Posted on 02/06/2017 12:41:25 PM PST by Pinkbell
LONDON — House of Commons Speaker John Bercow has announced that he intends to block US President Donald Trump from addressing Parliament when Trump visits the UK later this year.
It is customary for visiting presidents to address MPs and members of the House of Lords in Westminster Hall when making state visits to Britain.
As speaker of the House of Commons, however, Bercow is one of three people who has the authority to block visiting figures from doing this.
The speaker said on Monday afternoon that addressing Parliament was an "earned honour" and not an invitation that came automatically with a state visit.
He said:
"What I will say is this. An address by a foreign leader to both Houses of Parliament is not an automatic right. It is an earned honour. Moreover, there are many precedents for state visits to take place to our country which do not include an address to both Houses of Parliament. That's the first point.
"In relation to Westminster Hall, there are three key holders to Westminster Hall: the speaker of the House of Commons, the speaker of the House of Lords and the lord great chamberlain. Ordinarily we are able to work by consensus and the hall would be used for a purpose such as an address or another purpose by agreement of the three key holders.
"I must say to the honourable gentleman, to all who signed his early day motion and to others with strong views about this matter on either side of the argument, that before the imposition of the migrant ban I would myself have been strongly opposed to an address by President Trump in Westminster Hall. After the imposition of the migrant ban by President Trump I am even more strongly opposed to an address...
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She does as well as other powers - but her specific ability to countermand the Speaker of the House of Commons is nil. She could not dissolve Parliament over that issue.
It relates to an incident in 1642 called ‘The Five Members’ that established in British constitutional law that the Monarch cannot overrule the Speaker of the House of Commons on matters concerning the privileges of the House of Commons. It was a pivotal event in the leadup to the English Civil War.
Then he should be taking the rest of them out the door with him because everyone and their dog were pearl clutching.
I believe he can still be invited to speak in either the Royal Gallery (which was used by Presidents Reagan and Clinton to address the joint Houses of Parliament) or the Banqueting House (used by President George W. Bush for a slightly less formal speech), without Bercow being able to block it. But the May government will want to be very sure nobody with the power to block those locations will go rogue like Bercow has, before bringing those up.
Bercow is a loon, roughly the equivalent of Nancy Pelosi.
Hope I can’t catch it. Sound infectious.
In that photo, he looks as queer as a $3 bill. It that a hair piece he is wearing?
Yup, let em stew in their own juices.
Money? Troops? Defense? Why call us?
No! NO! Must not...MUST NOT SAY IT!!! Must not risk the righteous wrath of the mods!!!
simple.... cancel the trip
what’s so great about speaking to parliament...???
He and May can fet the job done, and ignoring the “royal drug dealing/climate change family” is a good idea too...
Would love love love to see Trump address the Senate the way the PM does in Parliament.
He__, let him address Parliament.
A better idea might be a Trans-Atlantic Partnership with Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, Ireland--or an alliance with people who are not sick with decadence.
There seem to be quite a few English people who are as sick with cultural, social, and moral decay as the worst of the Continental Europeans.
Oh, Trump will address the British Parliment alright...He doesn’t need to be standing in their chamber to take them down...
Post of the day. My day anyway.
LONDON — House of Commons Speaker John Bercow has announced that he intends to block US President Donald Trump from addressing Parliament when Trump visits the UK later this year.
The headline is BS.
Just ignore them - have a nice visit with the Queen Mum and do some touring/shopping then get out without acknowledging that the Parliament exists. If someone asks, mention the childish, pettiness of the twerp.
Who needs who, here?
Go to hell, limeys.
I’d ignore it, myself. “Snubbing” only works if the target gives a rat’s ass what the snubber thinks.
Tinkerbells. They’re just angry that a man is now in charge. Brexit happened against their will, and Trump too.
More fascist leftists.
Why was this post (which has been the number one news item trending thing on Twitter today) removed not only from Breaking News but from News period? Our strongest ally told us that our President will not be permitted to speak at Parliament and that’s not even considered news?! Yet in Breaking News there is news about the Kremlin wanting an apology from O’Reilly. I have no problem with that being in Breaking News, but why does that stay and news about how our strongest ally is treating our President not?
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