这里是BBC世界新闻,我是加尔达·哈基姆,最新头条。British members of parliament have overwhelmingly voted in favor of holding a general election on June the 8th, three years ahead of schedule.英国议会成员以绝对的数量优势投票支持在6月8日进行大选,比计划提前三年。The plan was approved with well over ...
It wasreportedlast week that the email account of Stewart McDonald, an SNP MP, had been compromised in what he described as a “sophisticated and targeted spear phishing hack”. TheBBCappeared to agree with him, describing it as a “highly targeted and sophisticated attack”. ...
A brief history of the UK Parliament.BBC News. The Civil War.HistoryofParliament.org. Stuarts.HistoryofParliament.org. Reform Era.HistoryofParliament.org. Legislative Procedure in the House of Commons.University of Leeds. Timeline: Constitutional crises in English and British history.Reuters. ...
This colorful British ritual is observed at the beginning of November when the members of Parliament return after the long summer recess. Crowds assemble in the streets of Westminster, an inner borough of Greater London, in hopes of catching a glimpse of the Queen as she arrives in her horse...
“We’d like to have a vote for military action but we’ve got to keep building the case,” Fallon told the BBC’s Andrew Marr show. Asked whether the government had got the votes needed to get parliamentary approval for the air strikes, Fallon said: “Not yet...” ...
It adds to pressure already on May, who also faces a legal challenge later this week arguing that there has to be a vote in parliament on whether or not Britain can invoke Article 50. The legal dispute could end up in the supreme court. ...
Last week, Stella Creasy, a member of parliament from the Labour Party, put forward an amendment to the Voyeurism (Offences) Bill that would add misogyny as an aggravating factor, to be considered by the judge during sentencing, according toITV. ...
"Let me make it clear that it's on me. Let's take it on the chin," Labour's finance chief John McDonnell told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show. "I own this disaster."He said there would be a new leader in place by early next year, and already some said they were considerin...
On December 19, 2019, the State Opening of the Parliament was held. Although there was a State Opening of Parliament just in October after Boris Johnson became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom another State Opening was necessary because of last week’s parliamentary election. This ceremony ...
But on Saturday, he told the BBC the quote was “taken completely out of context” and this prorogation was about a new prime minister exercising his prerogative for a Queen’s Speech and setting out a new course. Javid added Parliament will have “plenty of time” for debating Brexit. ...