so this parliament can do as this parliament thinks fit. now, there might be somebody who will say he is trying to signal what parliament should do. no, i'm not trying to signal the part should do x or y. bercow is appearing at the august brookings institution and give an honest answer to question. i admit that i'm not adding to or subtracting the network has a -- as a matter of fact. if you ask me if i'm unashamedly pro-parliament. yes, i am a passionate about parliamentary democracy. i believe passionately parliament must do what parliament thinks is right. you are absolutely right, you know your history. edmund burke at one time a member of parliament for bristol famously said in his bristol speech, as your member of parliament, i owe you not merely my industry, the old-fashioned word for hard work, my judgment, and i betray instead of serving if i sacrifice my judgment to your opinion. mps once they are elected have a responsibility, not just a right but a duty to do what they think is right in terms of voice and vote. thank you. >> tha

parliament is due to go into recess at the end ofjuly. it's quite possible that with an extension of something as simple as parliamentary recesses, mps could be kept away until the end of september. that's a core point. i think the issue of prorogation that people are missing is that, ultimately, government controls the parliamentary timetable, so i don't think that anyone that really wanted a no—deal would actually have to resort to prorogation. i think that you could simplyjust not schedule any opportunities, not schedule any opposition days, as i started out by saying, or simply programming other business or not sitting on particular days. ultimately, in our system, the executive is largely in control of parlimentary business, and that could very much be the reason that parliament has limited opportunities to stop no—deal. all right, we will wait and see what happens. but for now, jack simson—caird and sam fouls, thank you both very much for coming onto the programme. thank you. now let's take a look at some news in brief. a new

essentially shut down parliament lock the doors stop m.p.'s from coming in to block a new deal breck's it until we had 31st date when legally we would leave now this has caused a major route here with m.p.'s who have said that that would be unconstitutional and that some tory m.p.'s have said they would vote to bring down their own government if that was the case so we're in we're in really on charted waters mark let's come to you again because this this idea of suspending parliament parading parliament i think is the official term and i'm forcing through an issue i mean how unprecedented is that hasn't happened before. well so it is in circumstances of this kind it's completely unprecedented in what more one might call the democratic era it's a kind of device that absolute monarchs people like charles the 1st who did without parliament for 11 whole years having perot days people like that very happy to use this device to shut parliament up so it really would be a desperate ploy and i just think it would be very difficult for any leader who w

now on bbc news, the week in parliament. hello and welcome to the week in parliament, where donald trump takes centre stage on his state visit to the uk, and theresa may stands down as leader of her party and prepares to exit number ten. on this programme we'll be asking, what did this prime minister get done in parliament? many of these small bills, i mean, it's easy to write them off because actually a lot of them are very small and they are not very politically salient, but a lot of them are worthy. with theresa may due to leave office next month all eyes are now on who will take over but the speaker has a warning to candidates who might consider suspending parliament to get a no—deal brexit through. parliament will not be evacuated from the centre stage of the decision—making process on this important matter, that's simply not going to happen. also on this programme: a debate to mark d—day. calls for more action to stop obesity. and what prompted hundreds to write to the first woman mp to take her seat? she had app

this is the news live from berlin and violence on the steps of georgia's parliament dozens injured as protesters tried to storm that building to stop a visiting russian lawmaker from speaking we'll be live in tbilisi also coming up. sources in washington say the u.s. was hours away from launching a military strike on iran before calling off wasn't response to tehran shooting down an american spy drone aircraft. and new protests in hong kong against the proposed extradition laws thousands are back on the streets after a deadline for protesters to withdraw that legislation is ignored activists say it is a power grab by mainland china that would destroy hong kong democratic institutions speed up you saw on the ground at the protests. and in football the u.s. cruising past leading into the world cup's last 161 of the highlights. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for joining us dozens of people have been injured in the join. in capital tbilisi after a night of clashes protesters tried to storm the parliament building when they heard a russian lawmaker was addressing that assembly georgia has

