Black Rod goes back to the House of Lords defeated

Black Rod shouts "Open up in the name of the Queen!"

Black Rod knocks on the door three times with their ebony staff This is all supposed to symbolise that the Commons is independent from the monarch. And Dennis Skinner won't be making any quips in the chamber this year, he lost his seat in the election last week. Odds on that at least one wacky MP will shout something out in his place though, trying to be the new Skinner, and that this will become a tradition that is part of the British Constitution and by 2150 is called "Quipping The Skinner" or something equally ridiculous