Robes, Black Rod and flamingos: How the U.K. just shut down its Parliament.
But prorogation alone is not unusual. It happens at the end of each parliamentary cycle, which usually lasts one year. As such, many of the antiquated rituals performed by lawmakers and officials were to be expected.The scene began with three advisers appointed by the queen telling another senior official, a woman named"Black Rod" — real name Sarah Clarke — to summon the House of Commons.
This was met with an uproarious response from ruling Conservative Party lawmakers, to which Bercow responded by repeatedly bellowing"I require no response from you." At one point he told one lawmaker that,"I couldn't give a flying flamingo what you think." The Conservatives then left the chamber to chants of"shame on you" from the Labour benches. Bercow and others then marched to the House of Lords, where all the legislation passed this parliamentary cycle was read out.
The whole thing would usually be wrapped up with some tipping of bicorne hats and handshakes, but not this year. Still sat in the House of Commons, some Labour lawmakers struck up a rendition of the socialist tune"The Red Flag," while Scottish and Welsh members rang out their own traditional tunes.
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