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The Conservatives have run out of steam. Should Labour win – and it’s highly likely it will – the task facing a Starmer government will be stern and far-reaching.
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Arguably, the two best prime ministers in recent history were the ones with the least experienced teams.
Keir Starmer speaks during Prime Minister’s Questions in December 2023.
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The Conservatives are claiming that allowing Labour a huge majority is constitutionally dangerous but in reality, it would have no extra powers.
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Keir Starmer’s manifesto stops short of the abolition Gordon Brown had wanted, but some immediate changes are confirmed.
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The Tories have 346 seats and could lose more than half of those. Labour is aiming for huge gains, the SNP is fighting for relevance – and the Lib Dems are hoping to become the third party again.
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The large number of MPs deciding not to stand in the forthcoming election adds yet more electoral pressure on the PM.
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Instead of voting on a ceasefire, the House of Commons descended into furious arguments between MPs and the speaker.
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There was only one case of a government losing a vote on a second reading in all of the 20th century.
Pierre Poilievre speaks in the House of Commons during Question Period on Parliament Hill in June 2008 when he was 29.
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Can a politician with a relatively narrow life experience represent the diverse needs of Canadians?
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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Anna Betz says she was told to pick a sticker off her laptop when visiting the palace of Westminster.
Ian Blackford speaks during the state opening of parliament in 2019.
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The SNP leader has caused drama in the chamber on multiple occasions, often with the aim of bringing neglected subjects to public attention.
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Changing Parliamentary culture means party leaders can no longer rely on backbench support.
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The prime minister wants to move onto other government businesses, but vote strikes and bargaining could throw a spanner in the works.
It’s a result: but who does it favour?
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Politics professor Jon Tonge was pretty much spot on with his prediction for the result of the no-confidence vote. Here’s how he calculated the result.
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MPs were more likely than the general population to drink at least ten units of alcohol on a typical drinking day.
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Labour’s deputy leader was forced to justify her own response to comments made about her.
The speaker has spoken.
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Why will calling someone a liar get you thrown out of the UK parliamentary debates, but using defamatory language might not?
Oliver Cromwell dissolving the Long Parliament.
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First uttered by Oliver Cromwell, the words David Davis used to ask Boris Johnson to step down have a storied past.
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The revolt over new restrictions comes in stark contrast to support of other draconian laws.