Parliament

Ukraine war shows need to involve “whole of society” in defence, but public are deeply averse to notion of conscription a report finds.

Farage didn’t come in peace to Britain’s Parliament for his first ever speech this week, and was even booed by some members.

Nigel Farage made history on Tuesday as he entered Parliament as head of the group of five newly elected members of Reform UK.

The legislature of Georgia approved a controversial “foreign agent” law despite massive protests in the streets and fistfights in parliament.

A member of Parliament in Georgia triggered a large altercation on Monday after interrupting a fellow lawmaker’s speech by punching him in the face.

Speaker says he had to break convention to protect Members of Parliament from attacks by terrorists if they didn’t vote for a Gaza ceasefire.

Palestine protesters used powerful lasers to write the words of an infamous antisemitic message on Big Ben’s clock tower.

An intruder penetrated security at the Indian parliament Wednesday, leaping into the lawmakers’ area and detonating a smoke bomb.

Albanian opposition MPs tried to block a vote on the budget by creating chair blockades, setting off smoke bombs, and lighting a small fire.

British left leader sees eight members of his cabinet walk out and dozens more rebel as hardline elements demand immediate Gaza ceasefire. 

In his first opening of Parliament address as reigning Monarch, King Charles III laid out the priorities of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government.

The chairwoman of the UK Parliament’s Culture, Media, and Sports Committee has formally written to streaming platform Rumble asking whether it intends to demonetize comedian/commentator Russell Brand’s channel in the wake of rape and sexual assault allegations.

A researcher in Parliament was arrested earlier this year on suspicion of spying for the Chinese Communist Party, the Sunday Times reported.

The House of Commons declared that Taiwan is an “independent country” as Foreign Secretary Cleverly met with communist leaders in Beijing.

Anger in London over Labour mayor Khan’s push for radical anti-car measures upset the apple cart in a by-election result overnight. 

The Italian Parliament has come out in support of a popular Iranian opposition group seeking a free and democratic Iran, prompting the outrage of Tehran.     

The Kosovo parliament erupted in a melee on Thursday after a lawmaker from the opposition party approached the podium and threw water on Prime Minister Albin Kurti, who was giving a speech about reducing tensions between Serbs and Albanians.

Reclaim Party leader Laurence Fox has thrown his hat in the ring for the parliamentary by-election to replace Boris Johnson in Uxbridge.

The upper house of Japan’s parliament, the Diet, dissolved into chaos on Thursday as furious left-wing lawmakers used physical violence in a last-ditch effort to block an immigration bill they opposed.

The newly elected Turkish Parliament will feature 16 different political parties, reports say, including a radical Islamist party accused of ties to the Turkish terror organization Hizballah.

British lawmakers critical of Communist China have claimed to have been targeted by Beijing as a part of an intimidation campaign. 

Zelensky addressed Parliament, praising ‘the coalition of NLAW’ and thanking the United Kingdom “in advance” for the gift of its warplanes.

Haiti reached an unfortunate milestone on Tuesday morning, as the last ten senators in its parliament departed from their offices, leaving the country with no elected officials whatsoever. (Prime Minister Ariel Henry is still there, but he was not elected – he became “acting” leader of the government after the assassination of President Jovenel Moise in July 2021.)

A Member of Parliament (MP) for Britain’s governing Conservative (Tory) Party plans to put forward a bill that will allow Parliament to strip Prince Harry and wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, of their titles, in response to their politically-charged Netflix series. 

King Charles III has asked Parliament to effectively sideline his woke son Harry and disgraced brother Andrew by amending the Regency Act.

Iraq’s year-long political stalemate ended with a literal bang on Thursday, as Parliament elected former water resources minister Abdul Latif Rashid as president just hours after a barrage of rockets hit Baghdad’s secure Green Zone, where central government offices are located.

Following their strong election showing, the populist Sweden Democrats have landed the chairmanship of several important parliamentary committees including justice and foreign affairs.

A man who rushed out of a queue of mourners to attack the Queen’s coffin as it lies in state at Westminster Hall was slammed to the ground and dragged from the premises by police and parliamentary security. 

A planned stunt to disrupt the funeral for Queen Elizabeth II by a climate activist group was reportedly foiled earlier this week by London’s Metropolitan Police.

Charles III met with both houses of Parliament in the historic Westminster Hall before attending the lying in rest of Queen Elizabeth II.

Iraq’s Supreme Federal Court ruled Wednesday that it lacks the legal authority to dissolve Parliament, as demanded by Shiite nationalist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. The much-anticipated ruling sets the stage for a showdown between Sadr’s followers and other factions, as Iraq approaches one full year without a functional government.

Extinction Rebellion activists broke into the House of Commons on Friday and superglued themselves to the Speakers’ Chair.

Hundreds of protesters swarmed through the protected “Green Zone” in Baghdad on Wednesday and occupied the Iraqi Parliament building for much of the day.

Boris signed off his final appearance citing a Cali governor known for remarking “I’ll be back”, telling the chamber “hasta la vista, baby”.

The Boris Johnson administration will open a debate on whether Members of Parliament (MPs) have confidence in it on Monday, undercutting the left-wing opposition’s moves to stage such a vote.

The British constitution says there doesn’t have to be a national election if the PM resigns, but convention suggests there should be anyway.