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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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2020-05-28

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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2020-05-27

The Burning of the Houses of Parliament, 1834

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2020-05-25

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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2020-05-20

Jacob Rees-Mogg grapples with new parliamentary procedure.

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2020-05-16

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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2020-05-15

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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2020-05-13

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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2020-05-11

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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2020-05-09

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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2020-05-06

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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2020-05-04

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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2020-05-04

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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2020-05-01

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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2020-04-28

Today in 1739 Lord Barry of Santry is tried by his peers in the parliament house for the murder of his former servant Laughlin Murphy in August 1738. They unanimously find him guilty, but recommend him to the royal mercy. The Lord Lieutenant endorses this plea, and Santry is

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2020-04-27

4️⃣ - PRINCE JAMES
1648. After 20 months in Parliament's custody, escaped St. James's Palace during a game of hide & seek. Dressed as a girl, despite a tailor's suspicions over his proportions & then plucking at his leg in an 'unwomanish manner' the 14-year-old reached Holland.

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2020-04-23

4️⃣ - PRINCE JAMES
1648. After 20 months in Parliament's custody, escaped St. James's Palace during a game of hide & seek. Dressed as a girl, & despite a tailor's suspicions over his proportions & then plucking at his leg in an 'unwomanish manner' the 14-year-old reached Holland.

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2020-04-23