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If you’ve ever worked in Iowa politics, you might have done this - Roll Call

“I learned that from watching Chuck,” says Rep. Zach Nunn, who once served as a staffer for longtime Republican Sen. Grassley.

Roll Call · Oct 29, 2025

Who is the Father of the House? Sir Peter Bottomley, elected in 1975, to stand once more in 2024

The record of the oldest MP in the UK belongs to Samuel Young, who died in 1918 aged 96 and 63 days while still in office

Evening Standard · May 23, 2024

The Ego has Landed: George Galloway basks in his swearing in as MP

Only he can save the UK in its hour of need, and he’ll start by taking out Angela Rayner at the general election

The Guardian - UK · Mar 4, 2024

King’s ‘unsurpassed’ affection for British Asians hailed at celebration

The event at Buckingham Palace honoured Ugandan Asians who fled to the UK 50 years ago.

The Independent UK · Nov 2, 2022

MPs and peers retake parliamentary oaths to swear allegiance to King Charles III

First MP to take new oath was Lindsay Hoyle, followed by Harriet Harman and Peter Bottomley, then Liz Truss

The Guardian - UK · Sep 10, 2022

'Thugs left my husband with horrific brain injuries - I want young yobs locked up'

Alan Wilson was beaten to within an inch of his life by a group of three brothers wielding logs, after he tried to stick up for another boy who was being bullied in Worthing, Sussex

Daily Mirror · Aug 14, 2022

Tory MPs call for Channel 4 ‘destructive’ privatisation plans to be dropped

Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries told MPs the Government intends to use the proceeds of the sale to ‘benefit the entire country’.

The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2022

Nadine Dorries and Kirstie Allsopp clash over Channel 4 privatisation

The Culture Secretary said it was time for the broadcaster to ‘fly the nest towards a very exciting future’

Evening Standard · Apr 11, 2022

Lord Attenborough ‘turning in his grave’ over Channel 4 plan

The son of Oscar winner and former Channel 4 chair Richard Attenborough says he would be turning “in his grave” at the plan to privatise the broadcaster.

Evening Standard · Apr 10, 2022

Petition to stop privatisation of Channel 4 tops 350,000 signatures

Government wants to privatise the channel which has been publicly owned since 1982

Wales Online · Apr 8, 2022