@@nickmullerITFC78 New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Belize, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, the Solomon Islands, and Tuvalu
Honourable Friend if they are in the same party. Honourable Member for "name constituency" if they are in a different party. All MPs are Honourable, but those who are Right Honourable are also members of the Privy Council. Oh, and Honourable and Learn-ed if they are a King's/Queen's Council. Also, very, very rarely used nowadays, Honourable and Gallant if they are a member of the armed forces.
Canada, Australia and 52 other countries that were once part of the British Empire are now part of the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth basically promotes good relations between these countries. Within the Commonwealth, there are Commonwealth Realms which have the Queen as their Head of State, the most well known ones are Canada, Australia and New Zealand but they are all completely independent countries.
The speaker’s are elected based on their ability to remain impartial. Strangely enough speakers can become so afraid of favouring their former party that they are often accused of being biased against their former party.
I mean, the PM just avoids the question and/or lies. It's not that brutal anymore. It would be more brutal if the PM had anything approximating a sense of shame and the opposition had a spine.
Spot on... irregardless of whether the response has any meat to it, its a very important process. And I can't see Trump or Biden presenting their retorts so well personally.
Your use of the word ' wanker ' is just right and I'm impressed. You've been studying British culture and nailed the swearing which is very important .
@@alicemilne1444 And what is Polynesia? It means many islands. The Maori are more aboriginal than the later settlers. But let’s go back a few thousand years. We are all descended from a common ancestral group. You are splitting hairs. 🤨
@@markkettlewell7441 No. The point is that in New Zealand, the Maori aren't called aboriginal, not like the Aborigines in Australia who have been there for 40,000 years. They are completely different ethnicities with different histories.
@@alicemilne1444 I did not say that they were the same as Australia’s aborigines. Aboriginal means that they were the native people of New Zealand when the western settlers arrived. The indigenous peoples of North America are aboriginal, it’s a word that became a name synonymous with Australia’s native people. But if you wish to argue back anthropologically 40 000 years the point becomes moot. Humans have been migrating across the globe since they learned the wherewithal to construct seaworthy vessels. So how do we define aboriginal? To do it you need to go back to the crucible of human evolution from Africa. For all intents and purposes the Maori colonised another set of islands (That being New Zealand - as the colonists chose to name it) and it is fair to consider them aboriginal or native to that region in a modern sense of definition. Why you needed to call me out on this minor and obscure definition is beyond me. As I said, you are spitting hairs here.
She prevented parliament from even being able to discuss the possibility of creating a Bill that would give parliament the ability to initiate air strikes without the Queen's approval lol. A fuss might not be made when the Queen flexes, but she does flex from time to time (thankfully... could you imagine if Blair had unchallenged access to the military? shivers)
There have been many times when the reigning sovereign has refused to sign off a law. The queen can even dissolve parliament if she feels it's acting against the interest of the nation and the people. We desperately need her to do this now and stop Johnson's attempt at imposing a dictatorship. She is our last hope.
@@sirderam1 The Scottish Militia Bill had assent refused by Anne, but this was on the advice of her Ministers. William III made the last refusal of consent without ministerial advice with his refusal of the Qualifications Bill (which would have established landed property qualifications for MPs) in 1696.
Unlike the US there is complete transparency about which way the MP's vote, you can look up every MP's voting record online and see what they were for and against and whether they changed their mind on the matter. That being said if an MP goes against their party's voting intentions they might get a right bollocking!
US voting is absolutely transparent. Members carry an ID card they insert to identify themselves and then select their vote. We have three freely broadcast television networks, one of which just shows you what's going on in the House, one in the Senate, and another that varies. Since US Congressional voting is electronic you can see the vote counts in real-time projected on the screen. You can also access each vote and each member via Congress.gov and many third-party websites.
@@nochannel1q2321 Exactly. There are many misconceptions about the US government, though it has it´s flaws, undisputedly. I also don´t agree with the stereotype the UK is classy and the US is just an uncultured place. If one does think that, one has to go to the right places in the US. Remember: LA is one of the world´s hubs for poetry and composition, while Massachusetts has the world´s finest scientists.
The bell calling MPs to vote does not only ring in the Houses of Parliament but also in the pubs and Restaurants arround Parliament so that MPs wineing and dinning can run into Parliament to vote.
