Baroness Betty Boothroyd's best moments

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  • @elizabethgalligan1805
    @elizabethgalligan1805 Рік тому +365

    Loved it when she said, "Order" in the House of Lords. She was a magnificent woman. R.I.P Betty Boothroyd. ❤️ 🙏

    • @thesmithersy
      @thesmithersy Рік тому +28

      Force of habit, especially given many of those in Lords now were MPs when she was Speaker.
      RIP Betty.

    • @ajstramaski6211
      @ajstramaski6211 Рік тому +1

      Pointing that finger. Calling you out by name

    • @deutschermichel5807
      @deutschermichel5807 Рік тому

      ​@@thesmithersybut only since the House of Lords reform, right? When she held this position, most members of the House of Commons couldn't become Lords later on?

    • @thesmithersy
      @thesmithersy Рік тому +1

      @@deutschermichel5807 No, they could. It just happened less often than it does now.

    • @London_J
      @London_J 10 місяців тому

      ​@@thesmithersythey cannot hold the positions at the same time but they can hold those positions during their lifetimes

  • @laerwen
    @laerwen Рік тому +126

    She was the first speaker, as an American teenager in the 90s, whom I was ever cognizant of. I watched Prime Minister's Questions late at night on C-SPAN twice a week with John Major and later, Tony Blair, and it was my first ever exposure to the workings of British government. I was in awe of her, despite having so little knowledge of many of the trappings of her office and the Commons itself. I always admired her and thought she must've been such a smart lady with a great backbone to be who she was. She never knew that she reached a bright girl from an abusive household far away who never saw a woman like her before. I've shed tears for her, remembering her in my youth. She really was one of a kind.

    • @AntPDC
      @AntPDC Рік тому +12

      A lovely, rather touching comment, thank you. Best wishes.

    • @gailcrook2687
      @gailcrook2687 6 місяців тому +3

      As a beautiful young woman she was once a dancer and a Tiller Girl, a dance troupe, appearing at the famous London Palladium

    • @barrytoast1700
      @barrytoast1700 2 місяці тому +1

      Well said

  • @richjermy7930
    @richjermy7930 Рік тому +111

    I met Betty Boothroyd a few times and you certainly don’t forget it when you do! A real character in the best sense of the word. She was a formidable personality who was blunt and no-nonsense in her opinions, even well into her 90s. She will really be missed in Parliament and the U.K.

  • @paulbird3235
    @paulbird3235 Рік тому +99

    She didn't suffer fools gladly, a true proletarian. Her candor and wit will be truly missed. RIP Betty, you did yourself proud.

  • @Tirana44
    @Tirana44 Рік тому +60

    RIP Betty. You’ll be missed. In fact, the House is already missing you. God Bless

  • @ramsfanyt8227
    @ramsfanyt8227 Рік тому +33

    RIP to a Black Country legend she will never be forgotten

  • @sonofednawelthorpe8609
    @sonofednawelthorpe8609 Рік тому +50

    As a staunch Tory - I think Betty Boothroyd was best speaker and I can’t see anyone ever usurping her. What a brilliant woman. And a Tiller girl to boot.

  • @amteo7107
    @amteo7107 Рік тому +19

    She remained a yorkshire lass and what you saw is what you got.I loved that about her.she told you exactly how it was and was a no nonsence person
    R.i.p Betty Boothroyd.
    You will be sadly missed .

  • @wai2814
    @wai2814 Рік тому +14

    She was the best of Speaker in House of Commons. R.I.P. Madam Speaker

  • @DaNiyaHodge
    @DaNiyaHodge Рік тому +15

    Rip Baroness Betty Boothroyd, you will be missed

  • @Pejelo
    @Pejelo Рік тому +8

    A Legend is gone! Betty was the only and one Speaker

  • @morbius109
    @morbius109 14 днів тому +1

    Nobody messed with Boothroyd. Truly she was born to be Speaker. RIP Baroness.

  • @mairiconnell6282
    @mairiconnell6282 Рік тому +12

    So sad to learn of Betty's death. from Tiller Girl to Speaker pf the house. An amazing woman. Betty The House misses your presence.

  • @leemills5118
    @leemills5118 Рік тому +63

    Sad to hear of the passing of Betty Boothroyd, a ground breaking, ceiling raising woman in what was then a male dominated profession - she said it like it is/was, no ifs no buts. Plain speaking greatly missed in todays politics. Commiserations to her family and friends

    • @serenityinside1
      @serenityinside1 Рік тому +6

      Hear hear .. as they say. Very well said. RIP

    • @Baplopird
      @Baplopird Рік тому

      You have a great rhetoric, sir.

    • @firelight1577
      @firelight1577 Рік тому

      I didn't realise she passed....genuinely sad :( she will be missed

  • @eewag1
    @eewag1 Рік тому +11

    We will miss you Betty 💔

  • @paul8161
    @paul8161 Рік тому +13

    It's a shame she has gone..r.i.p Bettie..it unfortunately shows the politicians act like spoilt brats still now instead of grown adults. 😏🙄

  • @dannight8170
    @dannight8170 Рік тому +8

    A great woman and a great speaker too. She will be missed in these difficult times she was one of the few voices of reason. I remember her motto: I speak to serve. It's something we should teach in school and in politics too.

