Conversation with Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom

Let's Find Common Ground

USC Dornsife Center for the Political Future

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🗓️ 17 February 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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CPF Director Bob Shrum joins Sir Lindsay Hoyle, Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, for a discussion on how the United Kingdom Parliament operates and the special relationship between the United States and the UK. They discuss the powers of the Speaker of the House of Commons, how elections and political parties work in the UK, and advice to students who want to get involved in politics.

Featuring:

Rt Hon Sir Lindsay Hoyle MP: Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Bob Shrum: Director, Center for the Political Future; Warschaw Chair in Practical Politics, USC Dornsife

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0:00.0	Welcome to the bully pulpit from the University of Southern California's Center for the Political Future.
0:11.7	Our podcast brings together America's top politicians, journalists, academics, and strategists from across the political spectrum for discussions on hot button issues where we respect
0:22.0	each other and respect the truth. We hope you enjoy these conversations.
0:29.5	I'm Bob Schrum, the Director of the Center for the Political Future at USC Dornsife. I'm honored
0:35.1	today to welcome Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the Speaker of the House of Commons of the
0:39.5	United Kingdom, to join us here at the USC Dornsife Center for the political future. I think you're
0:45.5	the 158 Speaker of the House of Commons, although the origin of that role with a different title
0:52.0	stretches back to the year 1258. So welcome, Mr. Speaker.
0:57.0	Welcome to all of you who are here and all of you who will see this discussion on Zoom or hear it on
1:03.5	our podcast, The Bulli Pollitt. I'm going to ask questions for about 45 minutes and then turn it over to you folks.
1:09.4	Mr. Speaker, it famously took Kevin McCarthy
1:12.7	15 ballots to be elected Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. You were elected
1:18.3	Speaker of the House of Commons on the fourth ballot with a thumping majority of 215 votes.
1:25.2	Let me ask you how different are those two elections. Is the election for Speaker of
1:29.9	the Commons a partisan contest? Is it his here in the U.S. for Speaker of the House?
1:35.6	I think that's the real difference, Bob, that what we are in the Commons, because it's about
1:40.8	holding a position that you're going to become independent and neutral,
1:44.9	so you're going to stand away from your political affiliation, and I'm going to hand in my
1:49.9	membership if I'm successful. So people realize this is for all parties. This isn't organized
1:55.7	on party lines. And for once, the whips of the political parties are not involved.
2:01.7	Or they claim they're not involved.
2:03.4	Let me say that.
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