many happy returns from all of us at bbc parliament. gary connor there. happy returns from all of us at bbc parliament. gary connorthere. now, every day in the house of commons ends with an adjournment debate, when a backbencher has the chance to raise an issue and get a reply from the minister. wednesday's topic was cornish wrestling, an ancient sport first recorded in 1139, when it was said to be fought by giants. championing the cause was north cornwall mp scott mann. we caught up with him to find out more, but first, here is a taster of the sport, as reported by the bbc‘s tonight programme in 1955. —— 1965. well, a rather nasty bash on the floor that you just saw and heard is technically known as an on the heave, one of the six main throws, or hitches, as they are called, in cornish wrestling. cornish wrestling is the oldest sport in the united kingdom. we refer to it as rattling in cornwall, which is the cornish phrase for wrestling. generally competed with men. we have women and junior sections. the objective is to grab hold

parliament leda and he was addressing parliament in a situation where. georgians say. parts of our country us still occupied from washington. this is unacceptable and. parliament's away because this russian lawmakers to to have that seated mean obviously never is in power in parliament did not hear or see this type of reaction. and this quote is so far i'm clear i'll follow that as one question that has been deemed a sponsible for allowing this it is that they have the gov of the leading government party says they would have to investigate and see what led to this situation. one close enough is been also and that it will go sponsible because this one says this is not enough this is unacceptable it's it's it's the fault of the lead they had the potty and the 1000000000 know about hind the party and that is just another sign of meddling in our own up fast so they've made a symbolic case out of this ok journalist bring us up to date on what is going on in tbilisi georgia tonight. they're trying to storm the parliament building in the capital of georgia ever thank you welc

now on bbc news, wednesday in parliament. hello there and welcome to wednesday in parliament. coming up, the government sees off a cross party attempt to block a no—deal brexit by taking control of pa rliament‘s timetable on the 25th june. the ayes to the right, 298. the noes to the left, 309. so the noes have it. the noes have it. as conservative leadership candidates continue to launch their campaigns, opposition mps reckon it's no choice at all. the tory leadership race is a total horror show. and, a minister promises to investigate why some women say they're turning to what's been dubbed " survival sex" to help pay the bills. i am hugely concerned to hear of individuals who feel they no choice but to turn to sex work in order to get by. but first: the government has won a vote in the commons seeing off an attempt by opposition mps to seize control of parliamentary business onjune the 25th. they wanted to bag the day so that it could be used to foil future attempts to leave the eu without a deal. well the debate came as more of the conservative leadership candidates off

time out for thursday in parliament. hello there and welcome to thursday in parliament, where mps warn tory leadership contenders against ending this session of parliament to force through a no—deal brexit. it must surely be on a venezuelan scale of outrage if we were to prorogue parliament simply so as to force through a no—deal brexit. nearly two years on from the grenfell tower fire mps question if the government's doing enough to stop another tragedy. grenfell was a tragedy. it was scandalous, it was avoidable. it was symptomatic of a wider problem with the uk government's attitude to social housing and to the people and communities who live there. also on this programme — calls for international action on climate change. and, is itjust too hard for women to get a seat in the house of lords? to add to the unfairness, eldest daughters are even specifically forbidden to change sex for the purposes of succession. but first, theresa may joined other world leaders to give her thanks to those who fought and died on d

now, parliament must make sure that it happens. the government's been urged to tackle a silent crime wave that's sweeping across the uk — fraudsters cheating people out of money on the phone or online. mps said that scams caused financial and psychological damage to the victim and they had many examples. a couple who had no conventional pension and were convinced by a combination of telephone and online scamming working together, a hacking of their computer, though not of their online banking operation, into transferring nearly £200,000, which has utterly destroyed their retirement. the business minister has said she won't be gung ho about changing fire regulations for furniture. mps on the environmental audit committee are concerned about the use of flame retardants in sofas and mattresses. some scientists argue that once a fire is fully developed the chemicals can actually make smoke more toxic. it does look like your department is a prisoner of corporate lobbying. well, i would say not because in the time that i have been her

a negative brexit against the will of parliament. prorogue parliament simply to force through a no—deal brexit against the will of parliament. even winston churchill during the midst of war when the british expeditionary forces were in danger of complete collapse in france and trying to get people out of dunkirk, when he was made prime minister in may 1940, addressed the house of commons three days later, even in salisbury knew how to come to parliament next day, so surely to god, the new leader of the house should be able to say to us today, yes, a new prime minister will address the house of commons within a week of being appointed. he will know these matters and others are decisions the future prime minister will take in due course and it's not for me to speculate as to what those decisions may be. we all know because i have said it several times and the honourable gentleman believes that, is that parliament will not be evacuated from the centre stage that the decision—making process on this important matter. that's simply not going to happen, it's so blindingly obvious that it alm

