• regul@lemm.ee
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    8 months ago

    This is exactly how Prime Minster’s Questions work in the UK.

    I expect that Americans know nothing about other countries, but I thought maybe you’d know something about at least the UK.

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      8 months ago

      Congress members have made interjections during State of the Union without being censured or removed. But also, that’s the Questions segment. That’s what they’re SUPPOSED to do. I have seen that, thanks.

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        8 months ago

        It’s pretty much just called “questions”, and the shouts are typically not questions either.

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          8 months ago

          I do like how that part of the political system works there and it’s refreshing compared to the formality in the US. But keep in mind the distinction between random members of the public yelling things and elected representatives. People yell stuff at elected officials all the time here, and do things like protest when they’re walking or driving by, but it’s different than interrupting the largest speech of the year.