  • @patrickgomes2213
    @patrickgomes2213 Рік тому +7

    Speaking for myself, and I am unanimous in this, she was great. I say that as an American who watched British freedoms outstripping American freedoms at a rapid clip. Neither system is perfect, Baroness Boothroyd would admit, but she got in and got the job done and tried to make her country a better place right up to the end. Kickass women rule.

  • @theancientsancients1769
    @theancientsancients1769 Рік тому +13

    Oh she was the first I remember , i think she was the last speaker of the house that commanded respect on both isles

  • @pointsofsue2487
    @pointsofsue2487 Рік тому +8

    An awesome woman....sadly we shall not see her likes again..

    • @helencampbell2064
      @helencampbell2064 Рік тому +1

      That's true. So sad. She was a real character with good humour. She could be so funny in the house without trying to be.
      It was the way she said things.😂
      What a colourful life she had. Must have met so many characters and interesting people herself. There was something warm about Betty.
      I never knew she was once a tiller girl.
      R.I.P Betty ❤️⚘️⚘️⚘️

    • @lennarthagen3638
      @lennarthagen3638 Рік тому +1

      This is sad?

  • @ellibod1
    @ellibod1 Рік тому +18

    The last “proper” speaker in the House of Commons

  • @GeldardtheGrey
    @GeldardtheGrey Рік тому +10

    Absolute legend!

  • @jameshardie9914
    @jameshardie9914 Рік тому +3

    1:50 she made a real point there

  • @madabbafan
    @madabbafan Рік тому +4

    She was the best speaker of the commons during my lifetime

  • @PlayMoreGolf-RipOff
    @PlayMoreGolf-RipOff Рік тому +6

    She set the modern standard for Speaker of the House of Commons, the Benchmark to be meausred against.... one thing was for certain... you did not mess with Betty Boothroyd!

    • @michaelmontagu3979
      @michaelmontagu3979 Рік тому

      She certainly did set the standard and no one since her has met it.

    • @xfirefox_x
      @xfirefox_x 8 місяців тому

      ​​@@michaelmontagu3979Nigel Evans? But he is just a Deputy Speaker though.

  • @anacletwilliams8315
    @anacletwilliams8315 Рік тому +3

    We are going to miss her so very much!

  • @JenMaxon
    @JenMaxon Рік тому +4

    I must have missed the announcement. I hadn't realise she had died. What a tour de force she was!

  • @parametr
    @parametr Рік тому +8

    She looks pretty cool, tbh.
    Note: Independent... really? You can't even get this right? What are you doing with the over the top sad music? Who's nephew is in charge of these videos?

  • @theotherandrew5540
    @theotherandrew5540 Рік тому +2

    We so much need another like her. The best headmistress the commons ever had.

  • @plymouthdan7677
    @plymouthdan7677 Рік тому +9

    Can you get rid of this sad music over the top? Not her style at all. And why is it over all of her best moments as well?

  • @Amber90125
    @Amber90125 Місяць тому

    Betty Boothroyd was the best as Speaker in The Commons.

  • @RBenjo21
    @RBenjo21 Рік тому +4

    “Best moments” only including three moments of her as Speaker!?

  • @SqwarkParrotSpittingFeathers
    @SqwarkParrotSpittingFeathers Рік тому +7

    I concur with her assessment of the 2016 EU referendum.

  • @redkos
    @redkos 10 місяців тому +1

    While I believe that the late Baroness Boothroyd & I are on opposite ends of the spectrum politically, I do believe that she was the best Speaker of the House in my lifetime. She was enormously entertaining & tended to business authoritatively and professionally. To me, she was *much* better at the role than the current House Speaker, and frankly the disgracefully arrogant John Bercow wouldn't be fit to shine her shoes.

  • @elizabethp.kanizin9009
    @elizabethp.kanizin9009 Рік тому +2

    A job of high prestige, held by someone important. 💋

  • @RanjeetKaur-qm3fv
    @RanjeetKaur-qm3fv Рік тому

    Be always happy ❤ .

  • @stuarttootell
    @stuarttootell Рік тому +4

    Aground breaking lady, used to love her when she was in the full acerbic flow in controlling Parliamentary session and the clowns therein...

  • @wilsonfisk6626
    @wilsonfisk6626 Рік тому +7

    PRODUCE YOUR VOICE MR. HUGHES!

  • @christianbadillo2159
    @christianbadillo2159 11 місяців тому

    Admiro a esta mujer. Una gran política. Saludos desde Argentina. ❤

  • @danielramon962
    @danielramon962 2 місяці тому

    A superb woman...a great lady... God bless her forever...🤔

  • @user-saraswatidevi
    @user-saraswatidevi Рік тому +1

    I saw a video about her and always wanted to know how she was doing now
    R.i.p

  • @Votedjt2024
    @Votedjt2024 Рік тому

    God bless you Betty boothroyd

  • @zilawylde7006
    @zilawylde7006 Рік тому

    God bless her soul

  • @LukeTG1138
    @LukeTG1138 Рік тому +2

    Hero!

