If Britain Can Do It, Maybe We Can Too

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  • Опубликовано: 23 янв 2025

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  • @PurpleandBlackNails
    @PurpleandBlackNails 5 лет назад +1591

    'MIDLIFE CRISIS DRACO MALFOY'?! I'M SO MAD THAT NO-ONE'S SAID THAT BEFORE!

    • @edoardoprevelato6577
      @edoardoprevelato6577 5 лет назад +16

      That's because it would send all the Malfoy's beliebers into world ending rage.

    • @CooperAATE
      @CooperAATE 5 лет назад +25

      I feel like John Oliver has

    • @PurpleandBlackNails
      @PurpleandBlackNails 5 лет назад +5

      @@edoardoprevelato6577 Since when does malfoy have beliebers?

    • @PurpleandBlackNails
      @PurpleandBlackNails 5 лет назад +1

      @@CooperAATE possibly but still

    • @edoardoprevelato6577
      @edoardoprevelato6577 5 лет назад +1

      @@PurpleandBlackNails ever since fanfiction has been a thing.

  • @intersanctum
    @intersanctum 5 лет назад +2661

    OrddddddddddddddddAAAAAARRRRRR. Be a good boy and behave yourself.

    • @cinne2135
      @cinne2135 5 лет назад +87

      Bercow. My hero!

    • @Anouk129
      @Anouk129 5 лет назад +38

      @@cinne2135 ...he for sure has balls, something others lack ??? :-)

    • @cinne2135
      @cinne2135 5 лет назад +46

      @@Anouk129 He's the man! Been watching Parliament the last three years or so. He's a legend. Bercow, Britsh OG. Lol!

    • @kellyalves756
      @kellyalves756 5 лет назад +50

      Parliament has always been far more entertaining than Congress.

    • @AnonEyeMouse
      @AnonEyeMouse 5 лет назад +47

      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.

  • @NavaSDMB
    @NavaSDMB 5 лет назад +747

    The British PM isn't head of state, they're the head of the government.

    • @aleph8888
      @aleph8888 4 года назад +26

      Other than the US and France most countries separate the two.

    • @harrybaker8008
      @harrybaker8008 4 года назад +13

      aleph8888 they separate it in France too

    • @daviddavies3637
      @daviddavies3637 4 года назад +6

      @@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
      @daviddavies3637 4 года назад +1

      @Graham, King of the Britons! It was, before the flaws of presidential democracies took over.

    • @LordDim1
      @LordDim1 4 года назад +1

      @@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

  • @Opus313
    @Opus313 5 лет назад +716

    Order! Order!
    Behave yourself!
    Be a good boy, Donnie!
    Oh, if only...

    • @SpSot
      @SpSot 5 лет назад +9

      Ηe would teach him a good lesson on how to behave.

    • @couragekarnga8735
      @couragekarnga8735 5 лет назад +28

      The UK is like the ex you now realize was the one.

    • @shoesarebeingreviewed6533
      @shoesarebeingreviewed6533 5 лет назад +5

      jo pump go away

    • @shoesarebeingreviewed6533
      @shoesarebeingreviewed6533 5 лет назад +11

      jo pump orderrrrr!! Behave now ! Be a good boy!

    • @sagalmusse6977
      @sagalmusse6977 5 лет назад +7

      @@jopump9907 ...... order order youuuuu be quieeeet and be a gooood boy or leaaave pleaaaaaase!!

  • @summerstorm_
    @summerstorm_ 5 лет назад +806

    that call to order is the most British thing I've ever witnessed

    • @oliverpickup4843
      @oliverpickup4843 5 лет назад +42

      You haven't witnessed many British things, have you?

    • @chilldude30
      @chilldude30 5 лет назад +2

      What?

    • @landeryoumichael8851
      @landeryoumichael8851 5 лет назад +24

      You should see us arguing about making tea!!!

    • @garethhanby
      @garethhanby 5 лет назад +20

      Sorry. I am apologising for no reason because I am British.

    • @funnyusername8635
      @funnyusername8635 5 лет назад +4

      @@garethhanby Sorry, but aren't you Canadian?

  • @K_i_t_t_y84
    @K_i_t_t_y84 5 лет назад +1891

    RIP to the great Robin Williams who accurately described British politics as "Congress with a Two Drink Minimum"

    • @RobRidleyLive
      @RobRidleyLive 5 лет назад +38

      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.

    • @Valencetheshireman927
      @Valencetheshireman927 5 лет назад +10

      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 .

    • @garethhanby
      @garethhanby 5 лет назад +28

      @@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.

    • @dienadel30
      @dienadel30 5 лет назад +8

      @@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

    • @minimumeffort4948
      @minimumeffort4948 5 лет назад +11

      @@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.

  • @AlistairFairweather
    @AlistairFairweather 5 лет назад +438

    I love that the Americans are finally discovering the delightful Hon. John Bercow

    • @Skyprince27
      @Skyprince27 5 лет назад +7

      @Alistair Fairweather
      After Monty Python, it was just a matter of time before catching wind of this “git”.

    • @mmb628jr2
      @mmb628jr2 5 лет назад +11

      Jon Oliver did a ridiculous Segway on that dude... hilariously mind boggling

    • @faithrada
      @faithrada 5 лет назад +8

      @@mmb628jr2 Jon Oliver is a gem

    • @Sammy_DD
      @Sammy_DD 5 лет назад +14

      Bercow is the best!

    • @ninedaysjane2466
      @ninedaysjane2466 5 лет назад +5

      I watched the clip three times already. He's fabulous!

  • @davemurphy9468
    @davemurphy9468 5 лет назад +244

    It's even better when you consider that one of the Tory MP's that resigned was Jo Johnson, Boris's brother.

    • @pattiebell3657
      @pattiebell3657 5 лет назад +5

      OMG 😃 that means a by-election well at least he will get his election before October.

