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Indian-origin priest named UK speaker’s chaplain
Hillas is the second woman from a minority background in the role, after the incumbent, Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin, speaker John Bercow said. Hillas was in the forefront in providing support to victims of the Grenfell Tower tragedy in 2017.
Updated on Oct 31, 2019 10:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times, London | Prasun Sonwalkar
Britain speaker yelled ‘order order’ over 14,000 times during his 10-year tenure
Animated, verbose and with an idiosyncratic style, the 56-year-old Bercow has yelled “Order! Order!” more than 14,000 times during his tenure as the 157th speaker.
Updated on Oct 31, 2019 07:25 PM IST
London | Agence France-Presse
Speaker rebuffs Boris plan to vote on Brexit plan again
Prime Minister Boris Johnson suffered another setback when the House of Commons speaker refused permission to allow another vote on the Brexit agreement he reached with Brussels on Thursday last, on the ground that it would be repetitive.
Updated on Oct 21, 2019 10:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times, London | Prasun Sonwalkar
Indian-origin MP in race to be next speaker of House of Commons
Vara, who has been an MP since 2005 and held various ministerial roles under the prime ministership of David Cameron and Theresa May, resigned as minister for Northern Ireland in November 2018 to oppose the EU withdrawal agreement reached by May.
Updated on Oct 09, 2019 06:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times, London | Prasun Sonwalkar
Boris Johnson says he’ll ‘get on’ after court objects to parliament suspension
Johnson will return to the U.K. after delivering his speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York City, scheduled for 8 p.m. local time, they said.
Updated on Sep 24, 2019 06:36 PM IST
Bloomberg | Alex Morales, Kitty Donaldson, Robert Hutton