The USA was an English colony along with Canada and Australia. Unfortunately the same occurrences did happen with native peoples but we were much less violent than the Americans and native people actually supported the British in the war of 1812
Which is why we burned down the White House in reprisal. The war in 1812 was no victory for fledgling USA but rather a warning by the UK to keep their hands off Canada 🤪
@@weeddegree I'm posting a link to a Wikipedia article about the war. It's complicated to causes and its resolution en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812
Members of the House of Lords, called Peers are chosen (given a peerage) by Prime Minister. Once made a peer (Lord / Baroness) you have the title for life. There used to be a large number of hereditary peers too, however the number is now limited to 92. Archbishops are also members of the House of Lords, called Lords Spiritual. Non Archbishop lords are called Lords Temporal
There are also the law lords and a number of cross party peers. You can apply to become one if you have relevant expertise, but you need to be able to commit enough time to it. I think that's appointed by a committee rather than the PM of the day.
Low brow people find the house of commons laughable. Hung up on behaviour and not content. I find that a huge misinterpretation. What's really happening is a vibrant, and unabashed, honest display of views, or sometimes not, which often include humour, wit, shaming and theatrics. But definitely conviction. It's why it's so vital to those who understand it. More dosile or formal parliamentary systems, ignore the cut and thrust of debate, allow politicians to espouse their views
Imagine watching the House of Commons live.. It is extremely amusing. Some days it gets so bad, the speaker keeps yelling, ORDER! ORDER! ORDER! but they just carrying like children. If members do not follow instructions. the speaker punish them by demanding that they leave the house for the remainder of the day's sitting.
You should watch PMQ'S (Prime Ministers Questions), it's a fiercely fought debate between the Prime Minister & the leader of the opposition in the House of Commons, firing questions at the PM (Prime Minister) that happens every Wednesday as well as MP's joining the debate from all parties to either verbally "attack" the "PM" or defend the PM & verbally "attack" the opposition's questions
John Bercow is no longer the " Speaker of the house of commons" he step down in 2019 he was succeeded by Lindsay Hoyle , and it is a man even it sounds like a women's name.
Most of the medieval building was destroyed by a fire in 1834; almost everything visible from the outside comes from the rebuilding afterwards in the 1840s and 1850s.
Ordinary people have a right to secret ballot. Politicians are accountable to the voters it is important for us to know how they vote so we know if they should be reeelected. And around the world not just uk and us, politicians generally vote with their parties.
Regarding your question on whether MP’s get on outside of Parliament - some do. Some MP’s from opposite Parties actually formed a band (MP4) a guy from the Conservative Party, a guy from the Labour Party and one from the SNP (Scottish Nationalist Party)
There are strict rules about the use of language in the House in fact just recently a Labour MP called the PM a Liar and had to leave the House by order of the Speaker - there is a long list of words you are not allowed to use to describe other MPs
Worst speaker we ever had. The Queen doesn't choose anyone in the house of lords. She also has nothing to do with the laws that are made in Britain she only signs them off she can't stop any law going through.
When the population votes for MPs, that's a secret ballot, in order to prevent intimidation of voters. In the days before secret ballots bosses and landlords could tell their employees or tenants who to vote for, and make sure they did so. But when MPs vote for laws, that has to be public, so that their constituents can judge whether their MP is representing them properly. It's the same in the US. You can look up how your representatives and senators vote on your behalf.
The Queen doesn't appoint the Lords. Each government will add a few (like ex politicians, people who donate lots of money etc), the churches pick a few. It's a very cushy job indeed and should be scrapped.
No government does or should give a second thought to the queen's opinion. They pass legislation, she signs it, her opinion is irrelevant to the actions of the government or whether she signs the law, she light absolutely hate a piece of legislation but she will still sign it, that's the deal.
The modern building has only been around since the fifty with the exception of Westminster hall which is the only surviving part of the old medieval building. But they system has been around since 1265 when the house of commons was first called (the house of Lords is older being created in 1215).
The most modern parliament buildings in the UK are the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, the Senedd or Parliament (in Welsh) in Cardiff, the Northern Ireland Assembly sits at Stormont Castle in Belfast.
TLDR is for me the best explanation videos channel on YT, the easy way they explain stuff is just great! They have become more popular thanks to the Brexit explanation videos series. Bercow left the position of the Speaker recently btw
The specific House of Commons portion of thr Palace of Westminster may have been damaged in the 1040's, but the English (and subsequently British) Parliament of the United Kingdom has met at that site since 1295. The Palace burned down in 1834 and was replaced by the modern building.