    • @steik6414
      @steik6414 5 лет назад +3

      That was later, but yes. Bozzymandias is 23 seats from a majority, as far as I can see.

    • @RobRidleyLive
      @RobRidleyLive 5 лет назад +12

      Great headline opportunity "JoJo Leaves BoJo"

    • @garethhanby
      @garethhanby 5 лет назад +1

      @@pattiebell3657 No by-election, he is standing down at the next general election. He resigned from the Cabinet immediately.

    • @alabaster6117
      @alabaster6117 5 лет назад

      And Corbyn was dragged through the mud by his brother.

  • @lindasleath9710
    @lindasleath9710 5 лет назад +314

    Please don’t underestimate the impact on the peace in Northern Ireland....it’s a balance

    • @orangetack1099
      @orangetack1099 5 лет назад +3

      The impact on Northern Ireland is small fry. There won't be a big resurgence in terrorism

    • @Valencetheshireman927
      @Valencetheshireman927 4 года назад +5

      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 .

    • @damedusa5107
      @damedusa5107 4 года назад +6

      J 19 they didn’t want it back then either, but they got it. It only takes a small number of people.

    • @jezalo3
      @jezalo3 4 года назад +3

      @@orangetack1099 tell that to the 70s and 80s...

    • @coling3957
      @coling3957 4 года назад +2

      it was a faux issue dragged up by EU puppets ROI ... they also tried using Spain and France.. all failed to block Brexit ..

  • @RandomCrapiFind
    @RandomCrapiFind 5 лет назад +81

    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 👏

    • @WeeAlYerHibbyPal
      @WeeAlYerHibbyPal 5 лет назад +15

      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. :)

    • @Elezabor
      @Elezabor 5 лет назад +3

      search for ukparliament on twitch. They have emotes and everything, lol

    • @RandomPlayIist
      @RandomPlayIist 5 лет назад +11

      I'm in the US and I watched it on twitch. It was amazing, I couldn't turn it off.

    • @fireyflower6643
      @fireyflower6643 5 лет назад +1

      @@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

    • @fireyflower6643
      @fireyflower6643 5 лет назад

      ruclips.net/user/UKParliament

  • @Ivan_Ooze
    @Ivan_Ooze 5 лет назад +508

    My god I love how the brits can express themselves

    • @michaelmurratti4687
      @michaelmurratti4687 5 лет назад +4

      As Useless Idiots?

    • @michaelsinclair8279
      @michaelsinclair8279 5 лет назад +18

      You'll want to look up Malcolm Tucker from the Thick of It......

    • @yodaiam6996
      @yodaiam6996 5 лет назад +2

      Except we can’t because we’ll get done for hate speech

    • @adrianpilcher703
      @adrianpilcher703 5 лет назад +53

      @@yodaiam6996 only if you are a racist twat, Muppethead!

    • @compulsiverambler1352
      @compulsiverambler1352 5 лет назад +30

      @@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?

  • @tommarti_f1870
    @tommarti_f1870 5 лет назад +845

    When the Americans make fun of us and they have trump

    • @AlashiaTuol
      @AlashiaTuol 5 лет назад +32

      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
      @Valencetheshireman927 4 года назад +62

      The British parliament is more hilarious than Trump because at this point Trump is an unfunny joke .

    • @smokefire3
      @smokefire3 4 года назад +22

      @@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)

    • @mikydees91
      @mikydees91 4 года назад

      TXM far better then Hillary

    • @JP1234815
      @JP1234815 4 года назад +7

      Johnson born in New York. Just saying.

  • @LizaBoltonNZ
    @LizaBoltonNZ 5 лет назад +1491

    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."

    • @loquayrocks
      @loquayrocks 5 лет назад +105

      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

    • @BadgerUKvideo
      @BadgerUKvideo 5 лет назад +33

      @@loquayrocks Can confirm. Public school is very much like that.

    • @ruialexandre6197
      @ruialexandre6197 5 лет назад +6

      @@BadgerUKvideo Here here!

    • @BadgerUKvideo
      @BadgerUKvideo 5 лет назад +41

      @@ruialexandre6197 It's "hear hear"

    • @alisonsmith4801
      @alisonsmith4801 5 лет назад +80

      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.

  • @elizabethlestrad5282
    @elizabethlestrad5282 5 лет назад +219

    Colber needs to get Speaker Bercow on his show, that guy is a total boss.

    • @MandleRoss
      @MandleRoss 5 лет назад +15

      Seconded!!! Let's get a petition going here!

    • @monkeibusiness
      @monkeibusiness 5 лет назад +22

      That man might be quite busy at the moment

    • @skalmelid
      @skalmelid 5 лет назад +1

      Hear, hear!

    • @judioregan4210
      @judioregan4210 5 лет назад +4

      To be fair though, Bercow has had several charges of bullying his staff levelled against him.

    • @garethhanby
      @garethhanby 5 лет назад +2

      @@judioregan4210 He got another one after this. The Tories are threatening to have a candidate stand against him in the next GE.

  • @Brimenting
    @Brimenting 5 лет назад +89

    2:40 "The Brits elected a woman Head of State in 1979...?"
    We don't elect the Head of State (the Queen).
    1979 ??

    • @seileach67
      @seileach67 5 лет назад +36

      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.

    • @cmconley33
      @cmconley33 5 лет назад +9

      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,

    • @cmconley33
      @cmconley33 5 лет назад +3

      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.

    • @cmconley33
      @cmconley33 5 лет назад +1

      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.

    • @cmconley33
      @cmconley33 5 лет назад +1

      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.

  • @LordMoku
    @LordMoku 5 лет назад +389

    Ah, even a US audience knows to boo Boris. Well, I suppose you've had plenty of experience with spotting egocentric incompetence.

