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The Government faced Cabinet rebellions and ministerial resignations after changing its mind last minute on a no deal motion.
A Brexit supported businessman who bombarded MPs with a string of ‘vile’ emails including death threats has been jailed for a year.
Jeremy Corbyn and John Bercow ‘sent murder and decapitation threats’ during Brexit negotiations
19/02/2021
Paul Ritchie, 34, is accused of sending a stream of threats to prominent politicians including Amber Rudd, Jo Swinson, Chuka Umunna and Dominic Grieve
Jeremy Corbyn and Amber Rudd received ‘horrifically offensive’ death threats over Brexit - court told
25/02/2021
A man accused of sending “horrifically offensive” death threats to senior MPs including Jeremy Corbyn and John Bercow over Brexit has appeared in court for the first time today.
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson will suspend Parliament for more than a month before Brexit, enraging opponents and raising the stakes in the country's most serious political crisis in decades.
The content of Theresa May's defeats over the last couple of days isn't particularly meaningful, but the fact they happened at all suggests that parliament's guerrilla war against the government has started. And it seems to be winning.
A single vote passes Dominic Grieve amendment that makes forcing through no-deal Brexit more difficult
10/07/2019
The plan requires the Government to give fortnightly updates on power-sharing which makes it difficult to suspend Parliament.
Ex-minister Nick Boles says cross-party group which forced Theresa May to delay Brexit have a new plan.
Rebel MPs are working on a plan to thwart Boris Johnson pursuing a no-deal Brexit on 31 October that involves forcing parliament to sit through the autumn recess, amid growing outrage about the power and influence of his controversial aide, Dominic Cummings.
Tory former chancellor Ken Clarke’s customs union plan is expected to be voted on.
John Bercow rejects the suggestion a future PM could try to end the current session of Parliament
06/06/2019
"That's simply not going to happen. It's just so blindingly obvious" Commons Speaker John Bercow rejects the suggestion a future PM could try to end the current session of Parliament in order to push through a no-deal #Brexit.
Speakers past and present criticise Raab plan to suspend parliament to force through no-deal
06/06/2019
Speakers past and present have criticised Brexiteer Dominic Raab's suggestion that he could prorogue parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit against the wishes of MPs if he becomes prime minister.
The booming baritones of Cox and Bercow bookended a busy week in Westminster, Brussels and Dublin (with a bit of Washington DC in there too). It saw the sinking of MV2, the vote against no-deal and a UK Government whipping against its own motion.
Remainiacs Ep. 104 - EDGE OF DESTRUCTION: Time runs out with guests Roland Smith and David Allen Green
20/03/2019
With Brexit literally hours away, we convene Leaver-turned-Article-50-Revoker ROLAND SMITH and law and policy expert DAVID ALLEN GREEN to stare into the abyss. / May blames Parliament... / Why John Bercow’s Eskine Mayhem isn’t a constitutional crisis... / David discusses the Meaningful Vote in terms of Thanos’s Infinity Stones. The fooling of Arron Banks. Chained to a radiator with Seumas Milne.
Hardline Brexiteers want to blame the Queen for their grim mistakes, truly the Leave campaign is eating itself
10/04/2019
When I worked on the Vote Leave campaign we all thought getting a deal would be much simpler. But now the fundamentalists are pretending the fault lies anywhere but with them.
Brexit Republic - Ep. 47: MPs are kicked out of Westminster as Scottish judges rule suspension of parliament is illegal
12/09/2019
Boris Johnson stands accused of lying to the Queen amid calls for him to go. John Bercow, one of the most colourful protagonists of the Brexit drama, is to quit as Speaker of the House of Commons.
Greg Clark is one of a clutch of senior ministers expected to return to the backbenches if Boris Johnson takes power.
Emails sent by Paul Ritchie included references to murdered politician Jo Cox.
Intelligence and security committee chair says dossier has facts ‘germane’ to voters.
A clip of John Bercow mocking Dominic Raab over his predictions about the UK securing a strong trade deal with the US after Brexit has resurfaced now that Johnson and Biden have failed to strike one.
Legal bid to stop Westminster shutdown
13/08/2019
A legal challenge to try to prevent Boris Johnson shutting down parliament to force through a no-deal Brexit is to get under way later.
Matt Hancock Says Shutting Down Parliament To Force No-Deal Could 'Kill Brexit Altogether'
07/06/2019
Any attempt to shut down parliament to force through a no-deal exit from the EU could kill off Brexit completely, Tory leadership hopeful Matt Hancock has warned.
Commons Speaker Bercow said 'No' to Meaningful Vote 3, the EU said No to a June 30th Brexit deadline extension, the UK Prime Minister now has to find enough British MP's to say 'Yes'.
Why did MPs try to sit on Speaker John Bercow? The centuries-old tradition explained as Parliament is prorogued
10/09/2019
MPs tried to hold down the Speaker to stop him from leaving his seat and walking into the House of Lords.
Man who threatened to ‘decapitate’ John Bercow in five-month tirade over Brexit faces jail
06/05/2021
A self-confessed “angry man” who threatened to decapitate former Speaker John Bercow and said Jeremy Corbyn “should be hung” in a five-month tirade of abuse over Brexit is facing jail.