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.
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?