Parliament Matters
Join two of the UK's leading parliamentary experts, Mark D'Arcy and Ruth Fox, as they guide you through the often mysterious ways our politicians do business and explore the running controversies about the way Parliament works. Each week they will analyse how laws are made and ministers held accountable by the people we send to Westminster. They will be debating the topical issues of the day, looking back at key historical events and discussing the latest research on democracy and Parliament. Wh...
Episodes (402)
Supermajority vs. micro-opposition: Parliament after the general election?
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Will the parties reform Westminster?
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Democratic decision-making in health emergencies: Learning the lessons of the Co...
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General election called: What now for Parliament?
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Democracy is in danger, warns Theresa May
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Is the Conservative Party falling apart?
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Post Office Horizon scandal: what is Parliament doing about it?
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Is AI set to destroy trust in elections? Tackling misinformation in politics & P...
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Rwanda Bill becomes law: but what was really going on behind the scenes in Parli...
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Tobacco and Vapes Bill: free vote blows smoke in Rishi Sunak's eyes
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William Wragg's honeytrap crisis and is Speaker Hoyle under threat?
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Defending free speech from SLAPPs
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Another Rwanda roadblock
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Unheard: the parliamentary snubbing of Diane Abbott
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The Budget: is the democratic deficit as bad as the financial deficit?
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The Foreign Affairs Committee: commentator or influencer?
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The Commons Speaker survives (for now), Liz Truss takes on the ‘Deep State’, plu...
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The decline and fall of the political interview
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Commons chaos: Can the Speaker survive a monumental misjudgement?
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Urgent Questions: PMQs, whipping, Sinn Fein MPs, access to security passes, hosp...
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Gaffes and grace at PMQs
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A potty-mouthed Parliament?
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What if they gave a coup and nobody came? The Tory leadership soap opera continu...
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War powers, Rwanda ‘mayhem’ and Ian Dunt on the state of Westminster
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The inside story: Parliament and the Post Office Horizon scandal
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Election alert and the year ahead in Parliament: Why are so many election rules...
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Parliament Matters Explains: How does Parliament make laws?
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Michael Crick & Tomorrow’s MPs: The latest news on parliamentary candidate selec...
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Parliament Matters Explains: What do MPs actually do?
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Is Parliament a decaying organism? Lord Lisvane on our crumbling constitution
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‘These guys like to be written about’: The art of parliamentary sketchwriting, w...
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High drama or damp squib?… And what’s happening with pairing?
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Westenders: The battle for the heart and soul of the Conservative Party
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Special feature: The genesis of PARLY, with Tony Grew
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Legislative bodging: No way to run a chip shop!
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Parliament’s ‘Wastefinder General’ on the ‘Big Nasties’
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Total reshuffle, emergency legislation and Parliament’s ‘Golden Ticket’
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Urgent Questions #1
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All change on the Committee corridor and regulating the conduct and standards of...
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The King’s Speech, State Opening and the 1922 Committee
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