British pomp on full display as Commons speaker re-elected

The UK Houses of Parliament is back open after the British General Election.
MPs have re-elected Sir Lindsay Hoyle as the Speaker of the House of Commons.
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[@BadgerOfTheSea]

0:50 guy top right behind the lords in blue tie... anyone check his pulse?

[@user-hf1pg2ey6l]

lol there's a few of those

[@mrpoisoness5098]

He’s just taking a nap after claiming his hard earned £350 turning up fee

[@olavops1000]

Most active House of Lords member.

[@Nooticus]

Lmao

[@imminentpowers3097]

Most of the Lords just turn up and have a sleep for 350 pounds, it's awful no wonder the economy is screwed for spending money like this

[@gabrielisaaccalmelor1949]

I miss Dennis Skinner to be honest

[@_Madfly]

He wouldn't have said anything here. This isn't the state opening.

[@amazingstarzz]

@@_MadflyEither way we miss him regardless. I need to hear the quips he reserved for Charles 😂

[@TonyWeaving]

I totally agree with you my friend.

[@kartikpandey1353]

Me too.

[@dc-4ever201]

Would have been "Charlie on Banknotes? There's been Charlie on em for years" or similar words 😂.

[@lerone1813]

Not really pomp, it's a tradition. The pomp will come for the State Opening of Parliment seven days later

it's like coming back to school after the summer...the MP not re-elected are like those kids we had who had to move schools as their parents had been 'moved' on by the council and new MPs were like the ones that moved into their now empty homes..!

[@thomaseaves7567]

Starmers threats to Lindsay have evaporated….. welcome my friend ….was the cry !!!!

[@muazabbasi4018]

1:59 did the lady behind stifle a yawn? Lol

[@RickPeake01]

Honourable house ... far from that

[@robmetcalfe]

He might let Diane Abbott ask a question now she's Mother of the House!!

[@johnchristmas7522]

Does she know what year it is?

[@dc-4ever201]

​@@johnchristmas7522Yeah Twelfty, she reminds me of Tubbs from The local shop in Royston Vasey.

Back to Africa she should be sailing

[@qcode-2208]

You would think this is an honest organisation. 🤣😂🤣😂😅 I nearly passed out laughing...

[@trevorsomers8344]

They are people that work for our King! If you don't like it......move country

[@c.t5136]

Bring back John Bercow!

[@Seek1878]

ORDAAAAAAAAA

[@RyanKeane9]

“It’s a big club and you ain’t in it” -George Carlin

[@markduffy3717]

Oh no!! He let the last lot get away with murder.

[@jasonkoch3182]

What, exactly, do you think the speaker does?

[@Billy_Rizzle]

@@jasonkoch3182 well Bercow shouted “Order, ORDER!” a lot, which was fun.

[@bobjohnbowles]

@@jasonkoch3182 In principle he represents the entire House of Commons, so in a sense that makes him more important than the Prime Minister. But his remit is not governing the nation, but governing Parliament.

[@itsnowornever6119]

What's all this nonsense all about, which year are we in.🤔

[@trevorsomers8344]

The year of....if you don't like Britain....Move to another country

[@Fat_Cat_747]

The best - and the most funny - speaker was Speaker Wetheril in the Thatcher era.

[@EnglandCams]

Another Four Years of talking WAP & spitting cursed Venom

[@SamyTheSheep]

All pomp and no thwomp

[@tracymuckle8512]

The most ineffectual speaker I can remember

[@beastylad7418]

Everyone in the uk 🇬🇧 is Included in this Tosh ‘ Except the People’

[@broadcast-east]

Boring!

[@user-hf1pg2ey6l]

Which people exactly?

[@trevorsomers8344]

This isn't America

[@dbmag9]

The people voted in all the MPs in that big room at the start about a week ago, did you miss the election?