    • @MultiBigbird01
      @MultiBigbird01 5 лет назад +6

      I was thinking the same lol

    • @slyjokerg
      @slyjokerg 5 лет назад +7

      Not enough of us, obviously.

    • @hollyb7142
      @hollyb7142 5 лет назад +2

      Yes, now if we could convince the rest of them that they are being duped by Trump.

    • @xeno4204
      @xeno4204 5 лет назад +1

      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.

    • @xeno4204
      @xeno4204 5 лет назад

      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.

  • @felinecontrolled
    @felinecontrolled 5 лет назад +2609

    Yeah, but it you yell ORDER at trump he's likely to ask for a big mac and fries.

  • @clothilde1623
    @clothilde1623 5 лет назад +65

    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. 😂

  • @worldpeace4222
    @worldpeace4222 5 лет назад +1319

    Trump: I spend an hour in combing my hair to look like this
    Boris: I woke up looking like this

    • @Lucius1958
      @Lucius1958 5 лет назад +27

      @Cliff Hanley He practices for hours in front of a picture of Worzel Gummidge.

    • @Pro_Butcher_Amateur_Human
      @Pro_Butcher_Amateur_Human 5 лет назад +87

      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
      @basketcase6999 5 лет назад +3

      James Bennett What’s repugnant about them?

    • @Christobix
      @Christobix 5 лет назад +16

      @@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

    • @SimonBishop779
      @SimonBishop779 5 лет назад +16

      Yes, Boris has mastered the ‘likeable, bumbling Toff’ routine, and it’s got him far. It’s intended to be disarming, and it works.

  • @DaveWhoa
    @DaveWhoa 5 лет назад +811

    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!!!

    • @momon969
      @momon969 5 лет назад +21

      @Syed Humza Reza I wouldn't mind him being deceased either.

    • @DaveWhoa
      @DaveWhoa 5 лет назад +22

      @Syed Humza Reza actually i think i meant desist haha ... decease works so much better though this context

    • @ATPMolloy1
      @ATPMolloy1 5 лет назад +13

      Freudian Slip Deceased?

    • @andmos1001
      @andmos1001 5 лет назад +2

      Ererere

    • @jessicascoullar3737
      @jessicascoullar3737 5 лет назад +3

      Syed Humza Reza I think the word he was going for is desist?

  • @michaelmoreton5042
    @michaelmoreton5042 5 лет назад +175

    Boris' brother resigned too
    I think he plans to spend LESS time with his family.

    • @MonteCreations
      @MonteCreations 5 лет назад +1

      I think he resigned so he COULD spend time with his family. WAY too much political tension was building up

    • @dlilwon
      @dlilwon 5 лет назад +6

      MonteCreations the joke went over ya head eh 🤦🏽‍♀️

    • @kanedNunable
      @kanedNunable 4 года назад +1

      his brother and sister said they cannot work with him and hes not to be trusted. that says a lot!

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage 5 лет назад +615

    What I wouldn't give to hear our Speaker of the House talk to Donnie that way.

    • @tolrem
      @tolrem 5 лет назад +51

      "Now listen here you stupid orange faced git..."

    • @samloveslfc
      @samloveslfc 5 лет назад +9

      @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.

    • @gz9975
      @gz9975 5 лет назад +3

      She won't. Her donors wouldn't allow it.

    • @brianparker663
      @brianparker663 5 лет назад +9

      Dan, you've been "prorogued".

    • @janeenharris3074
      @janeenharris3074 5 лет назад +8

      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.

  • @bunchoffuckingbullshit5482
    @bunchoffuckingbullshit5482 5 лет назад +451

    "If you don't eat your meat you can't have any pudding!!"

    • @britainluver431
      @britainluver431 5 лет назад +1

      If you don't eat your mince, you can't have any pie.

    • @AlejandroAguilarMejia
      @AlejandroAguilarMejia 5 лет назад +10

      Pink Floyd the greatest band this earth has seen so far!!

    • @SusseBo
      @SusseBo 5 лет назад +1

      Oh no another meat eater. Not politically correct. Climate polluter.

    • @compulsiverambler1352
      @compulsiverambler1352 5 лет назад +3

      @@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 RUclips 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.

    • @goblinwisdom
      @goblinwisdom 5 лет назад +1

      Ian Duncan Smith ( con) was spoiling his dinner with an impromptu pick, lick and omnomnom the other day.

  • @davidmotoole
    @davidmotoole 3 года назад +9

    I am so glad I watched this. I have tears of laughter. He was the best speaker we ever had.

  • @stephenwedderburn9307
    @stephenwedderburn9307 5 лет назад +29

    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!

  • @kingbadmovie
    @kingbadmovie 5 лет назад +133

    John Bercow knows how to drop that "ohdaaaahhhh"...

    • @davest.clarejones930
      @davest.clarejones930 5 лет назад +1

      John prevented him from speaking at the houses of parliament on his visit. I was extremely happy that he did

  • @MostlyPennyCat
    @MostlyPennyCat 5 лет назад +91

    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".

    • @lawrencedoliveiro9104
      @lawrencedoliveiro9104 5 лет назад +3

      Funny, it’s wider than that in other Parliaments.

    • @kanedNunable
      @kanedNunable 4 года назад +2

      @@lawrencedoliveiro9104 we are always short of space in blighty

    • @lawrencedoliveiro9104
      @lawrencedoliveiro9104 4 года назад +3

      @@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.

    • @Oxley016
      @Oxley016 3 года назад +3

      @@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.

    • @lawrencedoliveiro9104
      @lawrencedoliveiro9104 3 года назад

      @@Oxley016 Other countries have more respect for their politicians. And the feeling is mutual.

  • @libertyjones1347
    @libertyjones1347 5 лет назад +916

    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 😂😂😂

    • @tiandao8503
      @tiandao8503 5 лет назад +41

      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.

