"But the Queen has no such veto; She must sign her own death-warrant if the two Houses unanimously send it up to her." So Walter Bagehot wrote in 1867. It's doubtful whether today's MPs believe parliamentary supremacy encompasses regicide. But why not try it out? After all, a majority of ...
It’s been a difficult few weeks for the Brexit adventure. The meaningful vote has turned into a merry-go-round of re-runs which leaves us wondering exactly which definition of meaningful is being applied. Amidst cries from the ERG that the People’s Vote lobby simply wants to have vote after vote until ...
“sometimes accusations of racism are used by people against people they don’t like and that weakens the fight against genuine racism”
UPDATE: "Brexit is a Dog's Dinner" protest outside parliament will now be going ahead on Sunday 10 March. In a barking Westminster protest no one will relish cleaning up after, dog owners from around the country will be having a "dog's dinner" outside parliament to demand a ‘Wooferendum’ on Sunday, ...
With just 32 days left until Britain is due to leave the EU, Jeremy Corbyn has finally announced a framework for a second referendum as agreed in the last Labour Party conference. The Labour leader is telling his MPs tonight that if parliament does not back the Labour Party's Brexit ...
The Church of England has put forward plans for five days of Brexit prayers after Britain leaves the European Union at the end of next month. Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, the church's spiritual leader, says he wants to pray in public with the leaders of the Catholic, Methodist, Baptist ...
A video of Chuka Umunna schooling his future self on the virtues of staying loyal to your party has gone viral after the MP left Labour to found the Independent Group. The video, which was first published in 2016, called on those considering leaving the Labour Party to stay. He ...
Tony Blair is odds-on favourite to be next to join the new Independent Group. The former Prime Minister joins Alistair Campbell, Heidi Allen and Nicky Morgan on a list of the potential next big names to join the group. It follows news that three Tory MPs have quit their party to join the centrist ...
The 40-year-old has been MP for Streatham in south London since 2010