State & Ceremonial

General election incoming​ - Boris Johnson looks set to lose his majority this week

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1st September 2019
The United Kingdom is edging closer and closer to a General Election as Boris Johnson’s government looks set to lose its majority in the House of Commons. The government, which currently has a Parliamentary majority of just one MP, will likely be forced into an early general election as Conservative MPs face expulsion from the party. This comes after the Prime Minister issued a threat…
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The Yorks

Prince Andrew returns to royal duties

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30th August 2019
The Duke of York has returned to royal duties after his summer break, the majority of which he spent in Spain and Balmoral. Prince Andrew was in Devon on Friday as he attended the Dartmouth Royal Regatta, of which he is Patron. This was the first public engagement he has undertaken since the death of his former friend Jeffrey Epstein earlier this month. Since the disgraced…
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Queen Elizabeth II

The Queen and her advisors 'resentful' over how prorogation has been handled

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28th August 2019
The Queen and her advisors are ‘resentful’ over how the government has handled the prorogation of Parliament according to the BBC. Speaking on the BBC News at Five, Royal Correspondent Nicholas Witchell said that Her Majesty would have felt “boxed in”, feeling as though she would have had no choice but to act upon the advice of her ministers. Mr Witchell…
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Features

John Bercow: Suspending Parliament is a ‘constitutional outrage’

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28th August 2019
The Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, has called the planned suspension of Parliament a “constitutional outrage” in an extraordinary intervention. In an angry statement, the Speaker said: “I have had no contact from the Government, but if the reports that it is seeking to prorogue Parliament are confirmed, this move represents a constitutional outrage. “However it is…
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