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The former prime minister has claimed a small group of MPs has forced him out but that’s not an accurate description of events.
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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.
Jeremy Corbyn speaks to constituents in 2017.
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Newcomers have in fact proven much more successful at running as independents than big name politicians.
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The deputy prime minister insists he just has high expectations of his staff but that is not what ‘professionalism’ really means.
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The former prime minister insists gatherings with wine were essential work meetings.
The House of Commons Committee of Privileges has released new images of parties in Downing Street during lockdowns.
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Johnson claims he didn’t know pandemic rules were broken when parties were held in Downing Street.
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It’s rare to have quite so many former PMs and first ministers still in parliament.
Boothroyd campaigning to become an MP in her pre-speaker days.
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Boothroyd smashed the glass ceiling just as House of Commons proceedings began being broadcast, which made her no-nonsense interventions even more famous.
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Cohabitation reform is needed in England and Wales to better protect couples legally upon relationship breakdown.
Nadhim Zahawi has been sacked as Conservative chairman.
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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.
Striking miners face off against police in 1984.
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Workers have gradually lost all powers to take industrial action when they feel conditions are unfair.
Finland’s prime minister Sanna Marin has had to defend her diplomacy and her dancing.
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Why age and gender are such prominent mechanisms of exclusion in parliaments and governments.
Allegations of bullying and misconduct are a worrying sign for British democracy.
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When civil servants and MPs can’t speak up against ministers, they can’t do their jobs properly.
Resignation honours are an historic, yet contested, tradition in British politics. Boris Johnson’s were always going to add to the controversy.
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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.
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When government whips turned a vote on fracking into a vote of confidence in the government, confusion ensued.
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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’.
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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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Conservative MPs vote in the first round and members in the second.
Will Boris Johnson be back? The chances may be slim.
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The UK prime minister tendered his resignation after a slew of resignations by former allies in his government.
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He hardly has any government ministers and his own cabinet tried to force him to resign. What is going on?