    • @tinachristine4573
      @tinachristine4573 5 лет назад +18

      You think British politics is normal???? Where do you live mate?

    • @Courier_333
      @Courier_333 5 лет назад +3

      Yeah ummmm at least in america I have free speech, not getting fined for jokes

    • @libertyjones1347
      @libertyjones1347 5 лет назад +11

      @@tinachristine4573 Birmingham. I meant used to, so not much seems out of the ordinary x

    • @QwentyJ
      @QwentyJ 5 лет назад +15

      @@Courier_333 What? 0_o

  • @kateleblanc604
    @kateleblanc604 5 лет назад +177

    One of the plusses of living with a Parliamentary government. Its really easy to cross the floor.

    • @normanflint8757
      @normanflint8757 5 лет назад +3

      🇨🇦👍

    • @SusseBo
      @SusseBo 5 лет назад

      YEA or leave all together. Like Johnsons brother walked out.

    • @yarpen26
      @yarpen26 5 лет назад

      @@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.

    • @alalalala57
      @alalalala57 5 лет назад

      @@bosstowndynamics5488 Malaysia uses a Westminster parliamentary system as well. And perhaps worse off because of it.

    • @tormodosen4746
      @tormodosen4746 5 лет назад

      @@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

  • @terryhopper5286
    @terryhopper5286 4 года назад +199

    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
      @jamesduffy7549 4 года назад +14

      No need to get your knickers in a twist. It's a sad life if you can't laugh at yourself sometimes

    • @jamesduffy7549
      @jamesduffy7549 4 года назад +6

      @Balla yes, laugh away. This clip is just a yank poking some fairly harmless fun, who cares?

    • @Fleeb-pb7zo
      @Fleeb-pb7zo 4 года назад

      I’m bri’ish

    • @solomonstemplers
      @solomonstemplers 4 года назад +5

      @@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.

    • @jamesduffy7549
      @jamesduffy7549 4 года назад

      @@solomonstemplers yes it is, it's fine. Don't be so sensitive for crying out loud

  • @marochkaminkeng9872
    @marochkaminkeng9872 5 лет назад +420

    The speaker is literally my favourite person in the whole of parliament. Dude is a legend 😂😂😂

    • @CitizenAyellowblue
      @CitizenAyellowblue 5 лет назад +16

      Respected for his impartiality by all sides. That’s why he’s had the job for so long.

    • @SuperG3cko
      @SuperG3cko 5 лет назад +32

      There was a baby in the commons once and he congratulated it on having better behaviour than his colleagues

    • @slammer3140
      @slammer3140 5 лет назад +4

      03:00 There are times where he looks a little like Bill Clinton. I love watching clips of him scolding politicians !!

    • @MagicalKid
      @MagicalKid 5 лет назад

      The only thing I don't like is his overtanning.

    • @wratched
      @wratched 5 лет назад +3

      I miss Betty Boothroyd.

  • @MrExEssex
    @MrExEssex 5 лет назад +37

    3:32 John Bercow seems to look straight into the camera as if to say: "You getting this?"

  • @mattmatthews5414
    @mattmatthews5414 5 лет назад +12

    BE A GOOD BOY, YOUNG MAHN!

  • @allabouttheafc6031
    @allabouttheafc6031 5 лет назад +1329

    The House of Commons speaker is a legend btw. He doesn't take shit from anyone.

    • @ciaranbrk
      @ciaranbrk 5 лет назад +51

      Sure Bercow prevented him from addressing the commons on trumps UK visit.😂😂

    • @GBHanny8
      @GBHanny8 5 лет назад +46

      Bercow is a democratic institution himself.

    • @Anouk129
      @Anouk129 5 лет назад +8

      @@bart5246 ...oh Bart. Really ???

    • @wayneriley7367
      @wayneriley7367 5 лет назад +10

      Bart Bart wow, Im glad he could talk in a way you understand ‘something’

    • @whdstudios2441
      @whdstudios2441 5 лет назад +2

      @AllAboutTheAFC Yeah but the House of Commons Speaker can't be much of a epic roast than our own; Speaker Pelosi. --- That SOTU Clap she did wasn't in favor of Trump. :)

  • @hammsuke8290
    @hammsuke8290 5 лет назад +134

    Bercow is honestly the best bit about politics these days.

  • @billjane5522
    @billjane5522 3 года назад +4

    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.

  • @rhonatolchard4552
    @rhonatolchard4552 5 лет назад +90

    As a Brit - priceless impression of John Bercow, and the Draco Malfoy comment is a gem. Go Stephen!

  • @mhc121
    @mhc121 5 лет назад +133

    Moscow Mitch needs to watch this and know that not all politicians are corrupt and have no spine

    • @TheArmchairPriest
      @TheArmchairPriest 5 лет назад +1

      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

    • @TheArmchairPriest
      @TheArmchairPriest 5 лет назад +4

      Darth Wheezius oh wow wtf i didnt hear about that. Moscow mitch all the way then lol

    • @ThatCasualZach
      @ThatCasualZach 5 лет назад +1

      @@TheArmchairPriest it must be true.

    • @TheArmchairPriest
      @TheArmchairPriest 5 лет назад +2

      Zach Long Yes. Because i asked, was informed, then looekd up. “Must be true” it is true

    • @steveallen984
      @steveallen984 5 лет назад +5

      @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?

  • @banjarqueenee
    @banjarqueenee 5 лет назад +36

    Those British politicians were fabulous in their Monty Pythonesque reality show meeting.

  • @MrKikip1992
    @MrKikip1992 5 лет назад +143

    John Bercow is the best thing to happen to British politics since ever, he is cracking!

    • @haruhisuzumiya6650
      @haruhisuzumiya6650 5 лет назад +5

      Truly smashing

    • @y_fam_goeglyd
      @y_fam_goeglyd 5 лет назад +12

      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.

    • @minsapint8007
      @minsapint8007 5 лет назад +3

      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.

