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The new UK Parliament has been hailed as record-breaking. It’s got more women, more people from ethnic minority backgrounds and more state school-educated MPs than ever before. So what does it look like? #UKgeneralelection #UKparliament #HouseofCommons #UKpolitics #Channel4News
The new UK Parliament has been hailed as record-breaking. It’s got more women, more people from ethnic minority backgrounds and more state school-educated MPs than ever before. So what does it look like? #UKgeneralelection #UKparliament #HouseofCommons #UKpolitics #Channel4News
Remembering the words of Tony Benn this morning, I’m struck by how powerful simple humanity can be in political debate. In his speech to the House of Commons on 17 February 1998, he spoke not as a strategist or tactician, but as someone who had witnessed war as a child during the The Blitz. His memories of shelters, burning docklands, and the fear that hung over London were not used to justify conflict, but to remind us that the terror of war feels the same wherever bombs fall. What made Benn’s words so striking was his insistence on empathy. He asked questions that were difficult to ignore. If Londoners were terrified in 1940, are people in Baghdad or elsewhere not equally afraid when bombs fall? Do mothers not grieve in the same way? His speech challenged the habit of viewing war through distance and abstraction, reminding us that behind every headline are families, homes, and lives permanently changed. He also returned to the promise written into the United Nations Charter: that future generations would be spared the devastation of war. Benn’s reflection invites us to pause and consider how far the world has travelled from that pledge. Whatever one’s politics, his words remain a quiet but powerful call to remember the human cost of conflict and the responsibility each generation carries to pursue a more peaceful path. [Tony Benn speech, anti war politics, House of Commons speech 1998, UN Charter peace message, Tony Benn anti war quote, history of anti war movement UK, politics and humanity]
Remembering the words of Tony Benn this morning, I’m struck by how powerful simple humanity can be in political debate. In his speech to the House of Commons on 17 February 1998, he spoke not as a strategist or tactician, but as someone who had witnessed war as a child during the The Blitz. His memories of shelters, burning docklands, and the fear that hung over London were not used to justify conflict, but to remind us that the terror of war feels the same wherever bombs fall. What made Benn’s words so striking was his insistence on empathy. He asked questions that were difficult to ignore. If Londoners were terrified in 1940, are people in Baghdad or elsewhere not equally afraid when bombs fall? Do mothers not grieve in the same way? His speech challenged the habit of viewing war through distance and abstraction, reminding us that behind every headline are families, homes, and lives permanently changed. He also returned to the promise written into the United Nations Charter: that future generations would be spared the devastation of war. Benn’s reflection invites us to pause and consider how far the world has travelled from that pledge. Whatever one’s politics, his words remain a quiet but powerful call to remember the human cost of conflict and the responsibility each generation carries to pursue a more peaceful path. [Tony Benn speech, anti war politics, House of Commons speech 1998, UN Charter peace message, Tony Benn anti war quote, history of anti war movement UK, politics and humanity]
Kemi Badenoch has slated Keir Starmer's decisiveness, as she took aim during Prime Minister's Questions. Speaking in the House of Commons, the Conservative Party leader said: "If I were Prime Minister, HMS Dragon would have left a week ago... The only time he's taken decisive action was stopping Andy Burnham from standing in the by-election." #KemiBadenoch #KeirStarmer #PMQs #ukpolitics #GBNews
Kemi Badenoch has slated Keir Starmer's decisiveness, as she took aim during Prime Minister's Questions. Speaking in the House of Commons, the Conservative Party leader said: "If I were Prime Minister, HMS Dragon would have left a week ago... The only time he's taken decisive action was stopping Andy Burnham from standing in the by-election." #KemiBadenoch #KeirStarmer #PMQs #ukpolitics #GBNews