so we must respect parliament. how long might it be before you, if you were prime minister, will deliver brexit? well, it isn't. that is the sad truth of it. it isn't in my hands, boris's hands, michael's hands, they are pretending they are the president of the united states with executive authority to instruct people to do things. parliament is sovereign. you have to lead, negotiate, you have to listen and explain. two things will have changed, one is that the european elections will have shown people, and all of the opinion polls, how impatient people are, how much we have to move on, how ridiculous it is that we are still stuck in the european union, how we have a deal that would take is out of all of the political institutions, would allow fantastic opportunities for british trade into europe. let'sjust get it done. in the end it is about convincing people. i gather you are talking to michael gove and his people. what about? we are talking about combining forces. because it's clear that boris is going into the

a reminder of an equally busy week in parliament. hello, and welcome to the week in parliament, where borisjohnson and jeremy hunt emerge as the contenders for the conservative leadership. and the snp launch a ferocious attack on mrjohnson‘s record. not only is the member racist, he is stoking division in communities, and has a record of dishonesty! also on this programme... order — questions to the prime minister! as he celebrates ten years in the chair, we weigh up john bercow‘s decade as speaker. in a great many respects, john bercow is very different to his predecessors, certainly over the past two centuries. and is it time to re—label veggie burgers and sausages, because their names are misleading? so instead of saying "mock bacon", you'd be saying a wheat gluten shaped smoky paprika—flavoured lump that's sliced thinly? but first: the final phase of the fight to be our next prime minister is under way. conservative mps have put forward borisjohnson and jeremy hunt as the candidates to face party members. they'll now ta

hello, and welcome to the week in parliament, where borisjohnson and jeremy hunt emerge as the contenders for the conservative leadership. and the snp launch a ferocious attack on mrjohnson‘s record. not only is the member racist, he is stoking division in communities, and has a record of dishonesty! also on this programme... order — questions to the prime minister! as he celebrates ten years in the chair, we weigh up john bercow‘s decade as speaker. in a great many respects, john bercow is very different to his predecessors, certainly over the past two centuries. and is it time to re—label veggie burgers and sausages, because their names are misleading? so instead of saying "mock bacon", you'd be saying a wheat gluten shaped smoky paprika—flavoured lump that's sliced thinly? but first: the final phase of the fight to be our next prime minister is under way. conservative mps have put forward borisjohnson and jeremy hunt as the candidates to face party members. they'll now take part in a series of hustings — with the winner announced in mid—july. borisjohnson: 160. that boris

now on bbc news, thursday in parliament. hello there and welcome to thursday in parliament, where as the conservative leadership candidates start to be whittled down, mps want to know that parliament won't be suspended to push through a no—deal brexit. and who can believe that taking back control would be suspending our democracy. but one peer reckons there's nothing to fearfrom no—deal. planes will fly, wings of the exported and these free ——visa—free travel will continue. and concerns about the situation in hong kong as well as condemnation of the latest violence in sudan. i think we have all been clear internationally of the completely unacceptable behaviour of the rapid support forces and the absolutely terrible atrocities. but first, three candidates for the conservative leadership have been knocked out of the contest. at the start of the day, there were ten names on the ballot paper given to mps and a two—hour voting period for them to make their choice. and atjust after 1pm, it was announced that borisjohn

will not support that and if parliament is support that and if parliament is support that and if parliament is support that then what you would have on june the support that then what you would have onjune the 25th is potentially a proposal that would allow the parliament to take control of the order paper, and then what has to happen then is something that legislates for something. you can‘t just legislate against something because the legal default, the law says we are leaving the eu at the end of october so you would have to legislate for something. parliament could legislate to revoke article 50. but in all of the votes we have seenin 50. but in all of the votes we have seen in the last few months. what about a prime minister having to bring a deal back to parliament. about a prime minister having to bring a deal back to parliamentm could be but then you would have to define what is no deal. it is not beyond the realms of possibility. define what is no deal. it is not beyond the realms of possibilitym is beyond the realms of possibility. what make it is not. it is because in legislati

