This is the first time that Her Majesty has missed the State Opening in almost 60 years.
Hannah White, of the Institute for Government, refers in passing to “the UK’s infamous ‘unwritten’ constitution”. What is “infamous” about it?
He is a Gulliver tied down by Lilluputian ropes. The figures scampering about his mighty frame grow bolder – tweaking a cord here, tighening a knot there.
Steve Bray might be rude and crude, but it’s a price worth paying to avoid putting more barriers between politicians and people.
Their unique role means one cannot simply transpose a normal commercial or public-sector HR regime into Parliament or a council.
The solution is emergency legislation that lists in a schedule every Russian national who has been the target of EU and US sanctions.
Many do good work, but their opaque financing seems vulnerable to exploitation by hostile interests.
Corrosive cynicism about politicians makes theirs an impossible task, but holding remuneration down carries its own costs.
Our columnist provides the second piece in our series this week about Brexit – almost a year since the end of transition.
Most importantly, remember this. Keep going through all the disappointments. It is the most interesting job you are ever going to have.
The UK-EU joint Parliamentary Partnership Assembly is a positive step forward for relations with our European allies.
If Ministers aren’t questioned about wide-ranging laws, we undermine the foundations of our Parliamentary democracy.
Which suggests they think that being an MP is not a “job” – unlike a majority of the wider public, it seems.
The Prime Minister must get out in front of the issue — and deal with the whole mess before it buries him.
It changes expectations of sex, removes sex from consenting loving relationships, and rewires your brain meaning you are always wanting more.