The coronavirus tier system could be scrapped in just nine weeks after Boris Johnson promised a commons vote in the new year in a bid to head off a Tory backbench rebellion. The Prime Minister has written to Conservative MPs offering them a second vote on the coronavirus tier system early next year, having angered ome of … Read more
Boris Johnson was moving through the gears nicely in the Commons yesterday as he laid out next week’s post-lockdown restrictions. There was a pep in his step. A swing to his swagger. Then as Mark Harper (Con, Forest of Dean) pushed the PM to provide the economic impact of his restrictions…zoiks! The PM was rendered … Read more
Frustrated MPs are ‘turning their House of Commons offices into secret bars’ after Parliament’s alcohol ban Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle banned alcohol sales in the Commons this month Some MPs have been filling their fridges with wine & beers & throwing parties Commons authorities are investigating claims that renegade Tories plan to turn their offices … Read more
On every commuter train, there’s usually one poor sap whose eyelids are waging war with gravity. Watching them engage in this brave battle, it’s as though every muscle in their face is winched to the max, desperately trying to keep those tired peepers open. Heave, boys, heave! Failure to do so and snap! Down goes … Read more
Tory MP arrested on suspicion of raping a House of Commons researcher has bail lifted The inquiries are undertaken by the Metropolitan Police’s Complex Case Team In a statement, the Met said man in his 50s was arrested on Saturday, 1st August Conservative Party has been criticised for not suspending the MP in question By … Read more
Last order orders! Speaker Lindsay Hoyle bans the sale of alcohol in House of Commons bars from Saturday (so will peers axe the beers too?) Lindsay Hoyle announced the banning of alcohol from the House of Commons No alcohol will be served in the Commons for the ‘foreseeable future’ The new restrictions will not affect … Read more
Number 10 faces Commons revolt on 10pm pub curfew as it is accused of ‘dirty tricks’ tactics in attempt to AVOID a vote By David Wilcock, Whitehall Correspondent and James Tapsfield, Political Editor For Mailonline Published: 15:44 BST, 13 October 2020 | Updated: 15:53 BST, 13 October 2020 Tory MPs are set to mount a … Read more
Plan to extend 50-MP limit in the Commons chamber ‘would cost £280,000 for just eight extra seats’ due to problems fitting microphones Parliamentary officials have been desperately hunting ways to extend capacity Politicians complain debates are sterile and ministers not being properly tested PHE said only solution was for MPs to wear masks and do … Read more
An SNP MP who flouted coronavirus self-isolation rules by travelling hundreds of miles across Britain to attend the Commons while ill with Covid-19 was branded ‘completely reckless’ today as she faced a police investigation. Scotland Yard confirmed it was looking into Margaret Ferrier’s admission last night that she travelled 400 miles from Glasgow to London … Read more
‘Ground Control to first officer Bob Blackman’: Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle can’t resist repeatedly poking fun at Harrow East Tory MP and his pilot-like headset during Parliamentary appearances Bob Blackman has contributed to Parliament virtually since lockdown in March His headset and microphone have led Speaker to jokingly refer to him as a pilot … Read more