[@beastylad7418]

@@dbmag9 Yes I saw the Election 🗳️ But can’t say I saw thousands of people in the House of Commons voting 🗳️ But you obviously did ‘ ffs

[@FiveRiversCity]

Good Lord, can someone please provide Black Rod with a mirror and a comb! 😏

Black Pud is Diane Abbo

[@becjayne6097]

Its like the night of the living dead. Are u sure this wasn't shot in a care home.

[@carolwood9930]

👍

[@frog1686]

You mean Hoyle who obstructed government in favour of labour, Hoyle who's father wasw a labour mp and speaker who used to go home at christmas, And party all over town using taxis with his expense card , Yep some people have long memories,

[@eclectica1]

Cry some more Tory Boy.

[@BobSmith-s7j]

He went home at Christmas? My God, whatever next?!

[@frog1686]

@@BobSmith-s7j Its What he did at tax payers expense you ignoramus .

[@debbywilliams9172]

What a load of codswallop

[@hendynz6358]

Looks like something out of Monty Python!

[@ianholderness5773]

No depth of character or truth in this bull sit

[@iansmith2997]

Clear out the swamp.

[@user-hf1pg2ey6l]

Oh great, Hoyle the Appeaser once again.

[@rubybaker8571]

It looks like an old boys club not a place that rules a nation🤬

[@ThomasTheDankEngineer]

Polite bots, weird

[@julianaylor4351]

They're everywhere, on loads of different channels and sometimes in other languages.

[@Moshimulations]

Lmao, yeah as the other comment stated, it is normal as only like 60% of the internet are bots.

[@MyGeniusFriend]

It's always the same two or three profile pics too apparently

[@user-hf1pg2ey6l]

There are no manners where you come from?

[@Hgames_RBLX]

I seen them on every BGT video

[@StuartMiles74]

This charade is utterly ridiculous in 2024.

[@rogerhearn5243]

The reward for sabotaging the SNP motion on Gazza.

[@natyak5641]

👍👍👍!

[@phillipnoone8044]

That was interesting. I'm looking forward to when everyone dresses up as Santa without the beard.

[@nibverendianstantagstagats2176]

Where's Dennis Skinner??? 😂

[@BadgerOfTheSea]

He lost his seat last election and was not reselected to stand in this one

[@stevebarlow3154]

He lost his seat in 2019

[@mikewalker7366]

Superb stuff. Love it.

[@GiratinaofFury]

Looks like it's all back to work again.

[@terencemartin3649]

i thought they were going to throw him out into the street ? ? ?.

[@ssayed6604]

British pomp? More like a mad house in full dress

[@BrendanP]

The pompiest of pomp

[@raddyfox]

U laugh u lose: house of commons edition

[@garethhodson3896]

Bunch of wallys

[@xcel5203]

Charlie boy didn't come ; he was too busy playing with his toys.

[@keithorbell8946]

Yes, because recovering from cancer treatment is such a breeze. What a daft comment.

[@xcel5203]

@@keithorbell8946 You didn't see him gallivanting with the Emperor of Japan for the past week ? Get your glasses checked .

[@keithorbell8946]

@@xcel5203 not exactly gallivanting.

[@Wilbtube]

Why is Diane Abbott so prominent all of a sudden?

[@c1carnage933]

She's the mother of the house, the longest serving female MP now that the last person isn't there anymore

[@alantully455]

She’s mother of the house. Longest serving female MP. Has been in parliament since 1987

[@johnchristmas7522]

Its about diversity not ability!

[@c1carnage933]

@@johnchristmas7522 we're you dropped on your head as a baby? She's the newest mother of the house, meaning the longest serving female MP

[@Wilbtube]

@@c1carnage933 That explains it then!

[@debbywilliams9172]

Swearing on a bible to a dodgey parliment and roayl family 😂😂

[@billycostigen9516]

I’m so tired of these mugs.

[@williamford8027]

honorable????

[@jroff7475]

Lovely tradition

[@davidchristopher5239]

In part this pomp explains why it is so unusual to have a Labour government.

[@sisulart]

What a load of nonsense.

