House of commons, sits there with his mouth open as questions and answers fly over the birds nest on his head, and the look in his eyes, a one of " help me what's happening, I dont like it, bring me a sharpie, " nope old Donnie just couldn't cope far to fast and furious for his addled brain.
LMAO...tRump at Parliament...now theres an SNL skit
@@toddr2265 Nope it would be funnier than anything SNL could do, have you ever seen the way MPs in our Parliament stand up and then wait to have their name called to speak to the Prime minister at PMs questions time. Old Donnie would think they were going to attack him or something. I mean does your President even debate with your elected representatives in a heated exchange over policy in full view of tv cameras so that the country can actually watch. And sorry but the SNL I've watched most of it isn't funny at all.
“I dont require any assistance from you Mr. Stevensson” is british for “I dont remember asking you a god damn thing”
We are capable of saying the latter?
@James Bell ?
I’m Latino but British culture is fascinating. Oh how you entertain us, you created the beautiful game that we’ve known today, you give us awesome bands, you give us creative writers, your accent is sophisticated and your government is fun as hell to watch 😂
Dats roight mate. We all talk loik duh frickin Queen an live in big ahses innit
Not all British accents are sophisticated.
They also colonized half the world, destroying millions of people, including destroying the culture of Ireland
@@winstonsmith3370 that also. same as modern America, I guess some things never changed. They also screwed Scotland and a lot of other countries.
Just so American viewers know, Black Rod wasn't booed by the opposition - but prior to announcing the House of Lord's acceptance to prorogation; she looked at the Government and then the Opposition. One person from the Government said "Yea" but when she turned her head to the Opposition; they all shouted "No", i.e. they didn't agree with Boris Johnson's call for prorogation.
Either way, it's a shit-show.
The Prorogation was declared Unlawful by the highest court in the land, and Parliament resumed sitting.
If you like Bercow you will love his successor Sir Lindsay Hoyle M.P. . He is even tougher and forthright.
The PM Johnson is still in place but completely out of his depth .
John Bercow is an absolute legend!
Betty coughs.
Organon yeah she was great too.
Betty Boothroyd is a legend.
Well, if you want to call absolute idiot a 'legend'... I do have some other chosen words what I would call him instead.
He should be in prison.
He would have been an awesome teacher in Harry Potter.
Alexander Canella Such an amazing casting call!!
ORDA, very rude for the honourable wizard.
I don't give a flying flamingo what you think
- John Bercow
I don't give a flying flamingo what your view is." ~Rt. Hon. John Bercow*
Omg.... When Jon bercow retires.... GET HIM ON THE SHOW DEWR GOD PLEASSSSSEEEEE 😍😍😍😎😎😎
Don't encourage that little asses big ego....he truly is UK's match for Trump's love for himself.
Shit, when he retires lets get him into US politics!
Caroline D - Bercow is retiring at the end of October.
@@paulfletcher3998 Yeh I know.... Hence the comment 😜 October November interview!?
Hey, at least we still got a government that is able to hold our leader to account.
When is that going to happen, exactly?
Momon When MPs took control of Parliament last week, when they passed the law to make sure UK didn’t leave with a no-deal, ordering No. 10 to release the documents they have on dealing with a no-deal scenario, not voting for the Snap election Johnson wanted to have. And the fact that 21 Tory MPs voted against Johnson and their own government and party knowing they would be effectively kicked out of the Tory party.
@@aidanrogers4438 I misunderstood completely. For some reason, I thought you were speaking from an American perspective. Nevermind, my mistake, carry on.
@@aidanrogers4438 well said, and showing that our Parliament will hold a Prime minister accountable for their actions.
@@aidanrogers4438 Which is all fantastic if any of it works, but otherwise it's for show and they can pretend they did all they could while you pat them on the back. Yes, they ordered the release of the Yellowhammer documents, which were in fact not the Yellowhammer documents at all, but a base scenario of what would likely happen under a no-deal exit. Not the worst case scenario the Yellowhammer documents were supposed to be.
The law that passed doesn't force the PM to ensure the UK doesn't leave on a no-deal scenario. It just makes sure he doesn't use it as a bargaining chip, but he can still go to the EU and undermine any request for an extension even as he officially asks for one. A no-deal scenario is still very much on the table. And they voted against the election for their own reasons -- i.e., not wanting to risk losing their seats -- not because they were holding Boris accountable.
