Parliament Act has bugger all to do with Government Manifesto's. Salisbury Convention does not apply. Parliament Act does. (View Post)

Unlikely but plausible. Labour normally keeps nominations open 5-10 days for leadership contests. If its a 5 day window, June is possible. Thursday 18th Burnham wins by-election Friday 19th Burnham c… (View Post)

Looked it up and the pattern is for there not to be an immediate Queens/Kings Speech when the PM changes within the Parliament and that traditionally new PMs have their first Speech when it is routin… (View Post)

Great to see the Commons are bringing back an identical Assisted Dying law to that which was passed last term. Good! Hopefully the Commons passes it, and the Lords can stop dicking around and act lik… (View Post)

Curacao will be a bit blue that you had not heard of them. (View Post)