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🎙️ New episode: The Assisted Dying Bill is at a crunch point in the Lords.
(And yes — there really are 900+ amendments).
🗣️ Lord Falconer explains the stakes
⚖️ Scrutiny vs delay
🧪 The contested policy issues
🏛️ Commons–Lords dynamics
⏳ Will it become law?
🔗 Listen ⤵️
buff.ly/mGnRYj8
(And yes — there really are 900+ amendments).
🗣️ Lord Falconer explains the stakes
⚖️ Scrutiny vs delay
🧪 The contested policy issues
🏛️ Commons–Lords dynamics
⏳ Will it become law?
🔗 Listen ⤵️
buff.ly/mGnRYj8
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🎙️ New episode: The Assisted Dying Bill is at a crunch point in the Lords.
(And yes — there really are 900+ amendments).
🗣️ Lord Falconer explains the stakes
⚖️ Scrutiny vs delay
🧪 The contested policy issues
🏛️ Commons–Lords dynamics
⏳ Will it become law?
🔗 Listen ⤵️
buff.ly/mGnRYj8
(And yes — there really are 900+ amendments).
🗣️ Lord Falconer explains the stakes
⚖️ Scrutiny vs delay
🧪 The contested policy issues
🏛️ Commons–Lords dynamics
⏳ Will it become law?
🔗 Listen ⤵️
buff.ly/mGnRYj8
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Good piece by David Aaronovitch on the Prescott dossier: observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
The Prescott memo flunks the impartiality test | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Good piece by David Aaronovitch on the Prescott dossier: observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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When the first Chair of the House of Commons Petitions Committee was told “the Government doesn’t want you to do this,” she replied: “I do not serve the Government, I serve the House.”
🎧 Hear the full story — 10 years of petitions and people power.
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🎧 Hear the full story — 10 years of petitions and people power.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
When the first Chair of the House of Commons Petitions Committee was told “the Government doesn’t want you to do this,” she replied: “I do not serve the Government, I serve the House.”
🎧 Hear the full story — 10 years of petitions and people power.
buff.ly/DtFCEsn
🎧 Hear the full story — 10 years of petitions and people power.
buff.ly/DtFCEsn
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🎙️ New episode: Do Petitions Work?
10 years on, we bring together four Chairs of the House of Commons Petitions Committee for a candid conversation about what happens after hundreds of thousands (or sometimes millions) of people click “sign”.
🔗 Listen: buff.ly/DtFCEsn
10 years on, we bring together four Chairs of the House of Commons Petitions Committee for a candid conversation about what happens after hundreds of thousands (or sometimes millions) of people click “sign”.
🔗 Listen: buff.ly/DtFCEsn
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🎙️ New episode: Do Petitions Work?
10 years on, we bring together four Chairs of the House of Commons Petitions Committee for a candid conversation about what happens after hundreds of thousands (or sometimes millions) of people click “sign”.
🔗 Listen: buff.ly/DtFCEsn
10 years on, we bring together four Chairs of the House of Commons Petitions Committee for a candid conversation about what happens after hundreds of thousands (or sometimes millions) of people click “sign”.
🔗 Listen: buff.ly/DtFCEsn
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In November 1867, Lily Maxwell, a Manchester shopkeeper, voted in a parliamentary by-election.
But how was she able to vote in an election more than fifty years before the partial enfranchisement of women in 1918? Dr Kathryn Rix explains:
But how was she able to vote in an election more than fifty years before the partial enfranchisement of women in 1918? Dr Kathryn Rix explains:
‘A woman actually voted!’: Lily Maxwell and the Manchester by-election of November 1867 - The History of Parliament
More than half a century before the partial enfranchisement of women in 1918, Lily Maxwell, a Manchester shopkeeper, cast a parliamentary vote. Dr Kathryn Rix
historyofparliament.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
In November 1867, Lily Maxwell, a Manchester shopkeeper, voted in a parliamentary by-election.
But how was she able to vote in an election more than fifty years before the partial enfranchisement of women in 1918? Dr Kathryn Rix explains:
But how was she able to vote in an election more than fifty years before the partial enfranchisement of women in 1918? Dr Kathryn Rix explains:
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33. Before a NYC mayor can legally exercise the duties of their office, they must pay $9 to file a written copy of their sworn oath with the City Clerk’s Office.
It is payable by credit card or money order.
It is payable by credit card or money order.
