Mark D'Arcy @DArcyTiP Twitter profile

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Mark D'Arcy

@DArcyTiP

6 years

I think the @CommonsCMS hearing with Chris Wylie is, by a distance, the most astounding thing I've seen in Parliament

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5 years

Wow - Sir Christopher Chope refusing to rule out voting for a Commons motion of no confidence - accuses the PP of betrayal. Adds the PM would not survive a Confidence vote among Tory MPs, if held today.

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2 years

Jacob Rees Mogg getting a very rough ride from his own side over #fracking - and retaliating with some force. Could this be a sign of things to come under the new govt?

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@DArcyTiP

1 year

Recording my final edition of the Friday Today in Parliament - after 20 years. I’m still reporting for another week, but then it’s goodbye to the fantastic TiP team.

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3 months

I think these debates are a shouty waste of time, as soul destroying as PMQs; I’d much rather see the contenders interviewed individually and in depth - we might then learn something. Heaven knows what the promised 7-party debate will be like. #ITVDebate

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5 years

Lib Dem amendment blocking PM’s Withdrawal Agreement Bill - over lack of referendum

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2 years

Wow! Commons suspended for an hour because @CommonsLeader isn’t present to announce next week’s agenda. Speaker Hoyle unamused.

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@DArcyTiP

5 years

Hearing 32 applications for urgent questions in Commons today. And counting. Everything from Thos Cook to Yemen. PM statement expected too....

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@DArcyTiP

5 years

Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!

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5 years

Ooh! A-G says election motion will be coming before Commons shortly

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@DArcyTiP

5 years

Six month suspension for Keith Vaz recommended by Commons Standards Committee

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@DArcyTiP

4 years

I think this may be the best cartoon I’ve ever seen

Tim Montgomerie 🇬🇧

@montie

4 years

This is the cartoon for our age By @dsipress

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4 years

Mr Speaker Hoyle in fiesta form today - shutting down a long reply attacking Labour on Brexit delays, from Michael Gove. Telling him he’s “better than that.” Channelling his inner Bercow?

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@DArcyTiP

2 months

A bit disappointing that @EdwardJDavey didn’t stay on brand by abseiling or skydiving into his polling station today

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@DArcyTiP

5 years

Scoffing my last Jaffa cake before going on air with @RuthFox01 for the next exciting episode of #Brexit votes on @BBCParliament

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5 years

I’m assuming the next parliamentary portent will be a plague of locusts

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5 years

Classic #BercowBingo “briefly to animadvert on an amendment is orderly, to dilate upon it is not.” This may be an all time career peak

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5 years

The first draft of my blog on what’s happening in Parliament next week

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@DArcyTiP

6 years

Nerd klaxon! A carefully worded letter from @CommonsProcCom telling Speaker Bercow he got it wrong, when he allowed the Grieve amendment last week - they seek reassurance, er, “forthwith.” The chair, Charles Walker is normally a close Bercow ally.

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@DArcyTiP

4 months

@AdamBienkov The Greens have an actual ground game and, er, actual elected councillors…. What’s interesting about that?

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@DArcyTiP

4 years

Phew - blistering rebuke to @MattHancock from Speaker Hoyle, warning he’ll grant an urgent question every day, to stop key announcements like the restrictions on gatherings being made outside the Commons.

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@DArcyTiP

5 years

Ken Clark’s last PMQs too - he will have questioned Heath, Wilson and Callaghan, plus Blair and Brown and May.... he signs off with a razor sharp question to @BorisJohnson

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Mark D'Arcy

@DArcyTiP

6 years

Biggest Govt defeat yet on EU (Withdrawal) Bill 128-vote majority backs amdt curtailing Henry VIII powers for ministers

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7 years

Horrible day - but so proud of our police, people, parliament

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7 years

@MSmithsonPB Can anyone recommend a reputable astrologer?

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@DArcyTiP

4 years

Er, fiesty form

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@DArcyTiP

4 years

Six select committee chairs and 12 ex ministers rebelled in tonight’s vote on the Alton/genocide amendment. I suspect the government’s handling of the vote may embolden peers to ping back another version, rather than say the elected House has spoken

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Mark D'Arcy

@DArcyTiP

11 years

One MP and his dogs. David Amess, his pugs and the press pack at the Westminster Dog of the Year contest http://t.co/eU8l1v2Jww

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@DArcyTiP

5 years

Thanks for all the kind tweets about tonight’s @BBCParliament commentary - and apologies to anyone who tweeted a question we didn’t answer. I’ll be back with @RuthFox01 for the next big Brexit vote... possibly on Tuesday.

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5 years

Assembling the key broadcasting resources essential to live commentary on @BBCParliament

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5 years

Really enjoyed being on #UniversityChallenge with @AnnoDracula @PerditaB and Zoe Strimpel..... We Won!

