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.
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.
MPs were more likely than the general population to drink at least ten units of alcohol on a typical drinking day.
Labour’s deputy leader was forced to justify her own response to comments made about her.
Why will calling someone a liar get you thrown out of the UK parliamentary debates, but using defamatory language might not?
First uttered by Oliver Cromwell, the words David Davis used to ask Boris Johnson to step down have a storied past.
The revolt over new restrictions comes in stark contrast to support of other draconian laws.
The Conservative MP has resigned after a chaotic 24 hours and a deeply controversial parliamentary vote.
COVID-19 and increased public hostility towards politicians present rookie MPs with unique challenges as they begin their responsibility to serve Canadians.
The ‘safeguard’ reviews have been largely ineffective in scrutinising the powers.
If we are to transform the culture of Canadian political institutions, we must take immediate, deliberate and intentional action by engaging more women, BIPOC and marginalized people.
Brexit represented British voters’ desire to reclaim more control over their economic future, but some worry the cost will be some of the prosperity gained from globalization.
A strong speaker is never going to win friends. Bercow had a different goal.
Ten years on from the MPs expenses scandal, there remains in Westminster a lingering culture of elitism and a ‘we know best attitude’.
As MPs flounder over Brexit, rain is leaking into the House of Commons. Was there ever a more fitting time to discuss what this building is for and what it should look like?
Some possible outcomes as we head into the unknown.
New figures reveal Brexit uncertainty is deepening the NHS crisis.
The world is up in arms about many politicians’ increasing rudeness. Are we right to be so perturbed?
When the U.S. broke away from the “mother country,” the dream was to let the common good overruled selfish and private interests. Yet the federal government is arranged so this can never occur.
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