There were only 450 MPs constituencies when the house of commons were built. There has been a huge expansion in the number of constituencies since the mid 19th century. This is why there isnt enough seats if everyone turns up for a debate, however this is rare. When it does happen many have to stand and others cant get in.
Yeah when they get up and vote the Whips check who is voting for who - this means that they can feed back to their party leaders who is not following the party's official line (tbh it's a bit corrupt but it helps keep the positions of the parties clear and people can always leave their parties if they disagree with its leader's stance enough)
The house of commons have there own channel on tv. Not interesting most of the time, but can be good viewing if something big is going on. They act like a bunch of kids sometimes.
When the general public vote for representatives or on referenda then the ballots are closed, which has only been the case since the 19th Century. However, when representatives (MPs) vote, the way they vote is a matter of public record and can be looked up fairly easily. One reason for these open ballots is so that people can check how their representative voted. You won't vote for a representative if they don't vote they way you would like them to vote. It is actually the same in America they record how a congressman votes to my understanding.
If the Queen didn't approve something that Parliament passed she would be kicked out. We had that argument hundreds of years ago and it ended with the king being beheaded.
Canada was apart of the British Empire, yes. However, Britain did not colonies it first. Whilst explorers sent by the British discovered the land in the 17th century, they did not settle there; instead, the French colonised the land after Britain decided not to. Fast forward to the mid-18th century, Britain had established the 13 colonies and French-Canada was equally well-established too. In 1754, Britain and France both wanted to expand into mainland North America to expand their empires. Long story short, Britain and France went to battle in 1754, and by 1756, an international war known as the Seven Years' War broke out. By 1763, Britain had defeated France and Spain and acquired many colonies including Canada, Cuba and the Philippines (which they sold back to Spain), Florida and the trading posts in West Africa where other European Empires had created slave trading posts, among others...So Canada became apart of the British Empire after Britain defeated France for it. They did not colonise it like, as you put it, the Americans [the British colonisers] did to the native Americans who had lived there for tens of thousands of years. Also, that House Speaker now lectures in politics at my undergrad university haha. He is a decent bloke.
Westminster Abbey is the Church and Westminster Palace is the Parliament. Big Ben is a bell. The tower was called St Stephens Tower until 2012 when it became the Elizabeth Tower There have been fights in the lobbies over voting. The Tories punching Tories over the EU.
To get into the house of commons you have to be elected by the people of the constituency who the Member of Parliament (MP) represents. MPs are the only people who are allowed to sit in the house of commons.
they didnt show that when there is a equal noise with eyes and no's, there is a division which means they all have to go out of the room and vote in the lobby
The Queen always approves the will of Parliament. The House of Lords is there to check that the Commons (I.e. the elected members of Parliament) in so far as new legislation is concerned, doesn’t break the existing Law or precedent. The Lords are appointed not elected and are sometimes referred to as “Law Lords”. If the Lords are unhappy legally speaking with a piece of legislation they will bounce it back to the Commons for clarification and/or when necessary revision.
John Bercow was elected as a conservative, but last month he said he has left the Conservative party and joined Labour. He’s not an MP anymore, he stepped down in 2019.
Your comment about the Queen having to approve Legislation is correct, and technically she could veto it, but this never happens. The last time it was actually done by a Monarch was in 1696. The Queen is not political and never expresses an opinion as to whether she agrees or not. The House of Lords are not chosen by the Queen, some are hereditary peers ( children of Dukes and Lords), and some are appointed by the Government.
We have Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Pakistan, lots of Caribbean countries, and many other places who are Commonwealth. The Queen is also Queen of Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Hoyle is way better a Speaker (ironically named job!) Rhan Berco, who is a v load berk. Even by Commons standards. He was supposed to chair (referee) the house but loves the sound of his own voice way too much in my opinion and always went on talking way too long 😂 15:42 it's illegal since 1313 to take your sword (or any weapon) into Parliament
It's tradition, but ngl, I think it comes from rich white men designing a system many years ago (the current building was built in the 1950s but the system goes back much much further). Then there were swords, no microphones, no technology etc. It feels like it could do with a little updating. I mean they have updated some things, but I feel like we teach kids to behave one way in school and then they see the politicians who run the country behave in a way their teachers wouldn't let them behave!
ORDER! ORDER! As many as are of that opinion say aye, and of the contrary... DIVISION!!! CLEAR THE LOBBY! The video must be an older one as Bercow isn't speaker anymore. So pleased to see people taking an interest in how our Parliament works.
