John Bercow, British Speaker of the House of Commons giving words of encouragement to Roger Federer
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Speaker of the House, John Bercow, addresses the House of Commons (2019)
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The Wikipedia article on the Father of the House says that the UK House of Commons' one inherited the responsibility of conducting the election of the Speaker from the Clerk, who isn't entitled to speak and had to do it silently, after some kind of incident in the 1971 election. What was it?
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The 116th Congress Elects Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the House (2019)
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"You don't have the courage to stand" Brexit Party leader @NigelFarage is confronted in Ebbw Vale for not standing to become an MP at the upcoming general election. He has previously failed to win a seat in the House of Commons on seven occasions.
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State of the Union: Pelosi expresses her disdain as Trump pitches for re-election | Trump used speech to brag about βthe great American comebackβ but House speaker said she couldnβt find βone page with truth on itβ
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I will be standing for the position of Deputy Speaker in the House of Commons on the 8 th January. I worked closely with Sir Lindsay as Deputy Speaker for 3 years and I was honoured to βdragβ him to the Chair last year. I hope the team will be resumed shortly aiding democracy.
twitter.com/nigelmp/statuβ¦
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Pelosi: First impeachment testimony 'corroborated evidence of bribery' | βThe bribe is to grant or withhold military assistance in return for a public statement of a fake investigation into the elections β thatβs bribery,β the House speaker said Thursday.
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The greatest fraud ever perpetrated on the British people. Brexit is dead,β the Minister told me. βSome rebels might start to come round, but itβs too late. On Monday the House of Commons will take control of the process and then itβs over.β
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Order! Former speaker of the House of Commons (1992-2000), Betty Boothroyd, argues for a second Brexit referendum.
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The outcome of the 2019 British election if only decided by under 21s (left) and over 65s (right)
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Why don't they install a "clapometer" in the chamber of the Commons? Speakers collect points based on their score, and at the end of each month a fabulous prize worth thousands of votes for the highest tally. The MP with the lowest tally loses their seat and there's a by-election.
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Lambeth Labour Party tonight host as a guest speaker the campaign manager of a communist newspaper, who was an βelection observerβ in Venezuela last year, when he dismissed concerns of vote-rigging as βimpossibleβ and βan assertion made by liberal propagandistsβ. Labour in 2019.
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UK Parliament: Roger Federer getting a shoutout from Speaker of the House of Commons during Brexit talks
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Jewish Ex-Speaker of the House of Commons John Bercow harassed publicly by an Anti-Semite who claims Bercow is playing the victim.
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The Speaker of the House of Commons slaps down an accusation of political impartiality - "I'm sure the honourable gentleman isn't suggesting that a wife is the property of her husband!"
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It sounds funny when the Speaker of the House of Commons shouts: _____!
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Jallianwala Bagh tragedy shameful scar on British Indian history: UK PM Theresa May. During a debate on the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in the House of Commons on Tuesday, the UK government had flagged βfinancial implicationsβ as one of the factors it had to consider while reflecting upon demands for
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TIL the British Chancellor of the Exchequer is allowed to drink alcohol in the House of Commons during the budget speech, and some, including Benjamin Disraeli, have actually done so.
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SNP 'would gain four seats in snap General Election', poll finds. A snap general election of more than 40,000 Brits has shown Theresa May would get the slenderest possible majority in the House of Commons - while the SNP would make significant gains.
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