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@DArcyTiP

5 years

Just picture the @UKHouseofLords theatrics tomorrow, with Lord Pannick basking in the adulation of remainer peers, and Lord Keen - QC for the Government - stoically impassive on the Front Bench.

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@DArcyTiP

5 years

Rebel Amendment to Commons Business Motion for Saturday- It ensures that more than one amendment can be taken... so plans unfolding......

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@DArcyTiP

2 years

Having taken extensive soundings from colleagues I believe it would be disrespectful of me not to present tonight’s Today in Parliament. I believe I can revive @BBCRadio4 parliamentary coverage #DroolingForDarcy

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@DArcyTiP

4 years

The Speaker seemed to be getting angrier and angrier as MPs complained. He wants @MattHancock to apologise - presumably in the Chamber.

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@DArcyTiP

5 years

Is this the way the world ends......not with a bang, but a Business of the House Motion?

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@DArcyTiP

5 years

@CommonsLeader confirms #MV3 debate on Friday - promises the motion will comply with Speaker’s ruling. MPs sit from 9.30am-2.30pm. And no Easter recess dates as MPs are warned the public expect them to work “flat out” on #Brexit

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@DArcyTiP

5 years

Ahead of the 2nd Reading of the EU (Withdrawal) (no6) Bill we’re preparing for a long night of commentary as the @BBCParliament avengers assemble

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@DArcyTiP

5 years

Here we go! Live on @BBCParliament

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@DArcyTiP

6 years

Hmm Commons rumour mill suggests Govt loyalists seeking to bag Commons Chamber seats around @BorisJohnson likely perch for resignation statement, so he’s surrounded by shaking heads and disapproving expressions in TV shot....

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@DArcyTiP

5 years

Here we are in the @BBCParliament Commentary Box

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@DArcyTiP

5 years

None of the amendments to the WAB have been selected for debate by Mr Speaker Hoyle.

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Mark D'Arcy

@DArcyTiP

6 years

Labour straight in there with an amendment against the PM’s Brexit deal, for the Meaningful Vote debate

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@DArcyTiP

5 years

Many thanks for all the kind tweets! If the Speaker election goes ahead on Monday, I’ll be back with @RuthFox01 on @BBCParliament

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@DArcyTiP

5 years

@RuthFox01and moi, ready to commentate on @BBCParliament as MPs face Meaningful Vote 2

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@DArcyTiP

1 year

Phew! I don’t think I’ve ever seen @CommonsSpeaker so furious with a minister. @KemiBadenoch getting a very severe ticking off for failing to announce a major rewrite of the Retained EU Law Bill to MPs

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@DArcyTiP

5 years

I’m slightly alarmed at some of the readers’ comments in @guardian ‘s piece in @BBCParliament - @RuthFox01

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@DArcyTiP

5 years

And once again the @BBCParliament avengers assemble. @RuthFox01 joins Daniel Britain and me for #prorogation2

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Mark D'Arcy

@DArcyTiP

7 years

Actual cheers in the Commons as @sarahwollaston gets her stalking bill through 2nd Reading - two bills backed by ministers today...this Govt engaging much more positively with Private Members Bills from MPs.

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Mark D'Arcy

@DArcyTiP

5 years

I’m hearing the election for Speaker will go ahead on Monday - largely because it is seen as impractical to wait until after the election, because it would then take too long to get a Speaker in place, when Parliament May have to move rather quickly

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@DArcyTiP

5 years

When the country comes to its senses and sweeps me to power, I will bring in stiff penalties for people who “gently remind”

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Mark D'Arcy

@DArcyTiP

2 years

Government wins vote in @UKHouseofLords shock - an attempt to keep PR voting for city Mayors and Police & Crime Commissioners was defeated 160 votes to 153. So the move to first past the posts voting remains in the Elections Bill

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@DArcyTiP

5 years

Anyone researching any public policy issue should see @commonslibrary as the first port of call for reliable research

Commons Library

@commonslibrary

5 years

The brand new Commons Library Podcast is now on iTunes. Listen to our experts tackle key issues in under 20 minutes Episode 1: Universal Credit Episode 2: Utility Prices Episode 3: Public Finances Leave a comment and tell us what you think!

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Mark D'Arcy

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3 years

Blink and you’d have missed it, but the Commons did pass a bill today, Sir Paul Beresford’s bill to disqualify local C’llrs who’re put on the sex offenders register was given a formal second reading at 1430 without objection. It now goes to a public bill committee.

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@DArcyTiP

2 years

Well that was a lively start #PMQs

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@DArcyTiP

7 years

This doesn’t stop Govt revisiting the issue at Report Stage & seeking to over-write the Grieve amdt with their own wording.....