The speakers are generally outsiders in their party fringe members this was the case for bercoe so leaving their loyaltys to the party behind is generally pretty easy
Good idea . The State Opening of Parliament . To find full regalia . Some recent ones are not usual due to Covid . Need a full Horse drawn Coach . Full state opening .
Only certain laws they cannot veto any legislation involving taxation or government spending that is the function of elected Members of Parliament, the House of Lords job is to suggest amendments or improvements.
The Maori are natives of New Zealand and yes Britain and France fought over ownership of what we call Canada now. The commoonwealth is what coutries the UK still had infleunce but not cotrol over. That is the difference.
Next you should react to "mps behaving badly part 1" or the best moments from Johnny Bercow, the former speaker of the house featured in this video you just watched.
To answer your first question it's Westminster Abbey which is basically the same Gothic building eg Elizabeth Tower houses, the houses of Parliament, the Lords
Yes Australia, Canada and New Zealand are Commonwealth members, as is UK. Maori are from New Zealand, Aborigines from Australia. The House of Lords is made up of small amount of hereditary peers, the rest are nominated by the political parties. The Queen Knights them. All legislation is signed off by the Queen. She can refuse to sign off, but usually pulled if she won't sign. Love watching the Commons.
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House tour???
Definitely watch the State Opening of Parliament. It's kind of like the State of the Union, but more... British. 🇺🇸🇬🇧
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The Maori come from New Zealand.
Yes
The Queen is the head of state for Canada and Australia. Remember that 'Big Ben' is actually the bell inside the tower.
New Zealand too 🚜🚜🚜🚜
Big Ben is the bell that makes the big "Bong" sound. So while you do not see Big Ben, you hear it when it is struck
And 14 other countries
@@benlonghurst7777 can you name them 🚜🚜🚜🚜
@@nickmullerITFC78 New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Belize, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & the Grenadines, the Solomon Islands, and Tuvalu
MP's are not allowed to call each other by their names, hence the phrase, my right honourable friend,
Or "The member for xxx"
Honourable Friend if they are in the same party. Honourable Member for "name constituency" if they are in a different party. All MPs are Honourable, but those who are Right Honourable are also members of the Privy Council.
Oh, and Honourable and Learn-ed if they are a King's/Queen's Council. Also, very, very rarely used nowadays, Honourable and Gallant if they are a member of the armed forces.
Canada, Australia and 52 other countries that were once part of the British Empire are now part of the Commonwealth.
The Commonwealth basically promotes good relations between these countries. Within the Commonwealth, there are Commonwealth Realms which have the Queen as their Head of State, the most well known ones are Canada, Australia and New Zealand but they are all completely independent countries.
All of them have the queen as their head of state. Can't be in the commonwealth otherwise.
@@grizzlygamer8891 No, only Commonwealth Realms have the Queen of Head of State. Most countries in the Commonwealth have their own head of state.
The speaker’s are elected based on their ability to remain impartial. Strangely enough speakers can become so afraid of favouring their former party that they are often accused of being biased against their former party.
‘The House of Commons looks like a bunch of old women’
*Emiline Pankhurst looks down and smiles*
Check out PMQs. Could your president cope with such extreme questioning for 30 minutes every week? It can be brutal.
Kind of dry though
Yeah but the PM just lies, and refuses to answer questions
I mean, the PM just avoids the question and/or lies. It's not that brutal anymore. It would be more brutal if the PM had anything approximating a sense of shame and the opposition had a spine.
Spot on... irregardless of whether the response has any meat to it, its a very important process. And I can't see Trump or Biden presenting their retorts so well personally.
Funnily enough John Bercow the last speaker was previously a tory and since stepping down from the seat has defected to Labour.
Your use of the word ' wanker ' is just right and I'm impressed. You've been studying British culture and nailed the swearing which is very important .
The Maori are aboriginal New Zealanders, not Australia.
The Maori are not aboriginal to New Zealand. They arrived there only about 700-800 years ago from Polynesia.
@@alicemilne1444 And what is Polynesia? It means many islands. The Maori are more aboriginal than the later settlers. But let’s go back a few thousand years. We are all descended from a common ancestral group. You are splitting hairs. 🤨
@@markkettlewell7441 No. The point is that in New Zealand, the Maori aren't called aboriginal, not like the Aborigines in Australia who have been there for 40,000 years. They are completely different ethnicities with different histories.
