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conferences are fun I will debate people to hell and make points of parliamentary inquiry like the diplomat that I am

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2023-02-03

19 January 1644 the Scots Army of the Covenant under the command of Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven crossed the River Tweed into England, walking 20 miles knee deep in snow, as allies of the Parliamentary Cause.

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2023-01-19

Happy birthday Sir Thomas Fairfax - Parliamentary general and too often unsung hero of the born 17 January 1612. Portraits of him in our collection.

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2023-01-17

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

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2022-09-16

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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2022-09-07

🚨The Parliamentary History Essay Prize 2022 is open!
The winner will receive £500 and have their essay published in
The submission deadline is 3 October

For details read:
https://t.co/k7kdyp4oJc

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2022-08-30

On this day 16th August 1819 the Peterloo Massacre: cavalry charge on protesters calling for parliamentary reform.

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2022-08-16

Parliamentary forces under Coote had besieged the fort for 6 weeks, using cannon and mortars to batter the position and a opened a siege mine from the eastern counterscarp, however after the failed assault, O'Neill & garrison forced to quit the fort but with full honours of war

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2022-08-06

For instance, in 1820 when Castlereagh was trying to manage increasingly fractious Continental allies, the King's insistence on pursuing a divorce from Queen Caroline ate up most of the Government's policy agenda (and Castlereagh's time) for an entire parliamentary session.
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2022-07-21

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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2022-07-05

Head of State: Queen (Unelected)
Upper House: Lords (Unelected)
Lower House Commons (Unrepresentative 'First past the post' system)
PM: Boris Johnson (Unaccountable to law or parliamentary standards)

UK is already more a dictatorship than a democracy. not far away

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2022-05-28

The 46th Parliamentary Caricature clean out continues. Humanless Services, tally ho! (2019)

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2022-05-19

Last year a 2yr parliamentary inquiry into miscarriage of justice watchdog raised serious concerns that suffered 'biggest cut' of any part of the CJS since 2010 & caseload doubled. This month justice minister confirms govt plans to do nothing https://t.co/fb01mFlLDF

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2022-03-18

This was the cartoon for today - until the protesters ( on the wrong side of history ) were finally cleared from the parliamentary precinct -

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2022-03-03

Abkhazian horseman, 1940.

Source: Archive of the National Parliamentary Library of Georgia.

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2022-02-19

The correct answer is Menelik II

The Pan-African colour combination of red, gold and green combination was combined under Menelik II, and over the years evolved as the country itself evolved from a monarchy rule, to dictatorship and then parliamentary democracy.

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2022-01-22

📺 [A WEEK IN THE WORLD] Cartooning for Peace is tonight at 7:10pm on to present cartoons on the
operation, the extension of the parliamentary freeze in & Emmanuel ✏ (The Netherlands) & Antonio (Portugal)

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2021-12-18

Parliamentary culture, and what Nick Smith is reputed to have said to an underling.
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2021-12-15

27 Nov 1778 British Carlisle Commission, headed by the Earl of Carlisle, sails home from NYC having failed to achieve a negotiated peace settlement by offering self-rule & parliamentary representation vs independence to colonies.

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2021-11-28