but talking about corroding parliament. —— trying to stop parliament from sitting. that is a problem. what we do not know are the dynamics of the eu itself, and it has a new parliament, it will need a new jean—claude juncker, the populace are now 25%, 30% of the parliament and they will want to see any commission too, and we know that they have a new budget to negotiate, there is a stand—off between brussels and roma. we do not know if they are in the mood to say, like michel barnier, that is it, or we have enough fish to fry, let's just do this. -- rome. but they are not particularly warm science from the continent about boris johnson. particularly warm science from the continent about borisjohnson. le monde in france had an editorial which said borisjohnson as pm? no thanks. that is the kind of feel that we are getting from them. do they have a vote? certainly not. all right... we have just they have a vote? certainly not. all right... we havejust had a they have a vote? certainly not. all right... we have just had a tweet from the sun newspaper. rory stewa rt

while you enjoy the trust of parliament parliament has the power to remove and replace you with a large majority as long as the constitutional court also ratify is parliament's decision. but it may only do so if you have committed an agreed just silly unconstitutional act in parliament's opinion so do you think that you have committed such an act and do you think that parliament has indeed become such a process of replacing you is that what we saw in the censure motion brought to the floor of the parliament. yeah i want to assure you that i don't want to make use of this interview to talk about the parliament. and. about its responsibilities. but it is very clear according to the constitution that when the parliament can dismiss of the president and it's very clear when the president is doing a very grave. constitutional violation. which also should be verified later from the constitutional court so i have to let you know that there is no article. in the constitution of the republic awful benno that has been violated from the president of the republic and they want to assure you that. t

why parliament has not wanted to approve any deal. what would be the implications of doing something like that? what does that say for something like the good friday agreement for instance? we have international agreements that we have to have solutions for if we are to leave the european union and hammering it through without parliament supporting it seems odd. yes. lots of people have had their 2p worth including matt hancock, who was also standing for leadership, i should say. "suspending parliament to pursue a course against the people's wishes is not a path for a prime minister in the 21st century. those quote so many people have been giving so much for the rights of democratic freedom. we are only one day on from d—day celebrations and that whole generation, who fought and lost so much to bring us the world that we live in now, what would people make of this? well, i don't think friends in parliament have necessarily covered themselves in glory in the last three years, i think it's fair to say. anyone following it is politics

now on bbc news — the week in parliament. hello there and welcome to the week in parliament, where boris johnson and jeremy hunt emerge as the conservative leadership contenders. not only is the member racist he is stocking division and has a record of dishonesty. order, questions to the prime minister. we take a look atjohn bercow‘s decade as commons speaker. ina great in a great many respects, john bercow is different to his predecessor, certainly of the past two centuries. and is it time to relabel veggie burgers and sausages because their names are misleading? so instead of saying "mock bacon", you'd be saying a wheat gluten shaped smoky paprika—flavoured lump that's sliced thinly? but first: the final phase of the fight to be our next prime minister is under way. conservative mps have put forward borisjohnson and jeremy hunt as the candidates to face party members. they'll now take part in a series of hustings — with the winner announced in mid—july. borisjohnson: 160. that borisjohnson topped the poll amongst mp

. rival in parliament. we send you our hearty congratulations on your brilliant victory. we hope that god will spare you for many years to come, to advocate the cause of the poor in the house of commons. "the world has been slow to recognise the public acknowledgement of the power of woman's brain." i think people felt they had someone there who was fighting for them and that comes across in the letters. i think my favourite is probably from a lady called ada carter. "although i am not in your division, it is possible i may be by the time i reach voting age. "i am now 28. "when i should most certainly cast my vote for you. she says i am not yet of voting age because in 1919, women could not vote until they were 30. so it really hits home, but it is also filled with hope as well. "the display is at cliveden until december. yours most gratefully, mary t brown." "yours sincerely, ada carter." "we remain yours faithfully, mr and mrs daniel evans." some of the "letters to nancy". finally, in these divided times,

onjune order paper controlled by parliament on june 25 because order paper controlled by parliament onjune 25 because that would change that dynamic. yes of course we've heard that from some of the leadership candidates for the prime minister role saying they would do just what you decide, i'll run down the clock until the october 31 there is no mandate on that and there is certainly no mandate given by such small aleatoric as a small aleatoric as 100,000 conservative party members, but if christ is parliament, and you are right to point out to me, i have got to see the majority tomorrow and then again onjune the majority tomorrow and then again on june the 25th, the majority tomorrow and then again onjune the 25th, to take control of that process. last question, we are still very unclear where your leader stands on the whole brexit issue, aren't we? we still have a policy of constructive ambiguity, are you are are you not promising another referendum. i think we had made it clear and corbin has made it clear that one in irrespective of what parliament does buffer, labour would thin