@@alicemilne1444 I did not say that they were the same as Australia’s aborigines. Aboriginal means that they were the native people of New Zealand when the western settlers arrived. The indigenous peoples of North America are aboriginal, it’s a word that became a name synonymous with Australia’s native people. But if you wish to argue back anthropologically 40 000 years the point becomes moot. Humans have been migrating across the globe since they learned the wherewithal to construct seaworthy vessels. So how do we define aboriginal? To do it you need to go back to the crucible of human evolution from Africa. For all intents and purposes the Maori colonised another set of islands (That being New Zealand - as the colonists chose to name it) and it is fair to consider them aboriginal or native to that region in a modern sense of definition. Why you needed to call me out on this minor and obscure definition is beyond me. As I said, you are spitting hairs here.
The queen never rejects laws introduced by parliament - if she did it would be a crisis the Royal family would not survive in its present shape.
She prevented parliament from even being able to discuss the possibility of creating a Bill that would give parliament the ability to initiate air strikes without the Queen's approval lol.
A fuss might not be made when the Queen flexes, but she does flex from time to time (thankfully... could you imagine if Blair had unchallenged access to the military? shivers)
She can stop everything except Fiscal Law.
There have been many times when the reigning sovereign has refused to sign off a law. The queen can even dissolve parliament if she feels it's acting against the interest of the nation and the people. We desperately need her to do this now and stop Johnson's attempt at imposing a dictatorship. She is our last hope.
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I don't think any Monarch has refused to give the Royal Assent to an Act of Parliament for at least a couple of hundred years.
@@sirderam1 The Scottish Militia Bill had assent refused by Anne, but this was on the advice of her Ministers.
William III made the last refusal of consent without ministerial advice with his refusal of the Qualifications Bill (which would have established landed property qualifications for MPs) in 1696.
Unlike the US there is complete transparency about which way the MP's vote, you can look up every MP's voting record online and see what they were for and against and whether they changed their mind on the matter. That being said if an MP goes against their party's voting intentions they might get a right bollocking!
US voting is absolutely transparent. Members carry an ID card they insert to identify themselves and then select their vote. We have three freely broadcast television networks, one of which just shows you what's going on in the House, one in the Senate, and another that varies. Since US Congressional voting is electronic you can see the vote counts in real-time projected on the screen. You can also access each vote and each member via Congress.gov and many third-party websites.
@@nochannel1q2321 Exactly. There are many misconceptions about the US government, though it has it´s flaws, undisputedly. I also don´t agree with the stereotype the UK is classy and the US is just an uncultured place. If one does think that, one has to go to the right places in the US. Remember: LA is one of the world´s hubs for poetry and composition, while Massachusetts has the world´s finest scientists.
@@leoh3616 you're delusional if you think the US is classier than the UK.
Or loose the party whip and be deselected by their party.
The bell calling MPs to vote does not only ring in the Houses of Parliament but also in the pubs and Restaurants arround Parliament so that MPs wineing and dinning can run into Parliament to vote.
When he said "Division" the members go into voting lobbies and they get counting there.
The USA was an English colony along with Canada and Australia. Unfortunately the same occurrences did happen with native peoples but we were much less violent than the Americans and native people actually supported the British in the war of 1812
I think it honestly depended on how cooperative the tribes were. We weren't exactly saints mate.
America tried to invade canada
Which is why we burned down the White House in reprisal. The war in 1812 was no victory for fledgling USA but rather a warning by the UK to keep their hands off Canada 🤪
@@weeddegree I'm posting a link to a Wikipedia article about the war. It's complicated to causes and its resolution
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812
Also while Parliament was restored in the 1950s the Palace of Westminster as it is today was essentially built in the mid-1800s so he's pretty wrong
Members of the House of Lords, called Peers are chosen (given a peerage) by Prime Minister. Once made a peer (Lord / Baroness) you have the title for life. There used to be a large number of hereditary peers too, however the number is now limited to 92. Archbishops are also members of the House of Lords, called Lords Spiritual. Non Archbishop lords are called Lords Temporal
There are also the law lords and a number of cross party peers. You can apply to become one if you have relevant expertise, but you need to be able to commit enough time to it. I think that's appointed by a committee rather than the PM of the day.
Low brow people find the house of commons laughable. Hung up on behaviour and not content. I find that a huge misinterpretation. What's really happening is a vibrant, and unabashed, honest display of views, or sometimes not, which often include humour, wit, shaming and theatrics. But definitely conviction. It's why it's so vital to those who understand it. More dosile or formal parliamentary systems, ignore the cut and thrust of debate, allow politicians to espouse their views
westminster abbey which is next to parliament. the lords are hereditary peers, bishops, people given peerages by different prime ministers.
