'It's turned into a meme' – the night Parliament confused the world with its bizarre ceremonies

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'Suddenly I am wondering if characters I assumed were villains in Harry Potter may have just been standard members of UK parliament'

Our politics is grounded in the hereditary power of a monarch appointed by God, limited by commoners who sit in the chamber of a nineteenth century Gothic revivalist palace, chaired by a man who speaks like a Dickensian lawyer.

 

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Hang on, you're giving out because Speaker Bercow speaks like a Dickensian Lawyer? I'd love to read your description of Rees-Mogg and Johnson! Oh sorry, it probably dosen't feed into the Telegraph Tory fan-boy narrative.

Think I'm done with this tory wank mag

You are a totally, and dreadfully biased broadsheet, a disgrace to journalism!

Good riddence to a truly biased speaker

Berk-ow the showman clown. He never was Mr Speaker.

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