November 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
33. Before a NYC mayor can legally exercise the duties of their office, they must pay $9 to file a written copy of their sworn oath with the City Clerk’s Office.
It is payable by credit card or money order.
It is payable by credit card or money order.
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28. The Roman Catholic church on Tristan Da Cunha in the South Atlantic, St Joseph’s, has no resident priest.
So the hosts are consecrated in a 4000-strong batch during the annual visit of their Ecclesiastical Superior and kept in tupperware.
(The Anglican church does have a resident priest)
So the hosts are consecrated in a 4000-strong batch during the annual visit of their Ecclesiastical Superior and kept in tupperware.
(The Anglican church does have a resident priest)
October 9, 2025 at 3:13 AM
28. The Roman Catholic church on Tristan Da Cunha in the South Atlantic, St Joseph’s, has no resident priest.
So the hosts are consecrated in a 4000-strong batch during the annual visit of their Ecclesiastical Superior and kept in tupperware.
(The Anglican church does have a resident priest)
So the hosts are consecrated in a 4000-strong batch during the annual visit of their Ecclesiastical Superior and kept in tupperware.
(The Anglican church does have a resident priest)
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It’s really funny how quickly the opposition’s attendance in the Lords diminishes in the evening.
November 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
It’s really funny how quickly the opposition’s attendance in the Lords diminishes in the evening.
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🚨 On Remembrance Sunday, a reminder of something 'a little delicate' from 1975, featuring the placings of Margaret Thatcher and Edward Heath at the Cenotaph.
#RemembranceDay #RemembranceSunday #RembranceDay2025 #Cenotaph #MargaretThatcher #EdwardHeath
premiersemeritus.blogspot.com/2024/11/a-li...
#RemembranceDay #RemembranceSunday #RembranceDay2025 #Cenotaph #MargaretThatcher #EdwardHeath
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‘A little delicate’: the 1975 Cenotaph Service
One of the most arresting images of former prime ministers is the annual National Service of Remembrance at the Cenotaph. This year’s was no...
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November 9, 2025 at 8:18 AM
🚨 On Remembrance Sunday, a reminder of something 'a little delicate' from 1975, featuring the placings of Margaret Thatcher and Edward Heath at the Cenotaph.
#RemembranceDay #RemembranceSunday #RembranceDay2025 #Cenotaph #MargaretThatcher #EdwardHeath
premiersemeritus.blogspot.com/2024/11/a-li...
#RemembranceDay #RemembranceSunday #RembranceDay2025 #Cenotaph #MargaretThatcher #EdwardHeath
premiersemeritus.blogspot.com/2024/11/a-li...
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🎙️ New episode
Where did two-party politics actually come from? (Clue: it was chaotic from day one ⚔️)
👑 Monarchs v ministers
📜 Whigs v Tories
🧮 Parliamentary dark arts
🔗 Listen ⤵️
pod.link/1714627828/e...
Where did two-party politics actually come from? (Clue: it was chaotic from day one ⚔️)
👑 Monarchs v ministers
📜 Whigs v Tories
🧮 Parliamentary dark arts
🔗 Listen ⤵️
pod.link/1714627828/e...
November 7, 2025 at 10:31 AM
🎙️ New episode
Where did two-party politics actually come from? (Clue: it was chaotic from day one ⚔️)
👑 Monarchs v ministers
📜 Whigs v Tories
🧮 Parliamentary dark arts
🔗 Listen ⤵️
pod.link/1714627828/e...
Where did two-party politics actually come from? (Clue: it was chaotic from day one ⚔️)
👑 Monarchs v ministers
📜 Whigs v Tories
🧮 Parliamentary dark arts
🔗 Listen ⤵️
pod.link/1714627828/e...
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Is Andrew still the Duke of York? Legally yes, officially no. My new post explores the ambiguous nature of being removed from the Roll of the Peerage. venerablepuzzle.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/a...
Administrative Oblivion: Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and the Roll of the Peerage
On October 30, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor[1] was abruptly removed from the Roll of the Peerage. Although the media is portraying this as tantamount to the revocation of his peerages, that’s not act…
venerablepuzzle.wordpress.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Is Andrew still the Duke of York? Legally yes, officially no. My new post explores the ambiguous nature of being removed from the Roll of the Peerage. venerablepuzzle.wordpress.com/2025/11/06/a...
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Letters Patent annulling the appointment of a Knight Bachelor are an exception to this rule. Those *are* handled by the Crown Office since they pass under the Great Seal. 2/2 cbaionline.org/corpus/items...