    • @Zzyzzyzzs
      @Zzyzzyzzs 5 лет назад +5

      @TheRenaissanceman65 It's a sad state of affairs when impartiality in the name of human decency looks bad.

    • @saitamatrash2527
      @saitamatrash2527 5 лет назад +5

      TheRenaissanceman65 he’s fair. Just cuz he doesn’t suck up to conservatives doesn’t mean he’s not impartial.

  • @lw3269
    @lw3269 5 лет назад +321

    See how easy it is to cross the aisle, Republicons? Hello? Are you listening? Hello?? Sigh.

    • @whocares2723
      @whocares2723 5 лет назад +7

      Republicunts*

    • @Pro_Butcher_Amateur_Human
      @Pro_Butcher_Amateur_Human 5 лет назад +7

      @#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.

    • @Courier_333
      @Courier_333 5 лет назад

      This will be funny in 20 years yall ignorant

    • @QuickDrawWP
      @QuickDrawWP 5 лет назад +3

      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.

    • @basketcase6999
      @basketcase6999 5 лет назад +2

      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.

  • @frenstcht
    @frenstcht 5 лет назад +16

    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.

  • @sebahnasir1275
    @sebahnasir1275 5 лет назад +225

    Even i live so far away from UK i enjoy house of commons more than WWE

    • @mariom6368
      @mariom6368 5 лет назад +5

      A E DUB!

    • @konstantinkoch6114
      @konstantinkoch6114 5 лет назад +11

      it also has a better story line xD

    • @keithlordofalbascotland3371
      @keithlordofalbascotland3371 5 лет назад

      seba nasir6599 there all wankers

    • @Skyprince27
      @Skyprince27 5 лет назад +4

      @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...

    • @lottejohnson250
      @lottejohnson250 5 лет назад +1

      @@Skyprince27 Isn't that what the lords do when they come into the commons...?? Or have I misinterpreted the broadcast aha

  • @rb6042
    @rb6042 5 лет назад +37

    I love the Speaker of the House of Commons with a passion.

  • @davidthomas-ot4cl
    @davidthomas-ot4cl 3 года назад +1

    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!

  • @DmitriFilms
    @DmitriFilms 5 лет назад +24

    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

  • @unversedhero6028
    @unversedhero6028 5 лет назад +238

    Can we please have that man sitting in on all of Trump's addresses to the nation? Just think about the possibilities.

    • @DarkRipper117
      @DarkRipper117 5 лет назад +26

      Just think about the comedy gold mine that could lead to....😂🤣🤣

    • @megahappy2bemeIntheStarz
      @megahappy2bemeIntheStarz 5 лет назад +27

      It would be great . President tRump- you're out of ORDER !!! Now, settle down & be a good boy.

    • @janicemcateer9547
      @janicemcateer9547 4 года назад +1

      Unversed Hero please take take him,he's a jumped up toad of a man

    • @mehere6865
      @mehere6865 4 года назад +2

      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.

  • @randomfjord1256
    @randomfjord1256 5 лет назад +7

    Colbert doing Bercow's impression. One wish I didn't know I have has come true. Thanks both of you, lovely men.

  • @paulramos4037
    @paulramos4037 5 лет назад +228

    All nations have their faults, but I admire British MPs more than US Senators for possessing more BALLS than their US counterparts.

    • @anonmouse6337
      @anonmouse6337 5 лет назад +13

      It's says more about the flaws in the presidential system than the bravery of the politicians, really.

    • @koelnkorrekt
      @koelnkorrekt 5 лет назад +13

      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.

    • @BadgerUKvideo
      @BadgerUKvideo 5 лет назад +2

      @@koelnkorrekt Hear hear!

    • @arlosteiner8382
      @arlosteiner8382 5 лет назад +2

      Admiring MPs is sado-masochistic bullshit have some self respect

    • @LividImp
      @LividImp 5 лет назад

      *Bollocks

  • @marisandinianimelove
    @marisandinianimelove 5 лет назад +186

    *ORDER!!! BE A GOOD BOY DONNY AND GO SQUAT IN THE POTTY!*
    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @LividImp
      @LividImp 5 лет назад +9

      *Squaty on the potty
      You have to say it in such a way that his 4 year old brain will understand.

    • @brylesmith1374
      @brylesmith1374 5 лет назад

      Donny: (throws tantrum) 🤣

  • @ruesmale6940
    @ruesmale6940 5 лет назад +11

    John Bercow is a hero to all the Brits who won’t put up with Boris and his tricks to ignore parliament.

  • @daedalusspacegames
    @daedalusspacegames 5 лет назад +118

    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.

    • @Coldheart322
      @Coldheart322 5 лет назад +14

      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!

    • @daedalusspacegames
      @daedalusspacegames 5 лет назад +5

      @@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.

    • @Coldheart322
      @Coldheart322 5 лет назад +9

      @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.

    • @SpSot
      @SpSot 5 лет назад +3

      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.

    • @Coldheart322
      @Coldheart322 5 лет назад

      @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.

  • @victoralexander848
    @victoralexander848 5 лет назад +44

    as boris is finding out to get endorsed by trump is a nightmare

  • @victoria9590
    @victoria9590 5 лет назад +6

    Im a Brit and this analysis of our political system had me in hysterics. Excellent British accent btw. Bercow for PM!!

  • @spartandud3
    @spartandud3 5 лет назад +272

    John Bercow, The Speaker, is also a member of The Conservative Party and the man he shouted down is also a Conservative.

    • @BlokeOnWheels
      @BlokeOnWheels 5 лет назад +53

      He's not a Conservative member anymore, he had to resign from the party when he was elected Speaker .

    • @clickrick
      @clickrick 5 лет назад +30

      @@BlokeOnWheels That, and he's also not exactly been the darling of the Conservatives in recent years! :D

    • @denadear
      @denadear 5 лет назад

      I read that it is believed he has changed parties.

