You’ve got to be CHOKING! Matt Hancock bursts out laughing after swabbing his throat at Parliament’s new self-test hub… while Speaker Lindsay Hoyle looks unsure as his turn is next The Health Secretary volunteered to use the new facility in Westminster Drop-in testing centre has been set up by Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle By … Read more
MPs rebel over proposal to EXTEND Parliament’s Christmas break to January 11 as they argue the Commons must ‘set an example’ and get back to work MPs were due to return on January 5 but now will not come back until January 11 The delay is said to have been asked for by Commons Speaker … Read more
Iran parliament’s backs plan to end nuclear inspections and start enriching more uraniaum after assassination of chief scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh Draft bill calls on government to end UN inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities Government has said it considers the proposal ‘neither necessary nor useful’ Fakhrizadeh was assassinated on a major road outside Tehran on Friday … Read more
Last orders! Parliament’s bars WILL stop serving alcohol at 10pm in U-turn after fury that MPs were NOT subject to the same rules as the rest of the country Bars inside Parliament will now follow the government’s 10pm alcohol curfew Facilities serving inside Palace of Westminster are as a ‘workplace canteen’ Comes after a curfew … Read more
Parliament’s bars are NOT subject to 10pm curfew and MPs don’t have to give their contact details to get a drink Bars inside Parliament are exempt from the Government’s new 10pm curfew Facilities serving inside Palace of Westminster are as a ‘workplace canteen’ Comes after a curfew was imposed on on pubs, bars and restaurants … Read more
This time last year, Boris Johnson marched into the summer recess with the lumbering swagger of an all-conquering prizefighter. In his first appearance in the Commons as Prime Minister, he pummelled Jeremy Corbyn through the ropes. Battered. Banjaxed. Jezza looked so punch drunk it’s a mercy he didn’t require smelling salts. Boris rarely emerges quite … Read more
The curator of parliament’s art collection said that artefacts in Westminster are being reevaluated, as many statues and paintings have a ‘racist history’ and were bought with wealth from the slave trade. The Palace of Westminster lobbies, which are open to the public, are lined with artwork featuring 18th and 19th Century politicians, many of … Read more