Mike Johnson’s Churchill Joke in UK Parliament: “Hoyle Gets Wound Up Just Like Churchill” | APT - video Dailymotion

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During his address to the UK Parliament, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson made a light-hearted joke comparing Speaker Lindsay Hoyle to Winston Churchill.  Johnson said, “When he gets wound up and going, it’s just like Churchill and it goes on and on and on,” explaining that he often prefers to speak before Hoyle at G7 speakers’ meetings.  #MikeJohnson #LindsayHoyle #UKParliament  Mike Johnson UK Parliament, Lindsay Hoyle Churchill joke, US House Speaker speech, historic address UK Parliament, parliamentary humor, G7 speakers meeting, US UK relations, Mike Johnson speech, Churchill comparison, political humor, international politics, world leaders address, UK Parliament live, historic US visit UK, parliamentary address 2026, global politics news, diplomatic humor, political speech highlights, friendly jest lawmakers, US Congress abroad, UK politics news, breaking news UK

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00:00Thank you sincerely. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Lord Speaker, Ambassador Stevens, members

00:23of the House of Commons, members of the House of Lords, and so many esteemed guests. It

00:27is a great honor for us to be here, a tremendous pleasure to be with you all. Speaker Hoyle,

00:33thank you for those kind words, your gracious invitation to be here today, my friend. It

00:38means so much to us. It's a real detriment to follow Speaker Hoyle. I don't like to do

00:44this. At the G7 speakers' meetings, I just want you to know when he gets wound up and

00:49going. It's just like Churchill, and it goes on and on and on. And I try to speak before

00:58him at all times. I don't want to follow, but really, really grateful to be here. He has

01:03become a dear friend. And all of you, we've met so many great friends. My wife, Kelly, and

01:08I are truly touched by how warmly we've been received here and having met so many of you

01:12in the past couple of days. We walked away with this sense that we do have close and

01:18dear friends here across the pond, and we have this shared heritage, and we treasure

01:22that. It is a profound honor to be speaking in Parliament today, to be the first U.S. Speaker

01:27of the House ever given this honor. And I take it very seriously. As proud Americans, it is

01:33as though we have returned to the spiritual birthplace of our own nation. And the history here,

01:38the weight of it is palpable, as you know. It gives you a certain sense of just being

01:45serious. I was going to roll on with a bunch of jokes this morning, but it doesn't feel

01:49right to be in this place at this time. We have returned at a pivotal moment, obviously,

01:55in the great histories of our countries, to mark this anniversary that we have in our nation

02:00and to celebrate what we've achieved together in the past, and importantly, to face and overcome

02:06together the challenges of our present day. And I want to tell you, my friends, we will

02:12do that together. That's what I bring you that message. When I met with Prime Minister

02:16Starmer at Downing Street yesterday, I told him that I thought his national address a few

02:20hours earlier was well done. He noted, of course, that the U.K. and the U.S. are close allies

02:26and that our strong, constructive partnership all these years has been built on mutual respect

02:32and focused on results. I thought that was exactly the right message and the right tone.

02:37And because of that, we've always been able to work through our differences calmly as friends.

02:42We will continue to do that. I want to assure you this morning that that is still the case.

02:48I spoke to President Trump at length yesterday, and I told him that I really felt that my mission

02:53here, even though we planned this back in the fall, we didn't know how the events would develop

02:58over the last few days. But I told the President that I felt that my mission here today was to

03:04encourage our friends and help to calm the waters, so to speak, and I hope to do so.

03:09As the Prime Minister said yesterday, let us look to agreement, continue our dialogue,

03:15and find a resolution, just as we always have in the past. And in that process, I am confident that

03:22we can and will maintain and strengthen our special relationship between these two nations,

03:27send a message of unity and resolve to our allies around the world, and remind our adversaries

03:33and the terrorists and tyrants everywhere that our nations that are dedicated to freedom and justice

03:40and order and human dignity are stronger and more resolved now than ever before. I think it's a

03:46very important message. Of course, we do gather here at a unique and consequential moment in American

03:52history. This year, as noted, is the time we mark our 250th anniversary of our independence.

04:00Now, I know this is not a long span of time in the scale of human history. I get that.

04:05We were touring the thousand-year-old Windsor Palace a day or so ago, and that really put it all,

04:11set it into reality for us. At the dinner we had here last night that Speaker Hoyle and Lady Catherine

04:17graciously hosted for us. It was not lost on me that there at my table were items of silverware

04:23older than my country. Puts it in perspective. But this year, in particular, we remember just how far

04:31we really have come, how our nations have evolved and grown and strengthened in so many ways together.

04:37Thank you so much.

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