Parliament meets about as often as the US Congress does.
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Imagine watching the House of Commons live.. It is extremely amusing. Some days it gets so bad, the speaker keeps yelling, ORDER! ORDER! ORDER! but they just carrying like children. If members do not follow instructions. the speaker punish them by demanding that they leave the house for the remainder of the day's sitting.
It's like rowdy kids in a classroom. And, these are the ones running our country. Terrifying, isn't it?
You should watch PMQ'S (Prime Ministers Questions), it's a fiercely fought debate between the Prime Minister & the leader of the opposition in the House of Commons, firing questions at the PM (Prime Minister) that happens every Wednesday as well as MP's joining the debate from all parties to either verbally "attack" the "PM" or defend the PM & verbally "attack" the opposition's questions
When he says clear the lobby is when everyone leaves and and vote yes or no in a ballot box then the votes are counted to decide
The Queen does not have a veto.
No in the uk, its open and all documented as they are answerible to their voters in their constituency
John Bercow is no longer the " Speaker of the house of commons" he step down in 2019 he was succeeded by Lindsay Hoyle , and it is a man even it sounds like a women's name.
Rebuilding was after the war the house itself and chambers are much older
Most of the medieval building was destroyed by a fire in 1834; almost everything visible from the outside comes from the rebuilding afterwards in the 1840s and 1850s.
@@Michael75579 - true. Although the 900 year old Westminster Hall sits within it and is largely intact and useable today.
It's the British parliament not solely English
An MPs voting record is public record !
Ordinary people have a right to secret ballot. Politicians are accountable to the voters it is important for us to know how they vote so we know if they should be reeelected. And around the world not just uk and us, politicians generally vote with their parties.
there are men and women in both houses,if you remember we've had two female prime minsters and usa none
The sword thing was actually a real thing, it wasn’t made in the 1950s, it’s a LOT older than that
Regarding your question on whether MP’s get on outside of Parliament - some do. Some MP’s from opposite Parties actually formed a band (MP4) a guy from the Conservative Party, a guy from the Labour Party and one from the SNP (Scottish Nationalist Party)
Interesting fact, Rebecca long Bailey and Angela raynor shared a flat (dont know if they still do)
Why are they not called MP3 then?
Scottish National Party not Nationalist.
Also Big Ben is the Bell, the tower is called the Queen Elizabeth Tower
The speaker is usually someone who has moved from either right to left or left to right political. Bercow definitely did.
Secret voting in general elections is vital to ensure no physical pressure can be placed on an individual to vote a certain way.
The Queens sceptre is on the Table, parliament cannot sit without it. Just a reminder who is really in charge lol
There are strict rules about the use of language in the House in fact just recently a Labour MP called the PM a Liar and had to leave the House by order of the Speaker - there is a long list of words you are not allowed to use to describe other MPs
this row is historical lol
John Bercow isn’t the speaker of the house anymore
Thank God!
@@katebarnett4538 loved him. glad he saw the light and didnt want to be part of the racist party.
Worst speaker we ever had. The Queen doesn't choose anyone in the house of lords. She also has nothing to do with the laws that are made in Britain she only signs them off she can't stop any law going through.
@@katebarnett4538 Spotted the Brexiteer.
MrNorbo95, And!!!
When the population votes for MPs, that's a secret ballot, in order to prevent intimidation of voters. In the days before secret ballots bosses and landlords could tell their employees or tenants who to vote for, and make sure they did so. But when MPs vote for laws, that has to be public, so that their constituents can judge whether their MP is representing them properly. It's the same in the US. You can look up how your representatives and senators vote on your behalf.
The Queen doesn't appoint the Lords. Each government will add a few (like ex politicians, people who donate lots of money etc), the churches pick a few. It's a very cushy job indeed and should be scrapped.
Not all Bishops have a automatic places in the Lords only certain ancient Dioceses until the House of Commons had automatic place's in Parliament .
The queen has no real power politically. If she were to refuse to sign a law, all hell would break lose 😂
Do you really think the laws would get passed without her consent? No government would put her in the position of having to refuse a bill!
No government does or should give a second thought to the queen's opinion. They pass legislation, she signs it, her opinion is irrelevant to the actions of the government or whether she signs the law, she light absolutely hate a piece of legislation but she will still sign it, that's the deal.