Letters Patent - Revocation of a Knighthood [2012-02-01] · Corpus of British Administrative Instruments
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November 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Letters Patent annulling the appointment of a Knight Bachelor are an exception to this rule. Those *are* handled by the Crown Office since they pass under the Great Seal. 2/2 cbaionline.org/corpus/items...
“THE KING has been pleased by Warrant under His Royal Sign Manual dated 30 October 2025 to direct His Secretary of State to cause the Duke of York to be removed from the Roll of the Peerage with immediate effect.” thegazette.co.uk/notice/4992105
Warrants Under the Royal Sign Manual
thegazette.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 8:19 PM
“THE KING has been pleased by Warrant under His Royal Sign Manual dated 30 October 2025 to direct His Secretary of State to cause the Duke of York to be removed from the Roll of the Peerage with immediate effect.” thegazette.co.uk/notice/4992105
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An earlier occasion, in 1942, when the King had to deal with an embarrassing brother (from Andrew Roberts, Churchill) 1/2
November 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
An earlier occasion, in 1942, when the King had to deal with an embarrassing brother (from Andrew Roberts, Churchill) 1/2
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Two different groups stopped me in the park to ask for my signature for election candidates!
This is a politics nerd's dream on vacation! Alas it was spoiled by the reality that I don't speak Romanian. But! I learned that 🇷🇴 requires the most candidate support signatures anywhere in the EU (200,000)
This is a politics nerd's dream on vacation! Alas it was spoiled by the reality that I don't speak Romanian. But! I learned that 🇷🇴 requires the most candidate support signatures anywhere in the EU (200,000)
November 2, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Two different groups stopped me in the park to ask for my signature for election candidates!
This is a politics nerd's dream on vacation! Alas it was spoiled by the reality that I don't speak Romanian. But! I learned that 🇷🇴 requires the most candidate support signatures anywhere in the EU (200,000)
This is a politics nerd's dream on vacation! Alas it was spoiled by the reality that I don't speak Romanian. But! I learned that 🇷🇴 requires the most candidate support signatures anywhere in the EU (200,000)
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It will end badly for the fascists. The trick is to make sure that it doesn’t end badly for any of the rest of us in the meantime.
November 3, 2025 at 12:32 AM
It will end badly for the fascists. The trick is to make sure that it doesn’t end badly for any of the rest of us in the meantime.
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#OnThisDay 1083 Matilda of Flanders, queen of William the Conqueror, died in Normandy. Contrary to popular myth, she was not 4’2” tall. A (short) thread:
November 2, 2025 at 10:01 AM
#OnThisDay 1083 Matilda of Flanders, queen of William the Conqueror, died in Normandy. Contrary to popular myth, she was not 4’2” tall. A (short) thread:
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I've been getting back into the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series after many years, and the most relatable part is how everyday objects like doors and elevators have been imbued with artificial intelligence and it just makes them obnoxious and frustrating to use and everyone hates it.
November 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I've been getting back into the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series after many years, and the most relatable part is how everyday objects like doors and elevators have been imbued with artificial intelligence and it just makes them obnoxious and frustrating to use and everyone hates it.
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Andrew Davies's style is so distinctive that he could adapt The Gulag Archipelago and it would still be 'mischievously sexy'.
November 2, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Andrew Davies's style is so distinctive that he could adapt The Gulag Archipelago and it would still be 'mischievously sexy'.
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What’s happening in Westminster this week?
Our Parliament Matters bulletin previews:
— Hillsborough Law debate
— Chagos Islands bill
— Committees on Lord Mandelson’s appointment, the Afghan data-breach super-injunction, and Budget proposals
Link in the post below 👇
Our Parliament Matters bulletin previews:
— Hillsborough Law debate
— Chagos Islands bill
— Committees on Lord Mandelson’s appointment, the Afghan data-breach super-injunction, and Budget proposals
Link in the post below 👇
November 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
What’s happening in Westminster this week?
Our Parliament Matters bulletin previews:
— Hillsborough Law debate
— Chagos Islands bill
— Committees on Lord Mandelson’s appointment, the Afghan data-breach super-injunction, and Budget proposals
Link in the post below 👇
Our Parliament Matters bulletin previews:
— Hillsborough Law debate
— Chagos Islands bill
— Committees on Lord Mandelson’s appointment, the Afghan data-breach super-injunction, and Budget proposals
Link in the post below 👇
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I've been working on a curated collection of Letters Patent, Royal Warrants, Ministerial Submissions, and similar material called the Corpus of British Administrative Instruments. 1/2 cbaionline.org/corpus/
Corpus of British Administrative Instruments
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October 31, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I've been working on a curated collection of Letters Patent, Royal Warrants, Ministerial Submissions, and similar material called the Corpus of British Administrative Instruments. 1/2 cbaionline.org/corpus/
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🎙️ New episode out now!
