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  • The House of Commons Chamber and the Politics of Seating

    The House of Commons Chamber and the Politics of Seating

    Paul Seaward

    Parliament will be officially opened this week and debates will begin once again in the House of Commons. But with the Labour party winning such a large majority in the 2024 General Election, some of their Members may be left…

  • Labour Unrest: Ramsay MacDonald and the Labour party, 1931

    Emma Peplow

    Our series this summer has taken a look at historical cases of division within political parties.  In our last post of the series, this week we discuss the Labour party of the 1930s, and how Ramsay MacDonald came to be…

  • Prime Ministers’ Funerals

    Emma Peplow

    A look back at the different Prime Ministers who received public funerals… Tomorrow former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher’s funeral will take place at St Paul’s Cathedral. Public funerals for Prime Ministers have been fairly rare in recent years, but Baroness…