Charles I attempts to arrest five members of Parliament in 1642.
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The idea that only Parliament should set British laws emerged to protect the people from the King.
Tough crowd.
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Many predicted he’d crumble, but the Labour leader’s first budget was at least rousing.
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Jeremy Corbyn wants UK politics to be less theatrical – but the Palace of Westminster is the perfect stage for confrontation.
No go zone for academics?
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New rules could have a chilling effect on academic freedom of speech.
What the blazes is going on?
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The government’s blanket ban on psychoactive substances is all over the place.
Ready to pop.
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By not only “outing” himself as a poppers user but emphasising their necessity, the Conservative MP for Reigate took a bold step.
The heroes of the Iliad … or the Labour front bench?
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The House of Commons’ remarkable debate over air strikes really was a spectacle of heroic proportions.
A bit hazy on how the new English votes for English laws will play out.
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The first debate under principle of English votes for English laws was largely uneventful but foreshadows problems to come.
In touch with the people?
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The upper house has humiliated the government, and now there’ll be hell to pay – or will there?
Fifty years after Wilson’s edict, who’s listening now?
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The convention that protects MPs was dealt a blow, but MPs minds may be swayed on what privacy against surveillance the law affords the rest of us.
Minding his Ps, his Ms and his Qs.
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Armed with a devilish crowdsourcing strategy, Jeremy Corbyn did his best to drain Prime Minister’s Questions of its boorish theatricality. Did he succeed?
Not a good look.
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The circumstances may be unique, but the disgraced peer is part of a wider problem.
Every time and MP coughs, a gargoyle dies.
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Some wild ideas have been put forward for the UK’s seat of power over the years.
We shall, we shall not be moved.
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The Lords has a long history of scandal and this won’t be the last.
The speakership has become so politicised in Australia that we’ve been blinded to the possibilities that having a truly independent Speaker might open up.
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By making the speakership a political gift of the party in power, Australia is missing a major opportunity for democratic renewal of its parliament.
It’s all falling into place.
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The government has published its plan on English Votes for English Laws – and is working out a bigger majority for itself in the process.
The SNP’s Mhairi Black becomes the youngest member of parliament.
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More women and a great ethnic mix but parliament still doesn’t fully reflect the British public.
On the job.
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MPs’ responsibilities and freedoms have shifted a lot in recent years – and their job has only gotten more complex.
Miliband might have to canvas some more after the election.
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Both Labour and the Conservatives could do deals with smaller parties to survive in a minority government. Here’s how it works.
Please don’t abolish us.
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If they get the Lords reform they’re asking for, the Liberal Democrats might have to kiss goodbye to political influence entirely.