    • @BlokeOnWheels
      @BlokeOnWheels 5 лет назад +24

      ​@@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.

    • @namelesssomebody2557
      @namelesssomebody2557 5 лет назад +10

      The only sane man left in the House

  • @tselengbotlhole750
    @tselengbotlhole750 5 лет назад +139

    I love the Brits 🤣🤣🤣 never a dull moment with them

    • @smeagol8576
      @smeagol8576 5 лет назад +8

      Clearly you've never been. We complain about anything we can find.

    • @davest.clarejones930
      @davest.clarejones930 5 лет назад +3

      You should visit I have an open house

    • @tselengbotlhole750
      @tselengbotlhole750 5 лет назад

      Dave St. Clare Jones 😀😀😀

    • @tselengbotlhole750
      @tselengbotlhole750 5 лет назад +2

      Sméagol you can't be worse than the Americans!!?? 😳

    • @imonmyway317
      @imonmyway317 5 лет назад +2

      I live in France and though I love it its very clear that complaining is a national sport here

  • @shelleyphilcox4743
    @shelleyphilcox4743 4 года назад +1

    Watching this on 8th January 2021...the difference a year makes!!!!

  • @kaymusonda1597
    @kaymusonda1597 5 лет назад +331

    "Midlife Crisis Draco Malfoy" 🤔 no truer words have ever been spoken 😂😂

    • @NoNameJustWords
      @NoNameJustWords 5 лет назад +3

      HEY NOW! Midlife Malfoy was married and had a son!

    • @yarpen26
      @yarpen26 5 лет назад

      Colbert's geeky side shining through again.

    • @colinbrown4719
      @colinbrown4719 5 лет назад

      Kay Musonda Are you a supporter of REMAIN ?.........” TOUGH , YOU LOST “ LOL

    • @robertnett9793
      @robertnett9793 5 лет назад

      @@yarpen26 And it's glorious. One can say what he wants - Colbert is truly a master of pictoral descriptions...

    • @vilstef6988
      @vilstef6988 5 лет назад +2

      Best US description of BoJo that I've heard!.

  • @ShiroKage009
    @ShiroKage009 5 лет назад +55

    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.

    • @Coldheart322
      @Coldheart322 5 лет назад +12

      I've been tempted to get an OOORRRDDDAAAHHH T-shirt for a while now.

    • @explodingtomahawks7589
      @explodingtomahawks7589 5 лет назад +1

      @@Coldheart322 Ooh does a shirt like that exist? I really want one now.

  • @mefford67
    @mefford67 5 лет назад +13

    *”Go squatty on the potty.”* 😂😂😂

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte7198 5 лет назад +29

    If Commons Speaker John Bercow was Trump’s nanny... the US wouldn’t have this kind of mess.

  • @saxyrep1
    @saxyrep1 5 лет назад +59

    If members of his own party could, grow a pair and stand up to Trump, they'd have done it by now.

  • @djburland
    @djburland 4 года назад +6

    A slight correction, the woman head of state is the Queen, crowned in 1952!

    • @catherinerobilliard7662
      @catherinerobilliard7662 3 года назад

      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.

  • @rhonatolchard4552
    @rhonatolchard4552 5 лет назад +30

    I'm not often proud of the way my government behaves, but this is one of those times. Long may it continue!

  • @weirdperson7720
    @weirdperson7720 5 лет назад +195

    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

    • @icameherejusttocomment550
      @icameherejusttocomment550 5 лет назад +5

      @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?

    • @soccerruben1
      @soccerruben1 5 лет назад +4

      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.

    • @sarahgrant8860
      @sarahgrant8860 5 лет назад

      312vandal lol

    • @icameherejusttocomment550
      @icameherejusttocomment550 5 лет назад

      @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...

    • @smiller2044
      @smiller2044 5 лет назад

      @Tsinat Gebreselassie 😆

  • @aescubed
    @aescubed 2 года назад +1

    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".

  • @susiehenders
    @susiehenders 5 лет назад +277

    Colbert’s Bercow is H I L A R I O U S 😂😂😂😂

    • @charlesphilips2045
      @charlesphilips2045 5 лет назад +10

      Absolutely hilarious, and awesome. He should invite Bercow to the show some day.

    • @megzeppelinn
      @megzeppelinn 5 лет назад +2

      I seriously choked on my food while watching this cuz I started laughing so hard! So insane and funny

    • @philiplane108
      @philiplane108 5 лет назад +7

      As a Brit I am really impressed with his Bercow

    • @Hannah_Em
      @Hannah_Em 5 лет назад +1

      It's pretty similar to his "Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow" though, it must be said

    • @megzeppelinn
      @megzeppelinn 5 лет назад +1

      Hannah M UM i had no idea he did a jack sparrow! Where is this potentially very sexy footage ??

  • @procrastinator547
    @procrastinator547 5 лет назад +14

    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

  • @jackarius9565
    @jackarius9565 5 лет назад +70

    As a British man, I can confirm we also take this piss out of the speakers of the House of Commons 😂

    • @kanedNunable
      @kanedNunable 4 года назад +1

      the new one is shit tho. might as well not exist

    • @inco9943
      @inco9943 3 года назад

      John Bercow was a very good speaker and is highly esteemed in the UK

  • @Yesnog05
    @Yesnog05 5 лет назад +111

    I seriously cannot wait to see John Oliver's reaction to this as well

  • @diannebrook4925
    @diannebrook4925 5 лет назад +2

    I LOVE it when you do British news!!!! 😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤

  • @Davionious
    @Davionious 5 лет назад +9

    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.

    • @wallacetf
      @wallacetf 5 лет назад

      it happens once a week

    • @50zcarsman
      @50zcarsman 5 лет назад +1

      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..."

