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Proroguing the parliament for five weeks at a crucial time may prove to be a masterstroke in ensuring a no-deal Brexit.
Parliaments have been prorogued before – and revolution has ensued.
MPs are calling it an attack on democracy, the government insists it’s no big deal. Who is right in the battle for Brexit?
The Labour leader wants to call a vote of no confidence, form a short-term government and then quickly call an election. Can it be done?
If MPs aren’t sitting in parliament to block no-deal Brexit, can it go ahead anyway?
The man who led Vote Leave now has the ear of the UK’s prime minister.
John Major was right – it didn’t end well for the 17th-century king, who ignored parliament and lost his head.
The speed is about to pick up as the field narrows.
New laws were supposed to protect people from living in unsafe conditions – but in the eyes of a judge, property guardians might not even count as ‘tenants’.
As MPs flounder over Brexit, rain is leaking into the House of Commons. Was there ever a more fitting time to discuss what this building is for and what it should look like?
After the initial relief that the party leaders were working together comes the realisation that they both risk splitting their parties if they strike a deal.
One wrong turn after another has left the British prime minister cornered.
After a full day with her top team, the prime minister says she wants to thrash out a deal that both she and the opposition can live with.
The prime minister asked MPs to support her withdrawal agreement, leaving the future relationship for later. Her plan backfired.
MPs were never expected to produce a concrete decision in their first round of indicative votes. There is some material to work with now.
The prime minister has told her MPs that if they back her deal, she will leave office before the next stage of the Brexit process begins.
MPs have seized control of the House of Commons agenda and will vote on a series of options for Brexit.
E-petitions are an important democratic tool but they need to be part of something bigger to really change things.
UK parliamentary rules state that an amendment ‘which is the same, in substance’ as an issue that has already been voted on, cannot be proposed again in parliament.
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, University of Manchester
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Founding Director of the Sir Bernard Crick Centre for the Public Understanding of Politics, University of Sheffield
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Government, University of Essex
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, Nottingham Trent University
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Former Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics
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Associate Tutor in Politics and Social Sciences, Edge Hill University
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, York St John University
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Teaching Fellow, Department of History, University of Birmingham
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Honorary Senior Lecturer, Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, Edge Hill University
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Associate Professor of British Politics, University of Leeds
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Professor of Politics & International Studies, The Open University
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University of Nottingham
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Professor of History, School of Social, Global and Political Studies, Keele University
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Lecturer in Politics and Contemporary History, King's College London
