The privileges process is a vital part of the British constitution so what the committee investigating Johnson decides matters for future precedent, even if he is gone.
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The House of Commons committee of privileges has called for the former prime minister to be barred from having a former member’s pass, and with good reason.
It’s very rare to see a former PM stand in a byelection – but less so to see a future PM give it a go.
The former prime minister has claimed a small group of MPs has forced him out but that’s not an accurate description of events.
As the only Green parliamentarian, Lucas has served as a constituency MP but also as a representative of the hundreds of thousands of other people who vote for her party.
Newcomers have in fact proven much more successful at running as independents than big name politicians.
The deputy prime minister insists he just has high expectations of his staff but that is not what ‘professionalism’ really means.
The former prime minister insists gatherings with wine were essential work meetings.
Johnson claims he didn’t know pandemic rules were broken when parties were held in Downing Street.
It’s rare to have quite so many former PMs and first ministers still in parliament.
Boothroyd smashed the glass ceiling just as House of Commons proceedings began being broadcast, which made her no-nonsense interventions even more famous.
Cohabitation reform is needed in England and Wales to better protect couples legally upon relationship breakdown.
The prime minister’s pledge to bring integrity to public office could become a stick to beat him with – just like ‘back to basics’ became for John Major.
Workers have gradually lost all powers to take industrial action when they feel conditions are unfair.
Why age and gender are such prominent mechanisms of exclusion in parliaments and governments.
When civil servants and MPs can’t speak up against ministers, they can’t do their jobs properly.
The prospect of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss adding peers to the House of Lords has reopened a knotty debate that never quite gets resolved.
When government whips turned a vote on fracking into a vote of confidence in the government, confusion ensued.
From calling his opponent a bollard to shutting parliament for an extended period, Johnson has pushed the limits of the ‘good chaps school of government’.
The two front runners are more likely to face a right-wing candidate like Liz Truss than each other in the final phase of the race to replace Boris Johnson.
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