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  • That's my seat!
    The Queen's throne in the House of Lords Chamber is the official throne of the United Kingdom. Made of 23.5...
  • Flying the flag
    The only foreign flag to have flown over Parliament is the Stars and Stripes - in 1917 when the USA...
  • Game, set and match
    Wimbledon fortnight got underway on the same day as the House of Commons elected a new speaker. But did you...
  • Riding two horses at once?
    Former Brigg MP and resident of Healing, John Maunsell Richardson, twice won the Grand National. In 1873, he rode Disturbance...
  • Heads you lose
    Whatever happened to Oliver Cromwell's head? The Lord Protector of England was buried in 1658. But not for long. Three years later,...
  • Firsts for women
    First woman elected to Parliament: Countess Constance Markievicz First woman MP to take her seat: Viscountess Nancy Astor First Conservative...
  • Clock wise
    Big Ben is the big bell in the Palace of Westminister’s 314ft tall clock tower. Visitors are can climb the clock tower...
  • Loadsamoney
    With all this talk of the quite rich (£4 million plus the inheritance when he gets it) Conservative wannabe Chancellor, George Osborne, schmoozing...
  • You can leave your hat on
    In 1784, PM William Pitt the Younger introduced a tax on men’s hats. A fairly basic hat costing 4 shillings incurred a...
  • I say aye and nay?
    Rather than abstaining, a British MP in the House of Commons can vote both for and against a motion at the...
  • Leading loony
    The former leader of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party, the late Screaming Lord Sutch, simultaneously stood against all three main party leaders...
  • Leading lights
    From 1922 until 1997, all leaders of the Tory Party became Prime Minister – Andrew Bonar Law, Stanley Baldwin, Neville Chamberlain, Sir...
  • First among equals?
    Up to 1922, there was no official leader of the Conservative Party as both the Leader of the House of Commons...
  • Take me to your leader
    With all the talk about the Labour leadership, visitors to the site have suggested some leadership trivia. More than happy to oblige....
  • In a spin
    The term 'spin doctor' derives from the game of baseball and was probably first used poltically by American president and former actor, Ronald...
  • Birds of a feather
    The Palace of Westminster has a pigeon problem - their droppings play havoc with all that guilding apparently. The solution? Birds of...
  • All White
    The White House was first painted white in 1814 after restoration following smoke damage caused by fires set by...the British!...
  • The white stuff
    The numeral on the door of the 10 Downing Street is...white. The door itself is painted black....
  • Through the key hole
    The door to Number 10 Downing Street has no key hole - it can be opened only from the inside. And what...
  • Speak First
    July 2008 marks the 25th anniversary of both Tony Blair's and Gordon Brown's maiden speeches in the House of Commons - 6...
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