John Bercow has been re-elected to the
office of Speaker of the House of Commons unopposed, despite
rumours some MPs might try and force a Speaker’s Election. In the
now traditional manner, Mr Bercow was dragged from the Commons
backbenches to the Speaker’s Chair by the 54-year-old’s supporters.
Father of the House, Ken Clarke, moved the motion that Mr
Bercow is re-elected Speaker of the…
The Queen’s Speech has been
delayed because the government are having trouble transcribing
the text onto goatskin. Every year, the speech is read out on
goatskin parchment, however, it takes around a week for
the ink to dry meaning amendments cannot be made. As
the…
It has been confirmed that this year’s
Queen’s Speech has been delayed by a few days due to the
Conservative Party failing to reach an agreement with Northern
Ireland’s DUP. If an agreement cannot be made, then it is
likely that The Queen’s Speech will not be passed…
Charlie Proctor: The Queen will be livid with the government if she is forced to miss Royal Ascot
12th June 2017
It never ceases to amaze me how things
can go from relatively calm to scenes of chaos within a matter of
minutes. I should imagine that the same situation unfolded in
Buckingham Palace this morning when Her Majesty found out that she
might have to miss Royal Ascot due to the government postponing The
Queen’s Speech. Theresa May’s government has not yet reached a deal
with Northern Ireland’s…
Theresa May has appointed her close
friend Damian Green to fill in the position of First Secretary of
State as pressure mounts on the Prime Minister to resign. Mr Green,
who was appointed Secretary for Work and Pensions by Mrs May less
than a year ago, has been an MP for 20…
President Donald Trump’s State Visit to
the United Kingdom has been cancelled indefinitely at the
request of The White House. In a phone call to Theresa May,
President Trump expressed that he does not want to visit the UK
until the British perception of him has been…
A Dutch palace is to be partly converted
into a hotel following a bid of 1.7 million euros. The purchase
follows a competition in which the government sought to find a new
function for Soestdijk Palace. Over a hundred ideas for the future
of the palace were submitted and narrowed down to three. The Eden
Soestdijk which was inspired by the Eden Project in England would
have developed a biodome of…
On 10 June 1993, then-Prince
Abdullah married Rania al Yassin in a traditional Muslim
ceremony in Amman. The 31-year-old Prince and his 22-year-old
fiancé had only been dating for a few months, after meeting at a
dinner party in August of 1992, when they became engaged in…
As voting booths across the United
Kingdom close, it can be revealed that no party is expected to
command a majority in the House of Commons, meaning there will be a
Hung Parliament. The exit poll conducted by the BBC and Sky
suggests that Theresa May will lose her majority…
London Bridge is closed this evening
following a ‘major police incident’ in which armed officers are in
attendance. Eyewitnesses report that a car hit around a dozen
pedestrians on the bridge. London Bridge Station is closed and
people have been told to avoid the area. Police helicopters and
boats are also at the scene. It is understood the police boats are
searching for anybody who might have…