the guardian meeting with laboured defeat in parliament and their bed to ta ke defeat in parliament and their bed to take no deal off the table. independent says new promises same problem telling the readers why they need to march again for a final say on brexit. and something different in the mall, i pay review for postmasters that may stop the closure of post offices in britain. so, let's dive then, being a busy day of course, to tory leadership hopefuls launching a campaign today, the front runner is david boris johnson and the daily telegraph leading on an as many papers are. he's been under for some time then acting like a submarine inside suddenly he surfaced today, and as we all expected, love —— big box office politician, for general public, he's the man they all know and want to hear what he has to say became out and it's like a champ in the final, fireworks going off in the final, fireworks going off in the background and all sorts of glitter and whatever following around, picking out the speech today and said we need somebody would got and said we need somebody would got

and you all this tells us something about the 1st west german parliament. we got some of the original seats and created this display also the podium and lectern from which are no and others address the assembly element. we have some speeches about nuclear weapons which was a major issue back then and. i look at some of the torm and also lighthearted and even rowdy ones which show how parliamentarians sometimes let rip. important moments from east german history are also on display such as the uprising of $953.00 and the building of the berlin wall. in the west soaring prosperity went along with burgeoning protest movements and alternative lifestyles. the v.w. camper van came to be an icon of the hippie era. a state where all of its stood for change individual is i'm breaking with society one's parents and. and parents. and for the search for peace and freedom by. the fall of the berlin wall and german reunification are key moments in post-war germany history. matters time passes the common attacks of vision has to be updated. this object tells a number of s

this parliament building behind me. this parliament building wasn't even here 20 years ago. this wasjust building wasn't even here 20 years ago. this was just a wasteland at that point. the parliament sat in a temporary building initially full stop but as we've seen, the celebration and events have been taking place in the building here today. we heard from the queen there and all the other leaders of the parties in scotland. they were also able to address msps, so a significant day for the people who work here at the scottish parliament today. we also heard from nicola sturgeon, who is the first minister of scotland, and she said she has been an msp since 1999, the whole time of the scottish parliament, and she was in her early 20s at that point, and today, what she did say, there have been times when a sense of challenge outweighed that sense of challenge outweighed that sense of optimism. she has previously said that there was a steep learning curve when they first moved into this building, because it was all very new. she also talked about the 200 acts of parliament that

became the provisional capital of west germany and the seat of its parliament. its 1st freely elected members sat on these chairs. and you all know this tells us something about the 1st west german parliament. we got some of the original seats and created this display also the podium and lectern from which are no and others address the assembly element. we have some speeches about nuclear weapons which was a major issue back then and. i look at some and also lighthearted and even rowdy ones which show how parliamentarians sometimes let rip. important moments for. east german history are also on display such as the uprising of $953.00 and the building of the bell and warm. in the west soaring prosperity went along with burgeoning protest movements and alternative lifestyles. the v.w. camper van came to be an icon of the hippie era. it stood for change individual is i'm breaking with society one's parents and grandparents. and for the search for peace and freedom by. the fall of the berlin wall and german reunification are key moments in post-war germany history.

and you all this tells us something about the 1st west german parliament. we got some of the original seats and created this display also the podium and lectern from which are no and others address the assembly element. we have some speeches about nuclear weapons which was a major issue back then and. i look at some and also lighthearted and even rowdy ones which show how parliamentarians sometimes let it rip. important moments from east german history are also on display such as the uprising of $953.00 and the building of the berlin wall. in the west soaring prosperity went along with burgeoning protest movements and alternative lifestyles. the v.w. camper van came to be an icon of the hippie era. it stood for change individual is i'm breaking with society one's parents and grandparents. and for the search for peace and freedom by. the fall of the berlin wall and german reunification are key moments in postwar germany history. but as time passes the common attacks a vision has to be updated. here this object tells a number of stories. it started out as a f

