They Can’t Lose?
My big period of Anglophilia coincided with Betty Boothroyd’s tenure as Speaker of the House of Commons. For we Americans, whose actual legislative activities tend to be kind of sedate (despite how absurd our campaigns can get), the more spirited discussions that happen in other countries’ legislatures can be interesting. The fistfights that break out between legislators get the most attention, but Betty Boothroyd had a way of asserting order in the House of Commons that really captivated me and made C-SPAN’s airing of Prime…