History of Parliament

histparl.bsky.social

04 December 2024 15:52

Died #OTD 1765, Lord John Sackville, MP for Tamworth 1734-47. A keen cricketer, he played for Kent and was mentioned in James Love's poem 'Cricket, An Heroic Poem'. He suffered from serious bouts of mental illness, and eventually died in exile abroad.

Parody Nigel Farage

parodypm.bsky.social

04 December 2024 15:49

The only reason Nigel Farage has not yet jumped on the Elgin Marbles bandwagon is that he can’t quite bring himself to object to sending something foreign back where it came from.

History & Policy

historyandpolicy.bsky.social

04 December 2024 15:44

DAY 4 of our 2024 Advent Calendar and we return to the USA with a new opinion article by Robert J Lazarus examining the implications of two recent Supreme Court rulings for the powers of the American presidency. www.historyandpolicy.org/opinion-arti...

Politics UK

politicsuk.com

04 December 2024 15:41

🚨 NEW: Kemi Badenoch says the country needs "conviction politicians, not convicted politicians" in a jab at former Transport Secretary Louise Haigh Starmer: "I gently remind her that two of her predecessors had convictions for breaking the COVID rules" #PMQs

Liberal Democrats

libdems.org.uk

04 December 2024 15:41

Liberal Democrats will today vote against the family farm tax. This tax risks being the final straw for local farmers who have been overlooked for too long.