i don't want an english parliament, and i don't wa nt an english parliament, and i don't want all the bureaucracy that that would involve, but i do think there isa would involve, but i do think there is a democratic deficit when it comes to local government. i think we should be devolving more powers to local government. i think i would be more relaxed about local government making their own decisions about the taxes that they levy, because i want people to see what is difficult to see now, which is the difference between prudent, responsible conservative local councils and irresponsible, anti—business labour councils, and i would like people to see that. applause i don't know how many people are familiar with the loan charge which is proving to be very controversial at the moment. hmrc are going after independent contractors for back taxes of up to £200,000. there have been six suicides as a result of this. what is your opinion on retrospective taxation, and will you agree with the more than 100 mps who have called on you or borisjohnson, who becomes leader, to have an independent

parliament would have another vote, surely with a speaker biased towards remain in the parliament, that is two—thirds filled with remainer 's, probably they would take further steps of different sorts to stop this. as much as it decides anything, it is tricky for one day but we've seen that in fact the closer you get to the deadline, the more people are willing to take i guess extraordinary constitutional measures. at the moment, lots of people are just about willing to give the conservative party in the new leadership the benefit of the doubt that they might be able to do something sensible. the vote was lost by 11 votes. eight labour party members voted with the government on this. another 13 labour members seem to have a stained. it means labour's attempt to take no deal off the table was bought it —— thwarted by labour party mps and there is no internal discipline in the labour party as there isn't in the conservative party. if it came to this, the choice between no deal or an election, i think mps in the end would start to change their minds because i don't think they really

boycotting the parliament or be calling off elections that is absolute. even though they will try to get. this current albanian government seems to be quite scandal prone any scandals that you actually say that with us we are responsible. well let's speak about the 2017 elections i heard at home and there even if you know the boy says no to reaching the. various i hear you. i heard a comment about 2017 your actions say that. if you you know dear old to do ration and they reported the 2017 elections had the. best elections in albania has organized in 2017 the opposition again went on. the. way that they were not going to partake in the lections the prime minister and the majority had made an agreement with mr basher the leader of the opposition the 6 implored the ministries including the ministry of interior the ministry of health ministry of education the minister of justice. as well as the head of the century election committee as well as the majority that was done in good faith. they may fashion and excuse me for excuse me for interrupting you because w

because of the symbolism and the speaker was sitting in the seat of the parliament speaker and parliament and since the russian jordan want 2008 jordan's consider an occupying force that occupies 20 percent of its country and keeps. trying to keep georgia at bay and so for many georgians. and giovanni dos was having the part of the russian duma member who is a member of the company party on top of that sitting in the parliament chair is sort of the completion of cautious occupation of georgia and. they see it as. threat to their on that they need to defend and it's and possibly even. possible means as we saw yesterday ok so this sheds a light on the simmering tensions between moscow and tbilisi how is moscow responding to all this. well the do must become who calls this incident to go off like that house has said that this is premeditated and prepared to crew attempt in trying to assault in tunnels. in georgia but it's all for more info when the russians are within the nations come one has called this. owning russia against its citizens especially in light that there are so many a nationa

and they entered the parliament building and obviously making it very unsafe for. the russian delegation of course there are 20 delegates there were 20 visitations there that brains so we can only imagine how they've told me they really understand what was going on another thing georgian protesters or georgian opposition members were angry at is the fact that he spoke russian in the georgian parliament so of course russia and georgia have no diplomatic relations since the year 2008. through. through its geneva platform and at the moments. there is no there are no diplomatic relations. because so far russia recognize the independence or fall and the south a said here back in 2008 something that said russia looked at as the reality a reflection of reality at this point and so of course probably all those reasons have sporks. what we're seeing on our screens right now of course the. i cannot judge of the reaction there in georgia at the moment but. the reaction certainly is stirred up very fast now if there is something behind vats somebody is something else leading t

mps while sitting in the chair of the georgian parliament speaker. it was controversial because many georgians consider russia as an enemy state. 11 years ago, the two countries fought a war over south 0ssetia, a georgian breakaway territory which is now under moscow's military control. following the incident with the russian mp, thousands turned out to protest on friday, but it soon turned violent, after demonstrators attempted to storm the parliament building. police used tear gas and rubber bullets in response. 240 people, including 80 policemen and over 30 journalists, were injured. on friday, georgia's governing party announced the resignation of pa rliament‘s speaker. but that didn't stop protesters from gathering again. "no to russia." this phrase has been repeated over and over again by protesters speaking into megaphones outside the georgian parliament. the visit by a russian mp which sparked this protest, it seems, was a catalyst for much deeper frustrations that georgians have with their current administration. the very administration wh

