Discussion for article #230687
Hey, we have cocks on the floor of our national legislature all the time too. There truly is a special relationship.
Congress and Parliament— two of the best arguments against representative democracy.
I thought their Parliament had a rule against reading from notes while speaking.
Nice to see someone taking their job seriously. Oy.
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There is no question that I would have been a Loyalist had I lived in the late 18th century.
Not at all, Representative democracy is fine, some of the members are not. In our current situation, its money that’s electing the bad actors, so Money in politics is a corrupter of Representative democracy.
Certainly two of the best arguments against governance by conservatives.
The actual speech is a somewhat eloquent one on animal welfare.
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“She should realise that the House of Commons is not a TV reality show…”
Someone should be polite and let C-SPAN know they’ve officially switched formats thanks to House ®s.
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No. I’m reading the Manchester bio of Churchill and as I understand it he often read from notes or at least had them in hand.
Of course when Churchill spoke, the members all rushed in to listen and the benches were filled up. A little different from this.
In the fine British tradition that gave us Mrs. Slocombe and her weekly mention of her pussy.
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I am unanimous about Mrs. Slocombe’s pussy.
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…is “cock” welfare the royal version of corporate welfare?
Here we have proof our House isn’t the only legislative body that wastes precious time on useless pranks.
Even “cock” sounds lovely in a British accent.
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Baroness Trumpington in the house of lords: (scroll down to the original video)
No accounting for taste there, in my opinion. I would much rather listen and watch a pretty blonde give a speech about cock welfare than watch a drunk old man give a speech…but maybe that’s just me.
Doesn’t she know that too many cocks are going to spoil the stew?
If you can’t take a joke, don’t join the Andrew.