    • @Dimi.Petrov
      @Dimi.Petrov 5 лет назад

      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

  • @GBHanny8
    @GBHanny8 5 лет назад +23

    "Steve of Nazereth" just cracked me up. 😂😂 ..... Have no idea why I found it so funny 😂

    • @GBHanny8
      @GBHanny8 5 лет назад +1

      @Great White 😂

    • @EleanorPeterson
      @EleanorPeterson 5 лет назад

      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.

    • @skeletormonkey
      @skeletormonkey 5 лет назад

      If you like that joke, search youtube for: stephen lynch craig christ

    • @tdsims1963
      @tdsims1963 5 лет назад

      I love it, too. In fact I hope we will get more of "Nazareth Steve" in the near future!

  • @Lakshmi1118
    @Lakshmi1118 5 лет назад +7

    “Be a good boy young man!” Bwahahahaha 😂😂😂

  • @imtheotherdave
    @imtheotherdave 5 лет назад +133

    I'm British and that jammy squares comment was amazing.

    • @pattiebell3657
      @pattiebell3657 5 лет назад +2

      But are your granny's jammy squares amazing, that's the question.

    • @judioregan4210
      @judioregan4210 5 лет назад +1

      Well, I'm British too, but have never heard of "jammy squares". 🤔

    • @jonoesquirryl
      @jonoesquirryl 5 лет назад +1

      Fit are jammie squares? Ah’ve never heard ae them lol if he’d said jammie piece now, that’s British for sure!

    • @judioregan4210
      @judioregan4210 5 лет назад +1

      Now, Jam Rolypoly, that's a different kettle of fish altogether. Yummy steamed suet pudding rolled with jam, perfect with custard.

    • @roystonmason9125
      @roystonmason9125 5 лет назад +1

      @@judioregan4210 BRITISH put jam on anything!

  • @zoerobinson8781
    @zoerobinson8781 5 лет назад +287

    I have to laugh at your president in order to pretend our own sh*tshow isn't happening...

    • @haruhisuzumiya6650
      @haruhisuzumiya6650 5 лет назад +10

      It's pretty bad in Australia 🇦🇺 particularly parliamentary level

    • @explodingtomahawks7589
      @explodingtomahawks7589 5 лет назад +11

      It's the only way I've made it throughout this, as you say, sh*tshow.

    • @Henrque123
      @Henrque123 5 лет назад +8

      I feel you... From Brazil

    • @catmonkey4351
      @catmonkey4351 5 лет назад +9

      We've all got a bunch of psychopaths in power. Time to end demagoguery.

    • @fe5018
      @fe5018 5 лет назад +12

      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.

  • @lesleyleith4440
    @lesleyleith4440 5 лет назад

    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.💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

  • @timd4524
    @timd4524 5 лет назад +93

    The speaker also burnt boris when he addressed corbyn by his name.

    • @snowstrobe
      @snowstrobe 5 лет назад +2

      That was one of my fav moments of the day.

    • @MyroslavaRm
      @MyroslavaRm 5 лет назад +4

      is there a link to the video or something? i'd like to see it.

    • @problynah
      @problynah 5 лет назад

      @@MyroslavaRmthe sun has it.

    • @anderjpoo
      @anderjpoo 5 лет назад +5

      @@MyroslavaRm ruclips.net/video/zvwzJqNYbFY/видео.html

    • @R.M.MacFru
      @R.M.MacFru 5 лет назад +1

      @@anderjpoo ...thanks for the link. 😁

  • @TilakKamath
    @TilakKamath 5 лет назад +39

    John Bercow = Legend as a Speaker of the House

    • @fallenangels611
      @fallenangels611 5 лет назад +1

      Tilak Kamath total embarrassment you mean! U.K. Politics is comical asf hence the reason spitting image was created

    • @TilakKamath
      @TilakKamath 5 лет назад +1

      @@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.

    • @robertsimkin3949
      @robertsimkin3949 4 года назад

      Hes an absolute nob

  • @mlfeathers7527
    @mlfeathers7527 5 лет назад +1

    Hilarious Mr Colbert! One of your best!

  • @loquayrocks
    @loquayrocks 5 лет назад +92

    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

    • @loquayrocks
      @loquayrocks 5 лет назад +5

      @TheRenaissanceman65 what school did BoJo go to? Eton.. what school did Cameron go to? Eton. It's a Tory thing

    • @dougclark9921
      @dougclark9921 5 лет назад +5

      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.

    • @talltroll7092
      @talltroll7092 5 лет назад +3

      @@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?

    • @Jabber-ig3iw
      @Jabber-ig3iw 5 лет назад +1

      Yeah how dare our politicians go to good schools.

    • @John-ng4go
      @John-ng4go 5 лет назад

      I think you mean private schools

  • @lottejohnson250
    @lottejohnson250 5 лет назад +60

    Speaker of the House, John Bercow is the only thing making the news worth watching, HE IS A LEGEND.

    • @kanedNunable
      @kanedNunable 4 года назад

      sad hes gone and replaced with a tory fanboy. its shit now :(

    • @brianjackson1744
      @brianjackson1744 4 года назад +1

      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

  • @slashdisco
    @slashdisco 3 года назад +2

    UK here: we didn't "elect a woman head of state in 1979"... Thatcher was our head of government. We've had a female head of *state* since 1952 (and our first was in *1515*).

  • @bkxornam
    @bkxornam 5 лет назад +56

    His own brother just resigned from his government.

    • @n8style
      @n8style 5 лет назад +7

      to spend less time with his family :D

    • @sharonmullins1957
      @sharonmullins1957 5 лет назад

      Now that is embarrassing

    • @alabaster6117
      @alabaster6117 5 лет назад

      And Corbyn's brother just denounced the opposition leader.