and you all know this tells us something about the 1st west german parliament. we got some of the original seats and created this display also the podium and lectern from which are no and others address the assembly element. we have some speeches about nuclear weapons which was a major issue back then and. i look at some and also lighthearted and even reality ones which show how parliamentarians sometimes let rip. important moments from east german history are also on display such as the uprising of $953.00 and the building of the berlin wall. in the west soaring prosperity went along with burgeoning protest movements and alternative lifestyles. the v.w. camper van came to be an icon of the hippie era. a state where all of its stood for change individual is i'm breaking with society one's parents and. grandparents. and for the search for peace and freedom by. the fall of the berlin wall and german reunification are key moments in postwar germany history. but as time passes the common attack submission has to be updated. is a subject here this subject tells a num

the parliament sat in a temporary building initially. as we've seen, the celebration and events have been taking place in the building here today. we heard from the queen there and all the other leaders of the parties in scotland. they were also able to address msps, so a significant day for the people who work here at the scottish parliament today. we also heard from nicola sturgeon, who is the first minister of scotland, and she said she has been an msp since 1999, the whole time of the scottish parliament, and she was in her early 20s at that point, and today, what she did say, there have been times when a sense of challenge outweighed that sense of optimism. she has previously said that there was a steep learning curve when they first moved into this building, because it was all very new. she also talked about the 200 acts of parliament that have been passed, specifically land reform, where communities have been able to buy their own land. and then she started looking to the future, to the next 20 years and beyond, and the buzzword s

it would be mps voting in parliament is not the queen. the palace could send for the mp, whoever it was, because they were signalling they had support across parties to form a national unity. i know people think it is a bit far—fetched at the moment and i get that but we have to be putting these ideas forward, radical ideas, because we have to stop this mess. what do yvette cooper and hilary benn make of your idea? i haven't spoken to them. but we need to get it out there early on. we are not going to see the colour of boris johnson's jeremy hunt's plan until september so we need to move on this. i am a lib dem and i also a leaver. is that quite a lonely life? it is a sad life! if we had another referendum and had an norway style deal at the end of it. would the liberal democrats deliver that because if we ended up in government after general election and had a second referendum and people voted to leave, seeing as the political declaration is quite broad at the moment what would we do then? i think a people's vote needs to have a speci

parading parliament i think is the official term. and forcing through an issue i mean how unprecedented is that hasn't happened before. was in circumstances of this kind it's completely unprecedented in what more one might call the democratic era it's a kind of device that absolute monarchs people like charles the 1st who did without parliament for 11 whole years having perot days people like that very happy to use this device to shut parliament up so it really would be a desperate ploy and i just think it would be very difficult for any leader who went ahead with this policy be only be very difficult for that person ever to recover any credibility as a champion of democracy it is that serious and stephen given that as you say that the main prerequisite for any british prime minister is the ability to command parliament and we don't seem to to be terribly confident with regard to any of the 6 candidates. is europe will be europe the european negotiators in particular be persuaded to come back to the negotiating table because many of

changes the way he talks about parliament. he also talks about inviting u.s. presidents to speak to parliament after disregarding president trump in 2016. president trump is scheduled to be in london tomorrow.

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boycotting parliament or be calling off elections that is absolute. fact again. this current albanian government seems to be quite scandal prone any scandal is that you actually say that with us we are responsible. well let's speak about the 2017 elections i heard at home and there even if you know the voices knowlton reaching the. there is i hear you. when i heard your comment about 2017 your actions say that. if you you know dear old to do ration and they report the 2017 elections has being declared the best elections in albania has organized in 2017 the opposition again went on. the. way that they were not going to partake in elections the prime minister and the majority had made an agreement with mr bash other leader of the opposition the 6 implored the ministries including the ministry of interior the ministry of health the ministry of education the minister of justice. as well as the head of the century election committee as well as the majority that was done in good faith. they may session and excuse me for excuse me for interrupting you because we're watc

