Welcome to the muddle of parliaments and no I don’t know where is headed next...

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Doug Ford before every single parliamentary session: "I want to squeeze and squeeze and squeeze! Give me spice! Drive them into utter submission! Do not show the slightest pity of mercy! Never stop. Go. Go! Show no mercy!"

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Martyn Turner: My vote is for the UK to have European Parliament elections, a referendum and a general election on the same day. no democratic deficit there. on Theresa May's bid for more time - political cartoon gallery in London https://t.co/dePcTdnXF6

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1800: Birth in Co of Charles James Patrick Mahon. Extremely colourful character who was nationalist journalist, barrister, parliamentarian & international mercenary! Claimed to have instigated & fought 13 duels! Favourite of royalty who travelled the world!

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Tick-tock captures the last week in Parliament, very well.

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in 1954 Egyptian poet & activist Doria Shafik, who in 1951 led 1500 women to storm parliament, began an 8-day hunger strike protesting a constitutional committee without women, until the president wrote to her committing to respecting women's rights. https://t.co/m9EshcKS7J

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Barry, Madeline, Silvia and Suzanne - some more people I met down at parliament last week

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Some more of the people I met down at parliament

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Some of the people I met down at parliament yesterday

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Parliament makes it abundantly clear how they feel over the two-thirds women representation in elective and appointive posts in the public service.

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The Burning of the Houses of Parliament, 1834

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Batgirl is kind of dumb.
I'm currently reading Nightwing and it comes up that Batgirl gets upset that Dick was party to faking a guys' death to save him from the Owls (bad guys) and 'stealing' the Parliament of Owls' money (bad guys). Dick didn't even know until it was over.

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27th January 1606
The trial got underway of Guy Fawkes and seven other men, for attempting to blow up the Parliament House.

https://t.co/wo6hBdNIra

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