The Daily Populous Wednesday August 12nd, 2020 night edition
In Canada, the newly elected speaker, by tradition, feigns reluctance as he or she is "dragged" to the chair in a practice dating from the days when British speakers risked execution if the news they reported to the king was displeasing.
-SaC on August 11st, 2020 at 13:26 UTC »
Same in the U.K. parliament. It’s obviously just a bit of a show now, but that’s tradition for you.
god_peepee on August 11st, 2020 at 14:39 UTC »
He must now dip his hands in the royal butterscotch pudding, as is tradition!
Ike-edelic on August 11st, 2020 at 14:43 UTC »
Do you want to be shown to the chair or dragged kicking and screaming?
Ooh, kicking and screaming, please!