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RT @penandpension: Voting in parliamentary elections in #Georgian 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
Jacob Rees-Mogg grapples with new parliamentary procedure.
#OnThisDay 11 May 1645 Parliamentary commander Sir John Meldrum was mortally wounded whilst besieging #Scarborough Castle. This was only days after he had survived a fall over a 200 foot cliff there, as his cloak then acted like a parachute!! 😳 #EnglishCivilWar #17thCentury #OTD
#OnThisDay 11 March 1645 at #Devizes in Wiltshire Parliamentary forces under Sir William Waller and Oliver Cromwell surprised a party of 400 Royalist Horse on their way to join Lord Goring; only thirty escaped. #EnglishCivilWar #17thCentury #OTD
🍃🌳NORTHULDRA FIELD TRIP📰
Lady Maren returns north to visit Elsa during a week-long parliamentary recess. She wants a group of ten lucky children from Arendelle’s preschools to join her camping. Kids encouraged to tell Maren what they‘d like to experience most in Northuldra.
.@David_Cameron and @jessphillips shortlisted for 2019 Parliamentary Book Awards with @BAbooksellers and @PublishersAssoc https://t.co/wJxLjlK9s2 (£)
.@David_Cameron and @jessphillips shortlisted for 2019 Parliamentary Book Awards with @BAbooksellers and @PublishersAssoc https://t.co/wJxLjlK9s2 (£)
@Cambridge_Uni Horace Walpole was encouraged by the new parliamentary intake:
"The rising generation does give one some hopes... The young William Pitt has again displayed paternal oratory. The other day, on the commission of accounts, he answered Lord North & tore him limb from limb"
#HistParl
#OnThisDay 27 December 1642 Parliamentary troops commanded by Sir William Waller took the town of Chichester. The following day, encouraged by Sir Arthur Hasilrige, some of the soldiers committed acts of iconoclasm in @ChiCathedral. #EnglishCivilWar #17thCentury #OTD
@PhilipWatson_ This year is EXTREMELY hard to call, but poll of polls shows Labour ~10% behind, consistently, for weeks.
And they need a ~4% leader to get a parliamentary majority.
The chances of them jumping 14% in 3 days are zero.
#OnThisDay 4 November 1643 Sir William Waller was appointed as Parliamentary major-general of the revived Southern Association army (Kent, Surrey, Sussex and Hampshire). Image in our collection. #EnglishCivilWar #17thCentury #OTD
Cartoon for @dailynation 'politricks' at its best #duale #parliamentarysystem
#EliudTaughtMe Numbers matter! #CentralKenya is not happy with #Raila Odinga's push for a #Parliamentary system... @mtkenyastar @SDEKenya @KTNKenya #NoHumanIsLimted
In a fiery parliamentary exchange in 2012, Paula Bennett told Ardern to ‘Zip it, Sweetie’. Might be time for Ardern to say the same to Bennett- Cartoon in fabulous print in today’s @nzherald and premium online here👉 https://t.co/dUZaKTZJzQ #nzpol
@OwenJones84 Cowboy President Johnson riding roughshod over Parliamentary democracy.
@Channel4News #BorisJohnson is a cowboy riding roughshod over Parliamentary democracy.
On this day 16th August 1819 the Peterloo Massacre: cavalry charge on protesters calling for parliamentary reform.
#RogerHall