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Opening Of British Parliament
15 Jul
The Ceremony Explained:
The door of the House of Commons being slammed on the face of the Yeoman Usher to symbolise the independence of the elected House of Commons from the monarchy. This ritual is derived from what happened when the attempt by Charles I to arrest five MPs in 1642, in what was seen as a breach of privilege. After that incident, the House of Commons has maintained its right to question the right of the monarch’s representative to enter their chamber, though they can not bar him from entering with lawful authority.
Normally, the door is slammed in the face of Black Rod (currently Sir Freddie Viggers) but he was unwell, so his deputy, Colonel E. Lloyd-Jukes (Yeoman Usher of the Black Rod), had to step in.
Source: YouTube.
Order, Order!
27 Apr
UK’s Labour has asked British Prime Minister, David Cameron, to apologise after he told the shadow Treasury chief secretary, Angela Eagle, to «calm down, dear. Listen to the doctor». Hilarious.
Prime Minister’s Questions
2 Feb
The agenda at today’s PMQs: Egypt, Afghanistan and youth unemployment . Read the transcript or transfer to the index page here.
Prime Minister’s Question Time
26 Jan
U.K Prime Minister David Cameron answers his weekly questions from MPs in the Commons – summary here.
Recession? You’ve Never Had It This Good
19 Nov
Via Wikipedia
A senior adviser to David Cameron, Lord Young, recently declared that the vast majority of Britons are benefiting from low interest rates during the recession.
Full story from the Telegraph here.
Latest update on the matter:
You’ve ‘never had it so good’: Lord Young resigns after gaffe.
Osborne To Ax Prisons And Legal Aid
17 Oct
George Osbourne by HM Treasury via Flickr
The Gardian, via the Observer, claims that the consequenses of George Osbourne’s leaked cuts of about 30% to the justice system will:
“Dramatically reduce the number of people in prison, slash legal aid in divorce and family law cases, and see the closure of more than 150 courts across England.”
Further reading from The Guardian here.
Britain To Curb Compensation Culture
15 Oct
The Union Jack via Flickr
Cameron has pledged to curb “compensation culture” in U.K and create a new system that “treats adults like adults”.
More from The Telegraph here.
Fund Manager Doesn’t Hedge Bets On Conservatives
15 Oct
Financial trades via Flickr
“When tory-leaning U.K prepares to impose some of the deepest spending cuts in a generation, it is doing so with the full throated support of London’s financial elite.”
Full update from the NY Times here.
Cameron Scraps 192 Quangos
14 Oct
Government meeting by The Prime Minister's Office via Flickr
In the biggest to date shakeup of U.K government the coalition has made - thousands of jobs will go.
• Full list of quangos being scrapped, merged or reprieved
• Datablog: all the information you need
Story from The Guardian here.
Prime Minister’s Questions Of The Week
13 Oct
Prime Minister’s Questions coming up at 12 noon today. Watch the session live on Parliament’s website. I expect a juicy battle between fresher Ed Milliband and Cameron – enjoy!
Cameron’s Secret Property Sell-off Plan
11 Oct
David Cameron via Wikipedia
“The U.K. Government is working on a secret plan to tackle Britain’s £149bn deficit by hiving off state-owned property assets worth tens of billions of pounds and selling them to the private sector.”
Continue reading here.
U.K Voters Back Spending Cuts
10 Oct
Bill Gates and George Osbourne - by HM Treasury via Flickr
A clear majority of voters still support the controversial decision to axe child benefit for higher-rate taxpayers from 2013, according to a survey for The Telegraph.
“They also back further reductions of the £195 billion welfare budget in preference to cutbacks in defence and education as ministers step up their assault on Britain’s record budget deficit.”
Transfer here for more.
Conservative Political Broadcast
6 Oct
In the latest U.K Conservative Broadcast, David Cameron adresses the work of the Coalition in tackling Labour’s legacy of debt. Today Cameron made his first Tory Conference speech as PM! Coverage here.
Another Conversation With Cameron
2 Oct
David Cameron by The Prime Minister's Office via Flickr
“The first Tory prime minister in 13 years discusses maximalist government, social responsibility and cooking.”
Weekend reading from the Financial Times: David Cameron talks to Simon Schama.
Weekend Reading: The Tory Tea Toff
19 Sep
Image by The Prime Minister's Office via Flickr
“Even the hardest-core Tea Partier would admire the ambition of Cameron’s chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, to effectively eliminate Britain’s deficit by 2015. When the results of a top-to-bottom review of government spending are issued next month, all departments except health care and foreign aid are expected to face cuts of at least 25 percent over the next four years.”
More from Newsweek here.
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