Preparing for the Kaufman show, AKA the Culture, Media and Sport Committee.
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The House of Commons’ longest-serving MP has died, aged 86.
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If you think Brexit will be the issue that brings elections to the upper chamber, think again.
The government’s Article 50 bill has passed without amendment.
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Despite pages and pages of proposed amendments, not a single one was passed.
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The past year has seen more parliamentarians take the ‘Chiltern Hundreds’ than at any time since the 1970s.
Anyone stepping to me, you’ll get burned,
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Does the holder of the key have the right to lock the door on the leader of the free world?
Did Diane Abbott get lost in the fog on the way to Westminster?
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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.
Palace of Westminster at dusk in 2007.
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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.
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It’s only two lines long, but this piece of parliamentary business could cause a lot of trouble.
Gina Miller, whose challenge against the government has gone to the Supreme Court.
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Great expectations or much ado about nothing?
Ready for change?
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Downsizing a whole chamber of parliament is a tricky move.
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Under the Tudors, parliamentary sovereignty became paramount.
Philip Davies: he can talk.
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An MP’s attempt to block a bill to address violence against women was utterly misguided – here’s why.
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We know there has to be an act of parliament but there’s all to play for when it comes to what’s actually in it.
The real action happens upstairs.
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MPs have finally got their debate on Brexit negotiations, but it’s the select committee that we should really be keeping an eye on.
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Accepting re-election as party leader, Jeremy Corbyn appealed for a fresh start. But he hasn’t yet shown what that means in practice.
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Changing boundaries is tough on Labour but fairer for voters.
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A parliamentary committee says all MPs and peers should clear out of the national parliament so that major repairs can take place. But it’s not just the building that needs attention.
Angus Roberston is making a play for new rights.
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Party leader Angus Robertson thinks his party should trump Labour, since Jeremy Corbyn no longer commands the confidence of his MPs.
Jo Cox, who died after a shooting in her constituency on June 16.
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The popular Labour MP died serving her local constituents at her surgery – a vital part of any MP’s job.
Repairs to the clock’s face take place every five years or so.
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It’s not the bell that needs attention, it’s the Elizabeth Tower that houses it and the Great Clock that makes it chime.