I never thought I'd dedicate one specific playlist for Bercow

It's really good that Britain has equal and appealing parliament & politics even to the uninterested people.

How cool is *John Bercow* ?

What are the books between the dispatch boxes?

@ukparliament

5 жыл бұрын

The rows of books between the despatch boxes are the 1982 to 1992 volumes of the Public General Acts and Measures.

Very nice and claryfing video. Thank you!

It sounds exhausting to do a division *every single time* a vote is called and to never do it with more 21st century measures... But when they wanted to abandon the similar - but more rarely used - "Hammelsprung" in Germany, the MPs were opposed, because it such fun to do...

Thank you for this video. It's very interesting. I enjoy British history.

Why are the seats GREEN in colour?

@ukparliament

5 жыл бұрын

Hi, the colour green is a tradition that goes back over 300 years.

Does any official or speaker live in the grounds of the parliament.

@ukparliament

5 жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks for your question. Yes the Speaker does live within the Parliamentary Estate.

Can the public watch watch debates from the gallery?

@ukparliament

5 жыл бұрын

Hi, yes there is a public gallery. More information is available on our website.

The music at 7:17 reminds me of Singapore Airlines boarding music

Does the house of commons chamber have any loudspeaker inside? Because the debates are realy heated and everyone in the chamber needs to hear the exchanges. But one thing is that the hanging microphones are not close to the MPs mouth.

The progress of British democracy has always been to grudgingly expand the mandate. Can we have a house of everyone, now that technology has made direct democracy much more feasible?