Yesterday’s headlines on the Queen’s Speech were dominated by references to Her Majesty’s absence, for only the third time in her reign, from this major constitutional and political event.
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his Prime Minister is still ducking any accountability and now MPs have started yet another investigation into his behaviour to look at whether he lied to Parliament?
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Campaigners have pledged to campaign to reverse the anti-democratic measures enacted in the government’s Elections Bill, following its final passage tonight.
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It cannot be impossible for one of the longest standing democracies in the world to find a way of tackling such behaviour.
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Grace Da Costa updates us on the campaign against the Policing Bill, and suggests actions we can take to defend the right to protest.
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This Government has been plagued with scandal after scandal. Last year, the Prime Minister faced an investigation into his reporting of donations provided for the refurbishment of his Downing Street flat. It was later revealed that he withheld crucial evidence from Lord Geidt’s inquiry.
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The House of Lords dealt a serious blow to the Government’s Police, Crime, Courts and Sentencing Bill last Monday. They stayed late into the evening to defeat the Government on fourteen amendments to the draconian anti-protest bill.
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In December, Boris Johnson suffered a huge Conservative rebellion. Nearly one hundred Conservative MPs voted against introducing Covid vaccination certificates for large venues in England.
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First-Past-the-Post deeply influences UK politics and Government. To challenge it, we must understand where it came from.
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Working with Open Democracy, we’ve secured changes to tighten the rules on the business interests of peers
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