[@peterdudgon3830]

more crooks than in wormwood scrubs

[@FiveRiversCity]

So true! 😂😂😂

[@godofcycling]

A pantomime for a once great country and government. If it all was closed tomorrow it wouldnt make a blind bit of difference as run elsewhere anyway.

[@edwardoleyba3075]

At the salary he’ll get he’s hardly going to refuse it. 😉

[@firdausbj1]

They need to build a bigger house

[@robertnessful]

After World War II, the House of Commons was intentionally rebuilt (the Germans bombed it during the Blitz) with too few seats.

[@edwardhogan1877]

@@robertnessful Tell us more?

[@Thedarkknight2244]

Goofy as hell

[@barryahern6645]

Trump will deal wit ye when he returns

[@DavidGreenwood-nu6dd]

British pomposity,you mean,and false consciousness.

[@user-mw4wv8nk8b]

Another has been back in the front line!

[@LinusWatches]

Extreme cringe

[@GhostWriter_Music]

they love fancy dress.

[@lukestamper1681]

HoC doggo

[@elieabi-lamah2209]

😊❤😂

[@albertsmyth9616]

Superb and very touching. A country that forgets its history and traditions and throws them in the bin will very quickly descend into anarchy and chaos.

[@fritzhenning1]

Like the last 7 years you mean! Wearing funny costumes keeps the anachist at bay?

[@albertsmyth9616]

@@fritzhenning1 You have a very shallow, ignorant and condemnatory outlook. Is that why you’re a bitter and unhappy internet troll, spewing poison? Try to embrace a positive outlook on life and be nice and who knows, you might find it a refreshing change.

[@eclectica1]

Oh please...give it a rest!

[@brianbrotherston5940]

With this appalling lot it probably will be - I can smell trouble ahead already - Please put the troops on standby !!

[@prideofdurham4776]

Why was Hoyle elected speaker? He let Sunak openly lie to the tv cameras and never pulled him up for not answering one question.FfS talk about old mates club.

[@Timien]

You donut, do you even know what the speaker does?

[@josephlezano7691]

Differences aside . Admirable to see the British Parliament with it's traditions , and it's weight of history .

[@richardscott8146]

WEF

Kosher Kings

[@johnchristmas7522]

As Jethro joked. "We had an Empire ruled by an Emperor. Then we had a Kingdom ruled by a King. Now we have a country, ruled by a load of C....!" Couldn't have put it better myself!

[@trevorsomers8344]

But the country is still ruled by a king! 😂

[@GSOHJM]

They should really consider themselves on the meter paid in taxes. How much money did this farce cost in their salaries for the hour or so it took?

[@BozalliCopter]

I don't know, I think it's harmless and it's part of our country's culture

[@GSOHJM]

@@BozalliCopter I don’t want to pay for it.

[@councellingthecouncillors]

Great @lindsayhoyle, no balls before no balls this parliament.

[@jec1ny]

Probably the last time we will see this ceremony. Labour has pledged to abolish the House of Lords.

[@beebeelicious]

Got to love our traditions ❤

[@darrell3716]

Yeah, for the right wing.

[@user-hf1pg2ey6l]

@@darrell3716 No, for Britain.

[@beebeelicious]

I'm a leftie tbh, just love the old stuff and bizarre nature of it all.

[@TexasTechUK]

I love some of our harmless traditions like this. Makes us unique at the end of the day

[@beebeelicious]

@@TexasTechUK exactly

[@farhadsokhtanlu5888]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@BashengaMkuu]

0:30 zzzzzzzxxxxxzzzzzzz,xzzzzzzzzzzzzz 1:22 😅😅😅😊😊😊😊

[@astroflyinsights]

Pomp or corruption?

[@trevorglasper2084]

We played cowboys and Indians as kids just the same as this

[@sjFilly1]

Why UK Parliament building so small. Some MP needs to stand. They should consider to build a new bigger one.

[@muhdhanif1048]

Most of the time it is not full.

[@brianbrotherston5940]

Go back to bed and take a rest, please .. ..

