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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アメリカの煙草
Parliament パーラメント
1950年代のビンテージ広告

帽子、傘、鳥籠、扇子…。
よく見ると煙草でデザインされているんですよね。

喫煙を美化するつもりは無いけれど、
アイディアは純粋に可愛い。

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For years I have tried to draw attention to the Raif Badawi case, but without success. He won the in 2015, but the has still not been able to release him.

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A group of magpies is called a parliament. Pretty fancy name for birds that are often found rooting through trash cans. Fun to draw, though!

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Revision of the 2014 Domestic Violence Law is a key demand of women’s rights actors in 🇱🇧. The law is in Parliament; calls on the Parliament to urgently pass proposed amendments, to protect those at risk within a surge in GBV incidents. Read more 👉: https://t.co/e3HUb1knoB

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The Burning of the Houses of Parliament, 1834

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Order! Order! Out of Order!
Its May 20th 1814 and violence breaks out in a Committee Room in the Houses of Parliament as a MP takes aim at a member for Surrey after a spat about proposed reforms to the Post Office

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Jacob Rees-Mogg grapples with new parliamentary procedure.

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15 May 1660, Parliament passed Acts of Attainder against Oliver Cromwell, John Bradshaw, Henry Ireton and Thomas Pride in preparation for the return of Charles II. Given that all four men were already long dead they weren't terribly aware of this...

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Review of Swan Song: Part 1, the story of a French WWI platoon that goes AWOL to deliver a petition to the French parliament. By , Xavier Dorison & Emmanuel Herzet. https://t.co/k7Zv0BEKza

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11 May 1645 Parliamentary commander Sir John Meldrum was mortally wounded whilst besieging 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!! 😳

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James II & Mary were displaced by James's daughter, Mary II, & son-in-law William III (of Orange). Following James's death in exile both Mary & her son James Edward were attainted by https://t.co/k78eQxxXTa

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1791 the long-awaited clash between Burke & Fox took place in in the debate over the Bill. Fox broke down in tears over their falling out:
"frequent effusions of tears, choked & embarrassed his utterance for a great part of his speech"

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Watts submitted a drawing for the Houses of Parliament & won a prize in 1843 & a bursary. This allowed him to travel to Italy. Lady Holland (c1843-4), The Golden Age (1840) & Fiesole, Tuscany (1840s)

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4 May 1643 Royalist forces commanded by William Cavendish, Earl of Newcastle, stormed the town of after a skirmish at the town's bridge, defended by local Parliamentarians including 30 boys from the town's grammar school.

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Dominate undead politics through cunning and violence in Vampire: The Masquerade - Parliament of Knives. Will a missing prince give you the opening you need to seize power and take control of the city?

Wishlist it here: https://t.co/gnNLXio4JF

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Detail from "Wingman". I was thinking abt the present & the future, surveillance & networked tech. Featuring domestic drones, a wingman drone, Australia's Parliament House, a satellite & a pale blue dot-all in a cosmic sky
https://t.co/V8xMm3bqgu

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