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Which sections of Indian Independence Act 1947 were repealed in British Parliament, and why?
The Indian Independence Act 1947, was repealed by the respective constitutions of India and Pakistan in 1950 & 1956. The Parliament of the United Kingdom, never repealed it but according to the ...
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When was the last/prior time a former PM served in another (non-PM) position in the UK government?
CNN:
Sunak then announced he was bringing Cameron back to frontline politics as foreign secretary, in a stunning move that has few parallels in recent British political history.
Cameron served as ...
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What do modern British people think about the decolonization of India in 1947? [closed]
Do British people think that PM Clement Attlee's decision to give independence to India was correct?
If so, why? If not, why not?
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Why did members who wanted to raise a point of order during a division have to wear a top hat while talking in the House of Commons in the UK?
I read on https://notesfromtheuk.com/2019/07/05/hats-and-the-house-of-commons/:
Anyone who wanted to raise a point of order during a division (which in the normal world would be called a vote) had to ...
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Has a Prime Minister ever been appointed while in Scotland before?
Liz Truss recently met the Queen in her Scottish residence Balmoral to be invited to form a government as Prime Minister. Usually this meeting would be performed in Buckingham Palace in London, but on ...
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Did the 2022 Southend West by-election set a record for the highest number of spoilt ballots in a Parliamentary election?
The 2022 Southend West by-election was held on February 3rd, to elect a replacement for the previous incumbent Sir David Amess, who was murdered while attending a constituency surgery in October 2021. ...
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Did MPs have to win a by-election before 1926 in order to join the government?
A commentary in The Telegraph claimed that before 1926, MPs had to win a by-election to join the government. This got me rather perplexed.
Mr Johnson has sensibly stopped short of joining Labour in ...
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Is It A Coincidence That Election Day In The U.S. Is The Tuesday Closest To Guy Fawkes Day? [duplicate]
The question speaks for itself. An existing question is facially similar but doesn't get at this particular issue.
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How did United Kingdom responsibility for the defence of the British Channel Islands originate?
The government of the United Kingdom is responsible for the defence of, and foreign relations of, the Channel Islands - i.e. the Bailiwicks of Guernsey and Jersey. How did this arrangement come about?
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Why does British Indian Ocean Territory follow RHT?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-_and_right-hand_traffic
Why do cars in the British Indian Ocean Territory drive on the right-hand side of the road (as in the US) instead of on the left-hand side of ...
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When was the last time that a major party in GB polled <2% in a constituency?
The Labour Party garnered just 1.6% of the vote in the Chesham and Amersham by-election.
When was the last time that a major party (Conservative or Labour) received <2% of the vote in a Great ...
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Of what importance was the Westland affair?
I've been reading M. Thatcher's book The_Downing_Street_Years, and she spends a lot of time discussing the Westland affair. Her account seems completely orthogonal to the one given in the Wikipedia (...
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What happened at the Blackpool Labour Party Conference in 1980?
I came across Thatcher's infamous The Lady's Not For Turning speech at the Tory Party Conference in 1980. She starts and ends her speech with references to the Labour Party Conference that had ...
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Have any UK party leaders other than Sir Ed Davey been elected after previously losing a leadership contest?
Today, August 27th, Sir Ed Davey triumphed over competitors to become the leader of the Liberal Democrats after the position was vacated by Jo Swinson due to her failure to retain her Westminster seat ...
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When was the last time the deputising convention in Prime Minister's Questions was broken?
The BBC reports that later today, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will face Sir Keir Starmer in the first Prime Minister's Questions since the latter became the new Labour party leader. The Foreign ...
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