    • @EmeraldView
      @EmeraldView 5 лет назад

      Making Johnson PM was just one big ruse to humiliate him.
      😄

    • @inertiaMS
      @inertiaMS 5 лет назад

      @@alabaster6117 his brother is also a wack job climate denying weather forecaster...

  • @fatheranthony4pope
    @fatheranthony4pope 5 лет назад +107

    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.

    • @5000yes1
      @5000yes1 5 лет назад +13

      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.

    • @Tracymmo
      @Tracymmo 5 лет назад +8

      Having the head of state be a hereditary position is so silly that we're ignoring it.

    • @konstantinkoch6114
      @konstantinkoch6114 5 лет назад +4

      @farenheit041 i´d argue it is far from natural ... or are governments, money and social structures something "natural"

    • @TsunamiStarsheart
      @TsunamiStarsheart 5 лет назад

      @@konstantinkoch6114 perhaps a natural ohhhhhhdaaaaaaaaaah?

    • @konstantinkoch6114
      @konstantinkoch6114 5 лет назад +1

      @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

  • @kayomholt-montague7661
    @kayomholt-montague7661 5 лет назад +6

    OMFG! I just LOVE this speaker?

  • @geoffbell2906
    @geoffbell2906 5 лет назад +32

    Could be worse, we could end up eating American food. 🤮🤮🤮

    • @catmarcuri
      @catmarcuri 5 лет назад

      Aaaaand you probably will. Trump Steaks, to be precise...

    • @mobilegamingexpress7711
      @mobilegamingexpress7711 5 лет назад +1

      Geoffrey Bell bro American food is good you’re just a hater

    • @rutabagasteu
      @rutabagasteu 5 лет назад

      Blood pudding is beyond weird.

    • @Lucius1958
      @Lucius1958 5 лет назад

      @@rutabagasteu On the other hand, Stilton cheese is the Food of the Gods...

  • @lucycarpenter6694
    @lucycarpenter6694 5 лет назад +31

    John Bercow really is a national treasure
    I would love to see how he would deal with trump

    • @christophersharman4818
      @christophersharman4818 5 лет назад +1

      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.

    • @mrmagoo-i2l
      @mrmagoo-i2l 5 лет назад +2

      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.

  • @crazyman8472
    @crazyman8472 2 года назад +1

    And now, 2 years later… 🤦‍♀️

  • @jayit6851
    @jayit6851 5 лет назад +92

    Britain PM is not head of state the monarch is. Which means they actually had a female head of state hundreds of years ago.

    • @andmos1001
      @andmos1001 5 лет назад +3

      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

    • @kingalfred2014
      @kingalfred2014 5 лет назад +12

      The British monarch is the head of state in much the same way people claim to be owned by their cats.

    • @mungolikescandy3270
      @mungolikescandy3270 5 лет назад +9

      @@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

    • @danielr3522
      @danielr3522 5 лет назад +4

      @@andmos1001 I'm not sure what you mean by 'PM is *figuratively* head of state'. Officially it's the Queen, anyway.

    • @andmos1001
      @andmos1001 5 лет назад +1

      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

  • @brookejanssen7251
    @brookejanssen7251 5 лет назад +92

    You were missed on your vacation. Welcome back

    • @EclecticEnnui
      @EclecticEnnui 5 лет назад +2

      I kinda wish the show was running when Trump looked up at the sky and said, "I am the chosen one." :D

  • @Z1Hellrider
    @Z1Hellrider 4 года назад +12

    Funny how the Americans of ALL nations laugh at our democracy, ....really ?....REALLY ?

  • @Keltik0ne
    @Keltik0ne 5 лет назад +12

    Bercow is a national treasure. He was a major right winger before he became speaker, where he sorta gained common sense.

  • @missylynn9180
    @missylynn9180 5 лет назад +6

    Wow! That was amazing.... and the longer he went on the more red his face got. Love that chap

  • @kevincrady2831
    @kevincrady2831 5 лет назад +31

    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? ;)

    • @lenawagenfuehr53
      @lenawagenfuehr53 5 лет назад +1

      So you want to trade in one bad hairdo for another?

    • @boudecia22
      @boudecia22 4 года назад +4

      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. 😁🤣🤣

  • @irrigationnorth7187
    @irrigationnorth7187 5 лет назад +16

    Gotta love the parliamentary system.

  • @LadyAneh
    @LadyAneh 5 лет назад +28

    Britain may have elected a woman in 1979, but unfortunately, she was Margaret Thatcher. 😒

    • @Sam-mi9wi
      @Sam-mi9wi 5 лет назад +5

      Talk about a disaster....

    • @Celisar1
      @Celisar1 5 лет назад

      Sam McLatchie
      Without Thatcher the UK would have remained the poorhouse of Europe.
      An utter disaster.

  • @onewomanslife
    @onewomanslife 5 лет назад +1

    No, Stephen, I used to think that about British food but while in England for two weeks in 2013, I had to wonder if Jaimie Oliver was cooking in every pub and restaurant. The food was terrific and after everything I had been told- that was a delightful surprise.

  • @BailyRoe
    @BailyRoe 5 лет назад +18

    "Order, Ordddder. Be a good boy, Donald"
    Very funny, but in 10 words it illustrates perfectly the advantages of a parliamentary system over a republic lead by a proto-dictator ...

  • @Syklonus
    @Syklonus 5 лет назад +243

    Correction: England and Wales have been trying to Brexit. Scotland and Northern Ireland voted to remain within Europe.

    • @ashleysmith1276
      @ashleysmith1276 5 лет назад +73

      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.

    • @rparl
      @rparl 5 лет назад +23

      As Ashley said, London was for Remain as well.

    • @welshgit
      @welshgit 5 лет назад +28

      @@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.

    • @haiderkhandakar5673
      @haiderkhandakar5673 5 лет назад +1

      Why getting a weaker nation?

    • @Damogen
      @Damogen 5 лет назад +17

      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.