  • @UNOwen1
    @UNOwen1 Рік тому +1

    💐

  • @ozlemgenc8559
    @ozlemgenc8559 Рік тому

    BU YÜZDEN, BU AYRILIĞA ONAY VEREN HERKESE, ANLAYIŞLARINDAN DOLAYI TEŞEKKÜR EDERİM.

  • @tantradossantos4501
    @tantradossantos4501 Рік тому

    Good for her... 🌈

  • @ylovaht2097
    @ylovaht2097 Рік тому

    Lady of The House

  • @Recessio
    @Recessio 7 місяців тому

    Always felt she was a bit harsh on Simon Hughes at the beginning

  • @amyclarke41
    @amyclarke41 Рік тому +3

    Rip never harmed a fly but roared at a mp!A

  • @PrinceArran
    @PrinceArran Рік тому

    Hilarious! She is truly one of a kind. I am certain she would packed both Sunak and Suleman to another planet by now. LMAO!❤❤❤

  • @AussieTrainsVlogs
    @AussieTrainsVlogs Рік тому

    Rest in peace

  • @michaelmontagu3979
    @michaelmontagu3979 Рік тому

    Since she left the chair no speaker has been so good or unbiased.

  • @London_J
    @London_J 10 місяців тому

    I am just learning about her death.. rest in peace

  • @dorseylandria6119
    @dorseylandria6119 Рік тому

    Mrs. Slocomb from ARE YOU BEING SERVED

  • @MaxSolar-dd5wq
    @MaxSolar-dd5wq Рік тому

    “A referendum full of falsehoods.”
    In another place Ian Paisley is seething

  • @denethorsmackinonmatoes6800
    @denethorsmackinonmatoes6800 10 місяців тому

    Most men think they have the luxury of never having to contend with their third grade teacher ever again. And yet:

  • @deanquest7078
    @deanquest7078 Місяць тому

    Despite being a Labour politician….she was fabulous👏👏👏👏👏

  • @cubs6583
    @cubs6583 Рік тому +2

    What an amazing wonderful, clever, wise, talented, humour and well spirited lady, how I would have loved to sat down and had a good meal drink and cigarette afterwards with her. What a fabu;lous night it would have been . RIP Betty

  • @zevallison9130
    @zevallison9130 9 місяців тому

    What on earth does the annoying music in the background add?

  • @ozlemgenc8559
    @ozlemgenc8559 Рік тому

    ✝️✝️

  • @elainelight
    @elainelight 9 місяців тому

    I gave up trying to hear what she was saying over the pointless background piano music

  • @Zarah.nana1948
    @Zarah.nana1948 8 місяців тому

    'Rugby league referee!' XXXX!! (Guardian newspaper)!

  • @ozlemgenc8559
    @ozlemgenc8559 Рік тому

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  • @jacobvasquez7862
    @jacobvasquez7862 Рік тому

    "Maintaing"

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    @user-vs4nq4eh3p Рік тому

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  • @ozlemgenc8559
    @ozlemgenc8559 Рік тому

    HÜSEYİN GÜLEN, BAŞKA BİR KİMLİK NUMARASIYLA KENDİ AİLESİYLE DEVAM EDECEKTİR.

  • @ozlemgenc8559
    @ozlemgenc8559 Рік тому

    MARY STUART KİMLİĞİMDE EŞİM HÜSEYİN GÜLEN’İN ÖLÜM İLANININ RESMÎ ONAYLANMASI İÇİN DESTEK VEREN HERKESE TEŞEKKÜR EDERİM.

  • @ozlemgenc8559
    @ozlemgenc8559 Рік тому

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  • @JK-br1mu
    @JK-br1mu Рік тому

    pretty thin gruel

  • @aquajuwel7098
    @aquajuwel7098 Рік тому +4

    I find it so weird to look at the behavior of the people in the House of Commons, grown men yelling, speaking when others talk, it’s a strange spectacle honestly…but hey, I’m not British, just an observation. Upper class aristocrats behaving like misbehaving schoolchildren, maybe there is a reason for the extreme gap between rich and poor in the UK when not even the politicians can behave and have normal respect for other people….

    • @erica.5620
      @erica.5620 Рік тому +1

      What on Earth are you talking about? The common's behave as though they are in primary school, and the Lord's behave like... well... Lords.
      There's no comparison. Actually look at some videos before gathering an opinion.

  • @davidk7262
    @davidk7262 11 місяців тому

    Bethroyd????

  • @charlespirate1
    @charlespirate1 Рік тому

    Mocked and hectored Simon Hughes for wanting to be able to speak in a quiet atmosphere and then said members should grow up. Hypocrite.