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Making manifesto promises is a misleading trend that is distorting the role of politicians and parliament
If the purple vote turns blue…
The Irish republicans stand for parliament but don’t attend when they win. It’s high time that changed.
Wondering how the U.K. government can just decide to dissolve itself and call for a general election? As our expert explains, it’s not uncommon.
A look at the pressure points for the contenders in this last minute election.
Even when a response goes to plan, lessons can be learnt.
Whatever you think of her politics, May’s decision to rise above divisive tough talk was an admirable one.
There had been warnings and the city was on high alert. Police are now conducting a major terrorist investigation.
New research has found the UK parliament is fraught with institutionalised ableism
Peers have sent the Brexit bill back to MPs with changes calling for a vote on a final deal, and the protection of EU nationals in Britain.
The House of Commons’ longest-serving MP has died, aged 86.
If you think Brexit will be the issue that brings elections to the upper chamber, think again.
Despite pages and pages of proposed amendments, not a single one was passed.
The past year has seen more parliamentarians take the ‘Chiltern Hundreds’ than at any time since the 1970s.
Does the holder of the key have the right to lock the door on the leader of the free world?
After all the build up, you’d have been forgiven for expecting something a bit more impressive from parliament’s debate on triggering Article 50.
A century before the modern environmental era, experts realized that London’s dirty air was corroding its new Parliament building. This insight led to some of the first air pollution laws.
It’s only two lines long, but this piece of parliamentary business could cause a lot of trouble.
Great expectations or much ado about nothing?
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