As for the 21 MPs voting against Boris and risking losing their party seats, that's no different from the US congressional members and senators whom over the last 2 years have done the same. Countless Republicans have left their party or stood up to Trump, and as a result during last fall's midterm election, they were routinely punished for doing so by losing their seats and being dismissed from their jobs. (Trumps turnover has been one of the highlights of his presidency.)
Maybe instead of trying to pretend your government's shitshow is better than our government's shitshow, you could recognize that all the citizens of both countries are being screwed by their oligarchy and the bureaucratic displays being put on by most of our representatives ultimately amount to a performance. Set aside your tribalistic need to pretend your government is superior while both our Titanics sink.
How is the uk parliament not the top viewed program there?
WillTell right?! Lol more savage than Cspan
Cos were used to it, were immune to the craziness of our elected representatives who somehow run this country, you meet your MP on their own their perfectly acceptable but get them in a group and bloody hell they go full on mental sometimes, wouldn't have it any other way, bloody great stuff, better than a bunch of nodding donkeys scared of their own shadows.
It was getting hundreds thousands of views on Twitch, the BBC and Parliamentlive.
probably because it's illegal to have parliament clips on comedy shows here
WillTell because we’re bored shitless
"Get out, man! You will not be missed!" Savage af!
I'm British and live near a town called Blackrod (no relation).
It's near Horwich, Rivington and Adlington.
Was that your wife's idea?
@@thePronto it was either here, Great Cockington or Two-Orgasms By the Sea.
@@captainanopheles4307 😂😂...I Live for these comments...as much as for the Show!!
@@captainanopheles4307 how about Cockermouth?
IF you get Bercow on the show, please get him to do a reading of a John Milton poem.
Second this👍
That would be good but consider Dylan Thomas Rage against the dying of the light.
He can read the Mueller report.
How 'bout the entire Paradise Lost?
It doesn’t seem likely, but after his retirement it might be possible
Now I want to see a battle between Bernie Sanders and John Bercow, hostet by Stephen.
Why would they battle?
Boring. They sit around and drink tea.
Really Bercow would win hands down, he used to the debating style of the House of Commons, he would run rings around Sanders. Sorry but American politicians are just so bloody boring.
Pretty sure they'd have a quite amicable conversation
@@drawingspider7798 You do know that before Bercow was the speaker of the House of Commons, he was infact a Conservative MP, although thankfully he seems to have reigned it in as he has too as to be seen impartial in all matters involving party politics.
"Get out man you will not be missed,"...sums up how everyone feels about the US president.
I am just waiting for Bercow to declare “I FART IN YOUR GENERAL DIRECTION”!!!!!
Surely then the comeback is "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries"? It's too easy.
John Bercow: "I couldn't give a flying flamingo what your view is"
Sentence of the year
This Speaker has announced that he will be retiring on Halloween.
WHAT?!?! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!
BOOOOO!
@Freddy Gwynne really, so we are only 'Great' Britain if we are part of the EU?? Well, we must have been pure shite in over 2000 years before the 1990s then.
@Freddy Gwynne I'm aware of that, but the Common Market and the EU are 2 different things. The Common Market was a trade pact, the EU is an Oversite Government of several countries.
Don’t forget that Halloween is an old Irish holiday, and that carved pumpkins thing was originally carved turnips. You’re welcome.
You MUST get Bercow on you show. 😍. Maybe even get him to interview one of your guests in his Parliamentary Speaker style 🤣🤣👍
Ooo I would LOVE to see that some day!!!😂😁💗
we need a black rod to order trump to go home.
Once tRump is in jail for all the crimes he has committed (thanks to SDNY prosecuting state crimes) perhaps he can get a cell mate called *_Black Rod_*
Britain: _"I require _*_no_*_ response from _*_you."_*
America: *"Shut up."*
......I'm not sure quite what this says about our different cultures, but it definitely says _something!_
Robin Williams described Parliament (to Americans) as Congress with a 2 drink minimum. Brits are stoic but the governmental system is (typically) much more brutal than what Americans have
No, we do say “shut up” it’s just that everyone in parliament is pretty posh and talks like that
To all the internet trolls I've never met-- I require no response from you!!
"I require no response from you young man" lol!
I think I will replace shut up with this...
I've had the pleasure of listening to John Bercow twice giving after dinner speeches. The most eloquent man of such immense vocabulary I have ever heard. You'd not be disappointed...