🇬🇧 Why did Nigel Farage’s 10 Minute Rule Bill to pull Britain out of the ECHR fail?
🚨 Tackling abuse of MPs after the Speaker’s Conference
🏛️ Westminster Hall debates: the history of MPs' second chamber
🔗 Listen here: buff.ly/9mmSwv0
🇬🇧 Why did Nigel Farage’s 10 Minute Rule Bill to pull Britain out of the ECHR fail?
🚨 Tackling abuse of MPs after the Speaker’s Conference
🏛️ Westminster Hall debates: the history of MPs' second chamber
🔗 Listen here: buff.ly/9mmSwv0
October 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🎙️ New episode out now!
🇬🇧 Why did Nigel Farage’s 10 Minute Rule Bill to pull Britain out of the ECHR fail?
🚨 Tackling abuse of MPs after the Speaker’s Conference
🏛️ Westminster Hall debates: the history of MPs' second chamber
🔗 Listen here: buff.ly/9mmSwv0
🇬🇧 Why did Nigel Farage’s 10 Minute Rule Bill to pull Britain out of the ECHR fail?
🚨 Tackling abuse of MPs after the Speaker’s Conference
🏛️ Westminster Hall debates: the history of MPs' second chamber
🔗 Listen here: buff.ly/9mmSwv0
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It was the hardest citecheck and edit I had any part of (check out some of the sources cited - for one I relied on my own personal cassette of a pre-stardom Dixie Chicks album) but I assure you everything MLR published got checked from stem to stern.
October 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
It was the hardest citecheck and edit I had any part of (check out some of the sources cited - for one I relied on my own personal cassette of a pre-stardom Dixie Chicks album) but I assure you everything MLR published got checked from stem to stern.
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Reform UK's Nigel Farage will seek to present a Bill on UK withdrawal from the ECHR at around 12:30 today.
He will make a ten-minute speech, after which there may be a further speech and a division.
Our guide below explains the procedure for Ten Minute Rule Bills🔽
He will make a ten-minute speech, after which there may be a further speech and a division.
Our guide below explains the procedure for Ten Minute Rule Bills🔽
Tomorrow, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage will seek to introduce a Ten-Minute Rule Bill for the UK to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights.
Our guide explains the procedure for Ten-Minute Rule Bills, and why they rarely become law. 🔽
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Our guide explains the procedure for Ten-Minute Rule Bills, and why they rarely become law. 🔽
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What is a Ten Minute Rule Bill?
Ten Minute Rule Bills are essentially policy aims put into legislative language in order to secure a 10-minute speaking slot during 'primetime' in the House of Commons Chamber after Question Time on…
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October 29, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Reform UK's Nigel Farage will seek to present a Bill on UK withdrawal from the ECHR at around 12:30 today.
He will make a ten-minute speech, after which there may be a further speech and a division.
Our guide below explains the procedure for Ten Minute Rule Bills🔽
He will make a ten-minute speech, after which there may be a further speech and a division.
Our guide below explains the procedure for Ten Minute Rule Bills🔽
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The House of Commons Library Open Day returns in 2026!
Come and learn about what we do to inform democracy and take advantage of a rare chance to tour the Commons Library space.
Full details are on our website and applications close 24th November commonslibrary.parliament.uk/training-and...
Come and learn about what we do to inform democracy and take advantage of a rare chance to tour the Commons Library space.
Full details are on our website and applications close 24th November commonslibrary.parliament.uk/training-and...
House of Commons Library Open Day
We are pleased to invite librarians, library staff and information officers to the House of Commons Library Open Day 2026.
commonslibrary.parliament.uk
October 27, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The House of Commons Library Open Day returns in 2026!
Come and learn about what we do to inform democracy and take advantage of a rare chance to tour the Commons Library space.
Full details are on our website and applications close 24th November commonslibrary.parliament.uk/training-and...
Come and learn about what we do to inform democracy and take advantage of a rare chance to tour the Commons Library space.
Full details are on our website and applications close 24th November commonslibrary.parliament.uk/training-and...