The modern building has only been around since the fifty with the exception of Westminster hall which is the only surviving part of the old medieval building. But they system has been around since 1265 when the house of commons was first called (the house of Lords is older being created in 1215).
The most modern parliament buildings in the UK are the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, the Senedd or Parliament (in Welsh) in Cardiff, the Northern Ireland Assembly sits at Stormont Castle in Belfast.
the original settlers in America were British
TLDR is for me the best explanation videos channel on YT, the easy way they explain stuff is just great! They have become more popular thanks to the Brexit explanation videos series. Bercow left the position of the Speaker recently btw
Maoris are from New Zealand.
The votes and names of those who voted and how are published in the Parliamentary journal Hansard.
The house was rebuilt after Second World War
The specific House of Commons portion of thr Palace of Westminster may have been damaged in the 1040's, but the English (and subsequently British) Parliament of the United Kingdom has met at that site since 1295. The Palace burned down in 1834 and was replaced by the modern building.
There were only 450 MPs constituencies when the house of commons were built. There has been a huge expansion in the number of constituencies since the mid 19th century. This is why there isnt enough seats if everyone turns up for a debate, however this is rare. When it does happen many have to stand and others cant get in.
The speaker is basically like the baby sitter and the MPs are like naughty children that hate eachother
Like hence why he’s always shouting over them. He has to stop the bickering it’s like his job
Yeah when they get up and vote the Whips check who is voting for who - this means that they can feed back to their party leaders who is not following the party's official line (tbh it's a bit corrupt but it helps keep the positions of the parties clear and people can always leave their parties if they disagree with its leader's stance enough)
The house of commons have there own channel on tv. Not interesting most of the time, but can be good viewing if something big is going on. They act like a bunch of kids sometimes.
When the general public vote for representatives or on referenda then the ballots are closed, which has only been the case since the 19th Century. However, when representatives (MPs) vote, the way they vote is a matter of public record and can be looked up fairly easily. One reason for these open ballots is so that people can check how their representative voted. You won't vote for a representative if they don't vote they way you would like them to vote.
It is actually the same in America they record how a congressman votes to my understanding.
If the Queen didn't approve something that Parliament passed she would be kicked out. We had that argument hundreds of years ago and it ended with the king being beheaded.
Isn't the Queen still on Canadian money? A daily reminder of who the head of state is.
React to the difference between the U.K., Britain etc. Will really help you know the difference + the commonwealth, empire etc.
Canada was apart of the British Empire, yes. However, Britain did not colonies it first. Whilst explorers sent by the British discovered the land in the 17th century, they did not settle there; instead, the French colonised the land after Britain decided not to. Fast forward to the mid-18th century, Britain had established the 13 colonies and French-Canada was equally well-established too. In 1754, Britain and France both wanted to expand into mainland North America to expand their empires. Long story short, Britain and France went to battle in 1754, and by 1756, an international war known as the Seven Years' War broke out. By 1763, Britain had defeated France and Spain and acquired many colonies including Canada, Cuba and the Philippines (which they sold back to Spain), Florida and the trading posts in West Africa where other European Empires had created slave trading posts, among others...So Canada became apart of the British Empire after Britain defeated France for it. They did not colonise it like, as you put it, the Americans [the British colonisers] did to the native Americans who had lived there for tens of thousands of years.
Also, that House Speaker now lectures in politics at my undergrad university haha. He is a decent bloke.
As a Brit it’s interesting to see people react to British politics, it really is so draconian
Draconian meaning:excessively harsh and severe. I wouldn't say the modern British government fit that bill. Their too incompetent to be draconian
Westminster Abbey is the Church and Westminster Palace is the Parliament.
Big Ben is a bell. The tower was called St Stephens Tower until 2012 when it became the Elizabeth Tower
There have been fights in the lobbies over voting. The Tories punching Tories over the EU.
What always blows my mind is that this is the parliamentary form that somehow conqured the world.
To get into the house of commons you have to be elected by the people of the constituency who the Member of Parliament (MP) represents. MPs are the only people who are allowed to sit in the house of commons.
they didnt show that when there is a equal noise with eyes and no's, there is a division which means they all have to go out of the room and vote in the lobby
The Queen always approves the will of Parliament. The House of Lords is there to check that the Commons (I.e. the elected members of Parliament) in so far as new legislation is concerned, doesn’t break the existing Law or precedent. The Lords are appointed not elected and are sometimes referred to as “Law Lords”. If the Lords are unhappy legally speaking with a piece of legislation they will bounce it back to the Commons for clarification and/or when necessary revision.