As a British citizen, nothing makes me happier than taking the piss out of the complete omini-shambles that is my government at the moment. More! More!
I don't give a flying flamingo
What would I give for Bercow visiting Colbert and shout at the live audience for ORDA!
CBS new reality TV show
"The British parliament with John Bercow"
Bercows ties are the icing on this wonderful cake.
yes!
You have to admit, British politicians are extremely entertaining !
🇬🇧😂👍
A interview, is very good idea.
Even if, Stephen has to go to England, for the Brunch.
You cut off the bit where John Bercow said he didn't "give a flying f....flamingo" what an MP thought.
Oh, he's resigning his post next month, so you can invite him on as a guest.
Was waiting for Becrow's flying flamingo corker..........😪
Point of order: It’s a buck’s fizz over here. Not a mamosa.
Ah, thank you for the translation!
REALLY don't Google "woman, Black Rod, BBC footage".
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!!!
I used bing and got old BBC footage of Rod Stewart singing bye bye blackbird!
I want to see someone in Congress say “I require no response from you, sir!” Of course, with the accent.
Unlike many in Parliament John will be missed when he stands down
he will be, though the Facebook and Twitter trolls will try to tell you otherwise.
@@danwic hi leftie
Yes, I must improve my aim. I'll get the little turd next time.
awwww, no flying flamingos?
And the Queen is asking her lawyers I know the Magna Carta was signed in 1215 but is there a legal loophole in it.
I'm genuinely glad that UK politics is providing US citizenry with a bit of entertainment. At the moment - we are kind of depending on each other's fiascoes to get us through the day.
Isn't it strange how we are in a period where we are mutually learning that countries don't actually need functioning governments in order to survive.
What you have to understand though, my American friends and cousins, is that we may be ridiculously pantomime but we aren't going to trigger a nuclear holocaust. So our fiasco is much more light entertainment than yours.
Let's hope happy endings are pending all round.
I’m honestly starting to wonder if we’re in some unspoken contest to out-stupid one another. We kicked it off by voting for Brexit. Our US cousins grabbed the mantle and voted in Trump. Now we’ve wrestled it back again with that clown Boris and his concerted efforts to leave the EU without a deal on Hallowe’en (oh the irony, given what a horror show it would be).
I dread to think what stupid-as-fuck thing our respective countries will do next. 😔
You realise the British Prime minister has fewer checks when launching nukes that the US president does?
Britain is closer to Russia so it was designed to be quicker
Your not going to do that because you don’t have the means to do that if u did I might try . America defiantly has the means abd can do we could if we wanted but counties lie all the time who’s your say Russia really diss not have the biggest bomb or chins or fuck Africa or better yet it’s probably Iceland or Ireland that actually has one
The only good thing to come out of Brexit? The international acknowledgement of the fact how cool John Bercow really is.
I'm gutted Colbert only realised how great Bercow is as we go into prorogation and Bercow's resigning.
I didn't realize until just recently how lively British Parliament can be.
Rich words coming from a country that almost collapsed.
John Bercow's my local MP. I hate the Tories but he's a damn good MP.
Tories, Labour ,Others, just men and women. All depends on ethics principals;progressive ideas for the Country . NOT TO FEATHER ONES NEST
he's an amazingly sane-minded man despite being a Tory.
John Bercow’s “I require no response from you!” is the British version of
Maxine Waters’ “I reclaim my time!”
And it makes me blissfully happy 😆
John Bercow is literally the most spectacular human being ever to grace upon this earth.
Too bad LSSC couldn't manage to also show those flamingos flying in there 😁 😂
We have the Usher of the Black Rod here in Canada too. #parlimentary
I love how they sit all stacked together in UK parliament; elbows locked and ready to smash outward.
When he said he had footage of Boris ordering the shutdown I was expecting “EXECUTE ORDER 66”
Hello Mr. Colbert,
We also have an official called the Usher of the Black Rod in Canada.
John Bercow is like if Gordon Ramsay was in politics.
Without the swearing of course. Ramsay is bogan, not verbally eloquent like Bercow.
Ramsay's vulgar screeching. Is a gimmick . Separate from the rest . At home with wife and children. Himself ordinary nice.
it's not fun living in the UK these days...there is real anxiety amongst the people due to Brexit...and it's been going on now for 3 years - that's a looooooong headache !
Tell us about it.
as a Brit i can assure you we know how ridiculous this all is....i mean, we still have a monarchy!