sylvie the thing and also way things stand the talks going to be easy to put it mildly the european parliament or at least 2 of its political groups are committed to the principle of selecting one of their candidates so i think it's going to take a while at the end of the troubles so it looks like another long night in brussels but this time leaders have to come up with names that they can present to the new european parliament when it convenes this week. and it will be a long night too for a correspondent you're gratis who is at the european council in brussels i know the negotiations are closed door but are you hearing anything. well what we've heard so far is that the high hopes at the beginning of the night that the so-called sushi deal that came back with leaders from japan particularly from the german chancellor angela merkel and the french president the idea of the sushi deal being that from still a month the social democrats from the netherlands could become the at the top job at the head of the european commission where response rate veba the conservative could become the head of the

while you enjoy the trust of parliament parliament has the power to remove and replace you with a large majority as long as the constitutional court also ratify is parliament's decision but it may only do so if you have committed and agreed just silly unconstitutional act in parliaments opinion so do you think that you have committed such an act and do you think that parliament has indeed become such a process of replacing you is that what we saw in the censure motion brought to the floor of the parliament. yeah i want to assure you that i don't want to make use of this interview to talk about the parliament. and about its responsibilities. but it is very clear according to bill bennett of course the constitution that when the parliament can dismiss of the president and it's very clear when the president is doing a very grave. constitutional violation. which also should be verified later from the constitutional court so i have to let you know that. in the article. in the constitution of the republic awful by now that has been violated from the president of the republic and i want to ass

in parliament and so that we can get to work straight away that means we still have a few days left on target science. so georg i mean we heard it there can there be a compromise. of course or a compromise could be a candidate someone like michelle bungay you know who is not been running an official campaign who is a frenchman so that would be good for me for my car the french president who's a conservative which would be good for center right german chancellor angela merkel but of course the problem is he's not the lead candidate and that is a problem for the european parliament which at the end of the day will have to vote will have to confirm a candidate that that is been chosen by a summit here in brussels and so it's a real. is the number of bargaining chips on the table because another 4 top jobs the head of the european council head of the european parliament the foreign political chief of the european union something like a foreign minister and the head of reed the european central bank are also to be appointed and those jobs could then be allocated so we have to wait for th

government protesters stormed the parliament building in the georgian capital tbilisi. it's 11 o'clock here in moscow and you're watching all the international live from our studio with me. welcome to the program. the u.s. president reacted angrily to iran's shooting of an american drone over the strait of hormuz on thursday saying to wrong has made a major miscalculation. well i made a big mistake. this drone was in international waters clearly we have it all documented it's documented scientifically not just words and it made a very bad mistake. you'll find out and. you'll find out you'll find. obviously obviously you know we're not going to be talking too much about it you're going to find out they made a very big mistake. we've heard trump indicating that not only did iran make a mistake but also hinting that this could have been some kind of human error we have him saying i would imagine it was a general or somebody that made a mistake in shooting that drone down now at this point we've got iranian officials saying that they intend to take this to the united nation

the parliament in russian, rather. dozens of police and protesters have been injured in the violence. chaos is police and protesters clash outside parliament was not the boom of france being hired i police. tensions flared after this man, the russian politician occupied the speaker ‘s seat as he gave an address to mps from orthodox christian countries. i'm here to protest russian involvement in the politics of my country. i'm here because i've been alive a 25 years andi because i've been alive a 25 years and i haven't lived in a fully independent country yet. this is the expression of the peaceful expression of the peaceful expression of the protesters to show to the government that it will not tolerate this, will not tolerate of georgia. they fought and lost a brief war in russia in 2008, memories of russian tanks rolling in and asked in georgian troops from the regions still fresh in their minds ii the regions still fresh in their minds 11 years on. this project is clashed outside, politicians clashed inside. the p

will convene and presumably also elect its president so the president of the european parliament is important why because he's part of the whole package we're not only talking about the european commission president here tonight but a total of 5 jobs i'm not going to name them all because it might take a little long but the president of the european parliament is one of them and if the parliament elects that president without all of the other posts of that package being in place this will cause a lot of trouble going down the world that's what the leaders want to avoid at all costs they want to have their plan in place before this 1st domino the president of the european parliament falls busy into place and die it's why it's likely that if they don't find a solution tonight there will be another summit and people here are talking about a 1st of july the 1st of july and the german chancellor. coming into the summit here told us how difficult she thought it would be to find a solution already today here in brussels even though it's often the move on a list host and we'll be having an