The gold ceremonial mace which is carried into the House of Common’s debating chamber each day was wielded in the chamber Monday evening, as tempers frayed over Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union.
British Prime Minister Theresa May is to announce a delay on the so-called meaningful vote scheduled to take place in Parliament Tuesday, according to reports.
John Bercow, the speaker of the United Kingdom’s House of Commons has decided the government may be in contempt of Parliament by not publishing the legal advice it revealed over Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal.
“Sounds like a great deal for the EU,” Trump said mockingly as he left the White House on Monday.
Environment secretary Michael Gove is said to be leading a group of pro-Brexit Cabinet ministers to pressure the prime minister into renegotiating the deal with Brussels.
Theresa May has faced arguably the toughest day in Parliament by any British prime minister since Neville Chamberlain’s Norway debate in 1940.
The Prime Minister has survived a showdown with the influential backbench 1922 Committee Wednesday evening with one MP saying Theresa May was “not going anywhere”.
Prime Minister Theresa May is to meet with the Conservative backbench 1922 Committee Wednesday as speculation mounts she is to face a vote of no confidence, according to media reports.
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May used a Commons statement Monday to reject outright calls for a second referendum on membership of the European Union.
The presiding officer of the UK’s House of Commons, who banned U.S. president Trump from the building, has been told to resign after a damning report into bullying and harassment in Westminster.
Prime Minister Theresa May has been slammed for allegedly forcibly allocating key Cabinet ministers with aides who are loyal to her.
Former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has made his highly-anticipated personal statement to the House of Commons, criticising the Prime Minister’s vision for Brexit, calling it a “Brexit in name only”.
Her Majesty the Queen has formally signed the highly contested European Union (EU) Withdrawal Bill into law, bringing Brexit one step closer.
The Prime Minister has defeated a series of anti-Brexit amendments to the Brexit Withdrawal Bill after making heavy concessions to stop pro-Brussels Tories rebelling.
John Bercow, the speaker of the House of Commons, has rowed with prominent Brexiteer Andrea Leadsom, calling the cabinet minister a “stupid woman” in the Commons chamber this week.
Reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner claimed in an address this week to the British Parliament that President Donald Trump has set the transgender community in the U.S. “back 20 years.”
A general debate on anti-Semitism has been scheduled for the British Parliament as the opposition Labour Party continues to battle allegations of “appalling” behaviour against those of the Jewish faith.
A Conservative MP faced furious shouts of “disgrace” during a bid to stop a chain migration bill which he warned is not in the British people’s interests, and was likely to encourage would-be migrants to set out on dangerous trips
MPs have voted against a Labour amendment aiming to water down Brexit and keep the UK tied the European Union’s Charter of Fundamental Rights by making it part of UK law.
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s chief Brexit negotiator will face questions from lawmakers returning from summer recess Tuesday as the government plans to “intensify” talks with the European Union.
The Government will not protect the Speaker of the House of Commons from a vote of no confidence but will instead allow a free vote, insiders have confirmed.
On Thursday’s Breitbart News Daily, SiriusXM host Alex Marlow asked former U.N. ambassador John Bolton about the Trump administration’s evidently softening support for Israeli settlement construction.
The House of Commons has given its final approval to the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill granting the Prime Minister the ability to begin the formal Brexit process. MPs passed the bill by 494 to 122 after three days
Britain’s House of Commons is set to approve a bill authorizing the start of exit talks with the European Union – a major step on the road to Brexit.
The Deputy Assistant to U.S. President Donald J. Trump has expressed “disappointment” over House of Commons Speaker John Bercow’s decision to stop the President addressing Parliament.
LONDON (AFP) – British MPs are expected Wednesday to approve the first stage of a bill empowering Prime Minister Theresa May to start pulling Britain out of the European Union. The House of Commons will hold its first vote on
Ken Clarke, the arch-europhile Tory MP who once called for the British parliament to be reduced to the status of “a council chamber” in the European Union (EU), received rapturous applause from MPs after making the case for remaining in the bloc, despite the public voting to leave in June 2016.
Article 50 will be invoked on March 9 at a summit of European leaders – but only if the Bill to invoke it can be steered through both Houses of Parliament without incident.
The government should be prepared to legislate to ensure a gender balanced House of Commons if political parties won’t put in place measures to achieve parity themselves, a report by the Women’s and Equalities Committee has recommended.
Men should be banned from running for Parliamentary constituencies on behalf of the Labour Party until there are an equal number of male and female Labour politicians, a Labour MP has said.
Next week MPs will see the proposed new political map with 50 fewer seats, the biggest redrawing of Britain’s electoral map since the 1920s.
The Conservative Member of Parliament who last year convinced Prime Minister David Cameron to refer to Islamic State as “Daesh” has been revealed to be in the pay of the Saudi regime, allegedly taking a monthly sum in return for
U.S. Presidential candidate Donald Trump has threatened to withdraw a £700 million investment due to be made in two golf courses he owns in Scotland if British Members of Parliament vote to ban him from the country. A spokesman for Mr
Nick Clegg, the former leader of the Liberal Democrats, has the worst voting record in the House of Commons, new analysis has revealed, having failed to show up to more than 85 percent of votes since the last election in
Tempers are fraying in the House of Commons as the ten hour Syria debate on whether or not to carry out airstrikes against Islamic State begins. Members of Parliament will vote this evening; if the motion is successful, the first
Britain’s House of Commons could have transgender toilets in the near future, despite the fact there isn’t a single transgendered Member of Parliament (MP) or staff. Conservative Speaker of the House John Bercow has hired a professor of gender and
The alarming extent of government disconnect from the British people has been laid bare in a new poll, which reveals that more than three-quarters of Britons feel they have little or no influence over government decision making. In addition, a
The Canadian federal election is today, and Breitbart News thought it newsworthy to provide an introduction to the essentials of Canada’s electoral system for the uninitiated.
A Jewish Member of Parliament has provoked outrage by accusing Israel of using the Holocaust to justify killing “thousands upon thousands” of Palestinians in Gaza. Labour MP Sir Gerald Kaufman, the father of the House of Commons was accused of
David T.C. Davies, the Member of Parliament for Monmouth, has told the House of Commons that government policies on climate change, which have massively increased the cost of energy for homeowners and businesses, are based on the assumption that all