She may be the best bet at the moment.
The Queen is cute but her family is the worst.
@@merlynjep You do know she's only a figure head.
waaat have I been missing all these years? I have to watch these preceedings
I finally understand the American sense of humour, unfortunately it came comes after half a bottle of whiskey, but I got there
You REALLY need to move heaven and earth to get that guy from Parliament on your show!!!
As funny as the british parliament is. It IS entertaining to see first the black rod getting the door closed in his/her face as the cermony dictates. After they all march out to her majesty they are all cheery and friendly and with the black rod as well.
As is said ‘The mother of all Parliaments’!
The British Politics is more alive than any form of politics in the whole World while the American is more boring and sometimes you can somebody is feeling sleepy in chamber as i observed.
black rod is not a person, it's the wooden staff made of ebony . The person is the Usher of the black rod
But the 'Lady Usher of the Black Rod' and the Gentlemen Ushers of the Black Rod who preceded her, are generally referred to as "Black Rod", and have been for centuries.
It's ok to google Black Rod at work, people.
Your boss just called, You're Fired.
I'm really enjoying Colbert covering our absolutely mental political crisis. The levity is helpful in the pits of my despair.
Get Out man! You will not be missed! 🤣
Thanks for the heads-up , i was watching it at work
You, on the other hand, John, will be sorely missed!
If only Canada's House of Commons had a speaker like THAT! I'd tune in to EVERY meeting! Same for Provincial Speaker as well.
Hands up to John Bercow - he is everyone's favourite guy in the UK (in that, the ppl in the UK incl myself and everyone I know, against stupid silly man Boris - which is a lot of ppl!)
No he isn't. Just because he has sometimes disagreed with some of the members of the Tory party DOES NOT make him everyone's favourite guy.
He is a narcissistic elitist bullying prig. Less objectionable than most of the useless oxygen thieves in Westminster he may be, but doesn't mean he's actually a decent human being.
He's a tool.
Jumped up traitor to democracy. Good riddance.
“In the name of brown sugar and cinnamon”
I nearly spilled my drink 😂
3:02 So are we just going to ignore Bercow's tie because its fantastic!
That guy in parliament hams it up for the cameras.
Is it just me, or is there a resemblance between John Bercow & Dennis Reynolds? "Begon vile man, begon from me!!!"
How DARE YOU CUT OUT THR FLYING FLAMINGO!?
Black Rod was seriously reconsidering her career choices in that clip!
Hahahah, this is hilarious! Great turns of phrase here. 😆
John Bercow is stepping down, I shall sadly miss him he does make me laugh.
I dont. It was an embarrassment, he pulled to try and get on TV after retirement
Bercow was wrong in the end,was forced to retire and is the most hated politician in Britian.....Brexit happened and Boris won by a record,landslide of 80 Seats
I wish you’d included the infamous “flying flamingo” comment. And the scuffle that broke out when opposition MPs held Bercow down (albeit very politely) so he couldn’t leave the chamber, echoing what happened when Charles I went all power-crazed and dissolved Parliament.
And we all know what happened to _him._ 💀
America's obsession with England's headmaster is as confusing as their insistence on voting against their personal interests 😕✌
If we added a 2 drink minimum to Congress we could have this on C-SPAN as well.
Haha !! Yeah we need to see more of parliament !!! Theyre a hoot !!!
British parliament is like UFC for debate clubs.
Can we get Jon Stewart to play John Bercow? Or get them both on stage at the same time?
C'mon Stephen! Get Bercow on your show asap!
OMg 😱... British politics 🇬🇧... Is awesome! 👍🏾
Why do you mock centuries old traditions when your country has only 250 years of democracy?
Think you've answered it
"I do not require a response from you.."...Jeez...takes me back to my school days....in fact the whole House of Commons is like an unruly class and the speaker is the poor bloody teacher trying to get some ORRRDDDEEERRR!!!......
so proud to be irish in this moment
Dont get to confident, a no deal Brexit could have massive impact on the Irish economy.
Why is everything looking so crazy! Is anyone seeing what I'm seeing? None of this is normal.
The ignorance of this is hilarious 😂
Oh not another one! Me and Stephen and how many others in love with the guy with the bubblegum tie. Ha ha ha! Thank you.
Set up an interview Stephen. Get on a plane over here and film it. Parliament is prorogued for a bit. The Speaker has held lots of charity events at Parliament as well.