He said families in the future will be able to find answers with “less distress and delay”. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has apologised to the families of victims of the Ballymurphy Massacre in the House of Commons. The apology comes after a coroner’s report last week found all 10 Ballymurphy victims “entirely innocent”. Johnson […]

5 years ago

It’s a Christmas election. The House of Commons has passed a bill this evening calling for a general election on 12 December. The vote passed with emphatic approval across parties, with a margin of 438 to 20. After an intense day of voting in Westminster, attempts to change the date of the election, a failed attempt to […]

6 years ago

Jeremy Corbyn made a statement after a Labour amendment was defeated in the House of Commons

7 years ago

Does Brexit have an off-switch? After a European Court of Justice ruling today, it appears that it is within Prime Minister Theresa May’s gift to unilaterally revoke Article 50, thus stopping dead in its tracks. Alas, it doesn’t look like that’s going to happen. Instead, they are plodding along. Today, May faced hours of questions […]

7 years ago

Fair play to her. Liz Saville-Roberts, from the Welsh party Plaid Cymru, spoke the Irish language in the House of Commons during a debate. It was part of a call on Northern Ireland Secretary of State Karen Bradley to introduce an Irish Language Act. Saville-Roberts began her address as Gaeilge and those attending heard the MP […]

8 years ago