When he shouts "division" they all go out to vote - bit of a time lapse here.
John Bercow was elected as a conservative, but last month he said he has left the Conservative party and joined Labour. He’s not an MP anymore, he stepped down in 2019.
The smaller parties do get seats they're just not likely to lead government
Queen Elisabeth is the head of Australia and Kanada so yes they are in the Commonwealth just like some African, Karibian and other nations.
As a Brit who enjoys politics, that was hysterical!
Your comment about the Queen having to approve Legislation is correct, and technically she could veto it, but this never happens. The last time it was actually done by a Monarch was in 1696. The Queen is not political and never expresses an opinion as to whether she agrees or not. The House of Lords are not chosen by the Queen, some are hereditary peers ( children of Dukes and Lords), and some are appointed by the Government.
You need to react to PMQ's Prime Minister's Questions which happen every Wednesday lunch time. It normally gets quite loud and unruly.
The Queen does not choose who gets knighted nor who gets into the House of Lords. These decisions are made by the government.
Yh cloakrooms are basically coat rooms and it's still a phrase used today in primary schools. Not sure it popular anywhere else tho.
We have Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Pakistan, lots of Caribbean countries, and many other places who are Commonwealth. The Queen is also Queen of Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Also the House of Commons is set out into political parties, if you belong to a certain party you sit in a certain area
Hoyle is way better a Speaker (ironically named job!) Rhan Berco, who is a v load berk. Even by Commons standards. He was supposed to chair (referee) the house but loves the sound of his own voice way too much in my opinion and always went on talking way too long 😂
15:42 it's illegal since 1313 to take your sword (or any weapon) into Parliament
It's tradition, but ngl, I think it comes from rich white men designing a system many years ago (the current building was built in the 1950s but the system goes back much much further). Then there were swords, no microphones, no technology etc. It feels like it could do with a little updating. I mean they have updated some things, but I feel like we teach kids to behave one way in school and then they see the politicians who run the country behave in a way their teachers wouldn't let them behave!
ORDER! ORDER! As many as are of that opinion say aye, and of the contrary... DIVISION!!! CLEAR THE LOBBY! The video must be an older one as Bercow isn't speaker anymore. So pleased to see people taking an interest in how our Parliament works.
The speakers are generally outsiders in their party fringe members this was the case for bercoe so leaving their loyaltys to the party behind is generally pretty easy
Aboriginal people come from Australia. Maoris from New Zealand.
You need to watch when the queen reads the laws
Good idea . The State Opening of Parliament .
To find full regalia . Some recent ones are not usual due to Covid . Need a full Horse drawn Coach . Full state opening .
The other would be pmq’s(prime minister questions)
USA used to be a colony woman
It is not bercow now
The queen has nothing to do with anything
It wasn't built in the 1940s it was restored then.
The house of lords have been great recently by defeating several extremely unpopular laws
Only certain laws they cannot veto any legislation involving taxation or government spending that is the function of elected Members of Parliament, the House of Lords job is to suggest amendments or improvements.
The Maori are natives of New Zealand and yes Britain and France fought over ownership of what we call Canada now. The commoonwealth is what coutries the UK still had infleunce but not cotrol over. That is the difference.
Next you should react to "mps behaving badly part 1" or the best moments from Johnny Bercow, the former speaker of the house featured in this video you just watched.
The Prime Minister appoints the lords
No you normally have to go via your local member of Parliament.
On the contrary the Westminster style Parliament is the best place to be. Consider it an equivalent of Roman era amphitheatres.
To answer your first question it's Westminster Abbey which is basically the same Gothic building eg Elizabeth Tower houses, the houses of Parliament, the Lords
That was a brilliant video, and I’m from the UK. Keep it up!! Hilarious
There is a sword room, untill relative recently one mp kept a sword there indefinitely.
Yes Australia, Canada and New Zealand are Commonwealth members, as is UK. Maori are from New Zealand, Aborigines from Australia. The House of Lords is made up of small amount of hereditary peers, the rest are nominated by the political parties. The Queen Knights them. All legislation is signed off by the Queen. She can refuse to sign off, but usually pulled if she won't sign. Love watching the Commons.
The Queen has no political power...
The queen will never veto. It's just tradition