“I am a fighter and not a quitter,” embattled British Prime Minister Liz Truss declared Wednesday in the House of Commons. The prime minister, just six weeks in office, has faced growing calls to resign over her controversial economic agenda that tanked the British pound and roiled markets, forcing her to reverse course and fire her finance minister. Labour Party leader Keir Starmer tore into Ms. Truss during Prime Minister’s Questions, going through a list of proposals she was driven to scrap. “They’re all gone. So why is she still here?” he asked. “I have acted in the national interest to make sure that we have economic stability,” the prime minister replied. “We have delivered on the energy price guarantee. We’ve delivered on national insurance. We are going to deliver to stop the militant trade unions disrupting our railways. The honorable gentleman has no idea. He has no plan and he has no alternative.” Watch more by tapping the link in our bio. #liztruss #truss #keirstarmer #starmer #pmq #britishpolitics #ukpolitics #houseofcommons #parliament
“I am a fighter and not a quitter,” embattled British Prime Minister Liz Truss declared Wednesday in the House of Commons. The prime minister, just six weeks in office, has faced growing calls to resign over her controversial economic agenda that tanked the British pound and roiled markets, forcing her to reverse course and fire her finance minister. Labour Party leader Keir Starmer tore into Ms. Truss during Prime Minister’s Questions, going through a list of proposals she was driven to scrap. “They’re all gone. So why is she still here?” he asked. “I have acted in the national interest to make sure that we have economic stability,” the prime minister replied. “We have delivered on the energy price guarantee. We’ve delivered on national insurance. We are going to deliver to stop the militant trade unions disrupting our railways. The honorable gentleman has no idea. He has no plan and he has no alternative.” Watch more by tapping the link in our bio. #liztruss #truss #keirstarmer #starmer #pmq #britishpolitics #ukpolitics #houseofcommons #parliament
Top 5 Prime Ministers Questions funny moments! #pmqs #politics #uk #british #houseofcommons #parliament
Top 5 Prime Ministers Questions funny moments! #pmqs #politics #uk #british #houseofcommons #parliament
Points for delivery #ukpolitics #houseofcommons #nativity
Points for delivery #ukpolitics #houseofcommons #nativity
Sir Lindsay Hoyle berated MPs for their “unacceptable” behaviour in the Commons, in which they “pretended to be ill” and refused to move when asked by the chamber’s top official 😳 #dailyexpress #parliament #houseofcommons
Sir Lindsay Hoyle berated MPs for their “unacceptable” behaviour in the Commons, in which they “pretended to be ill” and refused to move when asked by the chamber’s top official 😳 #dailyexpress #parliament #houseofcommons
For a day, the UK parliament's House of Commons was turned over to the kids. #dwnews #UK #Ukparliament #westminster #houseofcommons
For a day, the UK parliament's House of Commons was turned over to the kids. #dwnews #UK #Ukparliament #westminster #houseofcommons
P45 From His Own MPs’: Christmas Attack Leaves PM Reeling #nopropagandauk #politics #parliament #london #westminster #KeirStarmer #news #debate #uk #HouseofCommons #LabourParty #Conservatives #Tories
P45 From His Own MPs’: Christmas Attack Leaves PM Reeling #nopropagandauk #politics #parliament #london #westminster #KeirStarmer #news #debate #uk #HouseofCommons #LabourParty #Conservatives #Tories
📢 The economy is shrinking and people are worse off under Labour. My response to Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement. #springstatement #houseofcommons #ukpolitics
📢 The economy is shrinking and people are worse off under Labour. My response to Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement. #springstatement #houseofcommons #ukpolitics
Liberal Democrat Steve Darling was sworn into the House of Commons Wednesday with his guide dog Jennie by his side. Darling, who is legally blind, joins one of several MPs in the past to have guide dogs in parliament. #Parliament #HouseofCommons #GuideDog #Darling #LiberalDemocrats #UK #Channel4News
Liberal Democrat Steve Darling was sworn into the House of Commons Wednesday with his guide dog Jennie by his side. Darling, who is legally blind, joins one of several MPs in the past to have guide dogs in parliament. #Parliament #HouseofCommons #GuideDog #Darling #LiberalDemocrats #UK #Channel4News
Their Majesties The King and Queen arrive in the @UKHouseOfLords chamber for The King’s Speech. This is His Majesty’s first State Opening of Parliament as monarch. The speech, written by the government, sets out upcoming legislation and planned state visits. #KingsSpeech #StateOpening #StateOpeningOfParliament #UKParliament #HouseOfCommons #HouseOfLords
Their Majesties The King and Queen arrive in the @UKHouseOfLords chamber for The King’s Speech. This is His Majesty’s first State Opening of Parliament as monarch. The speech, written by the government, sets out upcoming legislation and planned state visits. #KingsSpeech #StateOpening #StateOpeningOfParliament #UKParliament #HouseOfCommons #HouseOfLords
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