BREAKING NEWS: Gordon Brown saves the world

[toxicpiano 125]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7775515.stm

[Aontan 0]

What's that, in the sky?

It's a bird!

It's a plane!

No, it's SuperBrown!

[JanYpe 17]

I love how the opposition gets all dramatically animated.

[Boggy1 45]

Here is a longer, and a Youtube, version:

It's a funny slip up, and of course the Tory response was quite typical

[psander5 198]

What a pathetic collection of people Tories.

Brown is doing a half descent job under the circumstances.  Cameron would do no better.  I say give him some slack over this gaffe.  Easily done!

[belfastuniguy 18]

I do like the House of Commons One of the more lively of national parliaments.

Was a funny slip, rather funny. But yes Gordon has done a rather good job of stabilising the British banking system and should be praised for it.

[Barbarossa 51]

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[Duke87 1,070]

Stuttery fella, ain't he?

What's most amusing, though, is how rowdy the room gets. Very unprofessional. Looks like something that would happen in a TV sitcom, not real life.

[Deathtoall 28]

Duke, you should see the Japanese and South Korean parliaments, they are interesting just to watch.

Although the sane sort of stuff happens here to, it makes for interesting viewing. One of the best comebacks i ever heard was in the House of Representative here.

The treasuer called the opposition leader a coward, he shot back with "captain courageous" not being able to challenge his boss for top job, which he had already said publically he wanted.

[Easy Bakes 253]

Its a wonder anyone speaks at all in there.

Pack of wolves all of them.

"He looks tired"

[toxicpiano 125]

Originally posted by: Duke87 Stuttery fella, ain't he?

What's most amusing, though, is how rowdy the room gets. Very unprofessional. Looks like something that would happen in a TV sitcom, not real life.quote>

well it happens everyday. real life is often stranger than fiction.

[Meg 368]

Originally posted by: toxicpiano

Originally posted by: Duke87 Stuttery fella, ain't he?

What's most amusing, though, is how rowdy the room gets. Very unprofessional. Looks like something that would happen in a TV sitcom, not real life.quote>

well it happens everyday. real life is often stranger than fiction.quote>

 

They act like that every day? 

[panthersimcity4 162]

LMAO @ the British parliament

[belfastuniguy 18]

Well not everyday. Usually on Prime Minister's Questions, is actually rather funny.

Wouldn't say its unprofessional at all. We have a healthy and lively debate chamber, rather have that than some boring stuffy chamber. Has served us rather well these past 700 or so years

[Micah 16]

Originally posted by: Duke87 Stuttery fella, ain't he?

What's most amusing, though, is how rowdy the room gets. Very unprofessional. Looks like something that would happen in a TV sitcom, not real life.quote>

 

Call me strange, but I've actually watched at least 50 different videos of the House of Commons going back to the early years of Tony Blair and in almost every single video, there's always a loud uproar or laughs stretching across the room. It's actually amusing most of the time. lol

Gotta admire the way their government does things just how I saw a video in the House of Commons where the politicians were saying they admire the televised political debates we have here in America.

[WackoJak 0]

It's like this in NZ too, in fact the parliament recently passed a bill stopping the media from using videoed parliament proceedings for satrical use. The cameras aren't even allowed to look away from the MP who is speaking.

Just as an afterthought, why is it that the Speaker of the House is not permitted to speak?

[Yoman3 5]

The best are the South Korean and Taiwanese assemblies. Fist fights are quite common, was true 100 years ago in the senate (well maybe more). Ah the good old days

[belfastuniguy 18]

Just as an afterthought, why is it that the Speaker of the House is not permitted to speak? quote>

He does speak.

He rules the house and people have to obey him. Though can take a minute or two for them all to calm down.

The Speaker presides over the House's debates, determining which members may speak. The Speaker is also responsible for maintaining order during debate, and may punish members who break the rules of the House. Conventionally, the Speaker remains non-partisan, and renounces all affiliation with his or her former political party when taking office. The Speaker does not take part in debate nor vote (except to break ties, and even then, subject to conventions that maintain his or her non-partisan status). Aside from duties relating to presiding over the House, the Speaker also performs administrative and procedural functions, and remains a constituency Member of Parliament (MP).quote>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker_of_the_British_House_of_Commons

Its actually a rather powerful position

[Barbarossa 51]

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[Meg 368]

Originally posted by: belfastuniguy

Wouldn't say its unprofessional at all. We have a healthy and lively debate chamber, rather have that than some boring stuffy chamber. Has served us rather well these past 700 or so years quote>

Well, if it works for you, it works for you.   Another one of those cultural differences.  Over here that kind of behavior is generally considered to be unacceptable from kindergarteners.

Originally posted by: WackoJak

It's like this in NZ too, in fact the parliament recently passed a bill stopping the media from using videoed parliament proceedings for satrical use. quote>

wow.  that would be illegal over here. 

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.quote>

There is a fairly simple solution to prevent the cameras from filming you while you are acting like a bleep.  Don't act like one!

Originally posted by: Barbarossa

I would love to see the US Congress get into a fist fight!  I don't care whether it would be the Senate or the House.  Some of those donkey-bottoms need a good whooping.quote>

Yeah, I think many of us have gotten the urge to punch some of them out at one time or another.

[david1314 44]

Originally posted by: Duke87 Stuttery fella, ain't he?

What's most amusing, though, is how rowdy the room gets. Very unprofessional. Looks like something that would happen in a TV sitcom, not real life.quote>

Some might call speaking freely in parliament a sign of healthy democracy.

Ordered procedural bodies are entities better served rubber-stamping the business of the fascist state.

And I might point out that speaking-out in parliament is decidedly more professional than claiming, in parliament no less, to have saved the world (a national parliament).  Even in a slip of speech.

This should be viewed as particularly unacceptable in a nation still recovering from it's image of believing itself-quite vocally-to have contributed the most to humanity of any nation.

[Fresh Prince of Wmbg 44]

Americans have Bushisms. 

The British have Brownisms?

[belfastuniguy 18]

This should be viewed as particularly unacceptable in a nation still recovering from it's image of believing itself-quite vocally-to have contributed the most to humanity of any nation.quote>

What is that suppose to mean?

[belfastuniguy 18]

Well, if it works for you, it works for you.   Another one of those cultural differences.  Over here that kind of behavior is generally considered to be unacceptable from kindergarteners.quote>

Indeed, just a cultural difference. Our parliament tends to be a little quirky at times. All tradition really, We've had a boisterous House of Commons for hundreds of years though we still have certain guidelines.

Even during important state occasions we are able to have the odd laugh. Below is a video from this years State Opening of Parliament and the second explains why things in the first video are carried out in such a way.

[kibblewitbit 0]

It seems to be rowdy like that in all Westminster-based parliaments, thats why, unlike in America, people in Canada are so unenthusiastic about their politicians because they act like kindergartners.