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Born 1756, Sir John Newport, MP for Waterford 1803-1832.

Appointed Irish chancellor of the exchequer in his friend Lord Grenville’s ministry, Newport supported parliamentary reform and Catholic relief throughout his career.
Read his bio: https://t.co/DrkuBTYyWy

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2021-10-25

9 October 1643 Parliamentary forces under the Earl of Manchester, Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell were besieging Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire.

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2021-10-09

16 Sept 1643: King's Lynn surrenders to a parliamentary army under the Earl of

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2021-09-16

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VTuber "Rika Tosada" cooperated with the police for the traffic safety awareness.
But PR movie was deleted because of the protest of the Feminist Parliamentary League,"due to misogyny".

She belongs to Virtual Liver Group VASE.
The CEO is female.

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2021-09-10

7 September 1642 the Royalist commander of George Goring surrendered the town under generous terms to Parliamentary forces under Sir William Waller. Thread 1/2

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2021-09-07

John Hampden, Civil War-era Parliamentary leader famous for his opposition to Charles I over ship money, died 1643 from wounds sustained in a skirmish with Royalists. In the early 19th c., British radicals named their debating societies ‘Hampden Clubs’ in his honour.

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2021-06-24

The night of the 10-11 May 1941 was the worst - and last - of the London 80 years ago today. 700 tons of bombs killed 1500, injured another 1800, and started 2200 fires across The sirens began wailing at 11pm. Image: Parliamentary Art Collection.

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2021-05-11

British Great War propaganda poster. Published by Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, 1915.

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2021-04-12

1981: Hunger striker Bobby Sands won a parliamentary seat in the Fermanagh & South Tyrone by-election. He won the seat with 30,493 votes to 29,046 for the Ulster Unionist Party's Harry West. He became the youngest MP at the time (27). He died 26 days later. 🎨Andre Mooney

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2021-04-09

Chance is spotted by a young Parliamentary reporter working for The Morning Chronicle. Name: Charles Dickens. The famous firedog is later immortalised in Boz’s ‘A Parliamentary Sketch’, and the account of a great fire in Oliver Twist (1837) may be inspired by the scenes in 1834.

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2020-10-17

11 October 1643 was the Battle of Winceby in Lincolnshire, where Parliamentary forces under Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell defeated Sir John Henderson. As well as helping secure Lincolnshire, it started a partnership which would win the First

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2020-10-11

9 October 1643 Parliamentary forces under the Earl of Manchester, Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell were besieging Bolingbroke Castle in Lincolnshire.

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2020-10-09

Our latest is out now!

This month we're discussing the science of galaxies, and speak to Andrew Griffith MP, co-chair of an all-party parliamentary group seeking to protect the UK's dark skies.

https://t.co/SAfmbpbKYY

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2020-09-19

16 Sept 1643: King's Lynn surrenders to a parliamentary army under the Earl of

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2020-09-16

7 September 1642 the Royalist commander of George Goring surrendered the town under generous terms to Parliamentary forces under Sir William Waller. Thread 1/2

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2020-09-07

Brian Bradshaw 1923-2016 b. Bolton, won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art & became a multi award winning artist. Vice Chair of the Parliamentary Committee on Art Ed. & later Chair of Fine Arts at Rhodes University S.A where he founded the influential Grahamstown Group.

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2020-07-22

5 July 1643 was the Battle of Lansdown in Somerset. Parliamentary forces under Sir William Waller were narrowly defeated by the Royalist western army; the Cornish Cavalier Sir Bevil Grenville was killed in the fighting.

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2020-07-05

📢Abortion regulations in Northern Ireland have now passed!

In a 253 to 136 vote, the regulations have now passed their final parliamentary hurdle🎉

Congratulations to all of the incredible organisations who campaigned for this💪

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2020-06-18

RT : Voting in parliamentary elections in England was neither democratic nor free from undue influence. By modern standards, the whole system could be labelled as corrupt and biased. https://t.co/xhYb4uKMoe

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2020-05-30