[@03.achyuthans39]

They should reduce the MPs..UK is the Largest parliament of any democratic nation

[@tizmawpux]

Every one of them richer than us common plebs will ever be.

[@Louis-sn6pj]

Not true. They do however have a pretty strong salary however they also work A LOT of hours

[@mikewalker7366]

How do you know?

[@user-nk3nx6lk7c]

The ridiculous antiquated Pomp needs to end.

[@historiamilitaris5161]

Why? Traditions makes us different.

[@historiamilitaris5161]

@@kirkhunter146 trust me, not really. Americans can’t choose normal president, French were deciding between nationalists and communists, Germany is not far from fall, so British traditions are completely alright. There is no need to get rid of them and replace them with some “modern” nonsenses.

[@rogerhearn5243]

@@historiamilitaris5161 Not in a good way.

[@rogerhearn5243]

@@historiamilitaris5161 Why do have to replace it with anything. Using this delusional logic lets not get rid of cancer, because you'll have to replace it with something else.

[@historiamilitaris5161]

@@rogerhearn5243 there is no better one I am afraid.

[@27AC]

A ridiculous pantomime

[@messi8921]

What a load of bollox

[@mikewalker7366]

Very mature. By the way, that’s not how you spell bollocks.

[@WeeShooey]

This ain’t no way to run a Parliament. Needs reform and detached from the Royal family. Pathetic nonsense in a modern world.

[@user-hf1pg2ey6l]

Not in our country.

[@shlokamsrivastava6782]

Traditions feed the soul. Otherwise the world will be a gloomy place with robot like humans. Modernity and traditions can live side by side too.

[@kenjepson1908]

Needs reform in a way which suits my side more than the other side, get rid of everything I don't like or care for.

[@jcbw9975]

quiet.

[@trevorsomers8344]

You seem to forget.... The King owns the Armed Forces. The King owns the courts. The King owns the prisons. The police are not civil servants....they work for the King. The King owns the country. You never had something to take back. You are just a mere peasant!

[@eclectica1]

Lots of archaic nonsense still on display with this. Just get on with the job you've been elected to do!

[@privatechannel8462]

This rubbish is so embarrassing, it's childish and redundant.

[@user-hf1pg2ey6l]

Not in your country though? No traditions?

[@videoashkar]

B O L L O C K S

[@mikewalker7366]

Very mature.

[@eclectica1]

Decent Scrabble score, that. Especially if played across triples.

[@KickRocks-me7hh]

Archaic medieval garbage

[@silondon9010]

Good luck Nigel

[@rogerhearn5243]

With rejoining the Conservative Party, which he inevitably will.

[@rjkka7260]

What an old fashioned business.................................do you still live in the middle ages ..........................it is 2024. Come on mr Starmer get them sorted out !!! Load of rubbish

[@VilhelmHammershoi1666]

Number one job: Keep Farage and his mouth shut

[@darrell3716]

Far left meeting room. 😢

[@fritzhenning1]

Name the far left MPs.

[@darrell3716]

@@fritzhenning1 All of them.

[@fritzhenning1]

Ho ho ho ​@@darrell3716

[@protopigeon]

What a load of embarassing pomp and nonsense this is

[@rjjcms1]

You like things all dull and functional,do you?

[@protopigeon]

@@rjjcms1 I guess I don't like pageantry, it's pathetic cosplay

[@himanis_x]

Sad to see Rishi Sunak in opposition bench. 😞

[@gerryman4589]

So so sad😂😂😂😂😂

[@brianmurphy3756]

Not as sad as the state if this country

[@user-hf1pg2ey6l]

He should not have been re-elected. Could not run a c up anywhere.

[@shlokamsrivastava6782]

I'm happy to see a Labour govt. Love to Labour from India.

[@fritzhenning1]

Why? You think the tories deserved to be voted back in.....Bunter, Truss, Brexit!

[@RobertRedford77]

Money grabbing thieves

[@Jjjjjjjm]

Should have been changed, he is really an awful speaker, worse than Gorbals Mick.