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@DArcyTiP

8 years

A very nice moment as MPs applaud a holocaust survivor Kitty Hart Moxon who's in public gallery for #PMQs

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@DArcyTiP

2 months

Generous words from @Heidi_Labour as she defeats @RobertBuckland in Swindon South - a classy tribute to an opponent, which is reciprocated

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Mark D'Arcy

@DArcyTiP

6 years

Eyes down for another set of big Brexit votes in the Commons - I’m live on @BBCParliament with @RuthFox01 from 7

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@DArcyTiP

6 years

I’m coming to terms with being described as “the BBC’s brilliant constitution anorak” by @paulwaugh this morning.

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Mark D'Arcy

@DArcyTiP

5 years

@RuthFox01 and moi, ready to go on air on @BBCParliament when the Commons votes on theEarly Election Bill, shortly

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Mark D'Arcy

@DArcyTiP

5 years

Always! A-G says this Parliament is a dead Parliament with no moral right to sit on the green benches.... blocking election... a disgrace....too cowardly to face electorate.... Quite a riff

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Mark D'Arcy

@DArcyTiP

2 years

Hypothetically…. What happens if there’s large scale Tory defiance of 3-line whip on Fracking vote this afternoon. V dangerous for govt to withdraw the whip from a large number of MPs… suppose they refuse to return without making conditions?

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Mark D'Arcy

@DArcyTiP

6 years

Commons Standards Cttee orders @BorisJohnson to apologise for failing to declare £52,722.80 in income

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@DArcyTiP

5 years

Thanks for all the kind tweets @RuthFox01 and I will be back on @BBCParliament for the next big Brexit votes - possibly on Friday

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Mark D'Arcy

@DArcyTiP

3 years

I am so very sad tonight.

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Mark D'Arcy

@DArcyTiP

2 years

Now confirmed - @CommonsLeader was with the King swearing in new Privy Councillors. I’m told there was some talk if postponing her weekly business statement until mid afternoon - but delivering it as near to usual time was preferred option

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@DArcyTiP

5 years

Blair landslide veteran Stephen Pound offers a new twist on the traditional praise for parliamentary staff in his farewell speech: “the Library - wonderful people - I must visit it one day...”

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Mark D'Arcy

@DArcyTiP

4 years

Sir Christopher Chope is such a fixture of private members Bill Fridays in the Commons that the Speaker has provided an update to MPs on why he isn’t there, this morning; apparently he’s stuck in traffic.

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@DArcyTiP

5 years

Assembling the vital reporting kit for another @BBCParliament commentary session on #Prorogation - we think the action will start around 7.45pm

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@DArcyTiP

5 years

Tergevisation #BercowBingo

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@DArcyTiP

7 years

A little bit of history in Westminster Hall Commons debate on deafness & hearing loss has signing - first time ever

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Mark D'Arcy

@DArcyTiP

2 years

My profile of a Westminster oracle

Whitehall’s whispering mandarin | Mark D’Arcy | The Critic Magazine

A tribute to Sir Roy Stone, whose secretive role at the heart of Westminster made government possible…

thecritic.co.uk

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@DArcyTiP

4 years

The unusual sight of a peer, Lord Robathan, asking a question to @trussliz in a Lords Committee, from a moving vehicle (he wasn’t driving btw)

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@DArcyTiP

3 years

Sad news given to @UKHouseofLords by @MeacherMolly - she reads out a message of support for her Assisted Dying Bill from @frankfieldteam who, she says, is dying. He said he had changed his mind on the issue.

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@DArcyTiP

6 years

Chief Whip deep in conversation with DD on front bench. @RobertBuckland concession offer suggests he's done the numbers & expects gov defeat

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@DArcyTiP

6 years

Making a point in the House of Commons

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@DArcyTiP

11 years

Wow! Parliament has taken war powers. No PM can now launch military action without MPs consent. V big constitutional moment.

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Mark D'Arcy

@DArcyTiP

5 years

I will also be joined by @BBCParliament Master of the Revels, Daniel Brittan, for expert analysis of the ceremonial

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@DArcyTiP

5 years

Thanks Ian, have a nice evening

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@DArcyTiP

7 months

A direct hit b Private Eye

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@DArcyTiP

3 years

@Tobias_Ellwood regrets there is no vote at the end of this debate - because he believes that it would not have the support of the house. Wow.

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Mark D'Arcy

@DArcyTiP

4 years

I don’t think the Govt can be comfortable with the vibe in @HouseofCommons as MPs debate the Rule of Six regs - some v hostile Tory voices.

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Mark D'Arcy

@DArcyTiP

2 months

Amazing! Geological ages have passed without Horsham electing a non-Conservative MP - now the Lib Dem’s have won here. I’m picking myself up after falling off my sofa…..

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Mark D'Arcy

@DArcyTiP

5 years

Hmmmm..... @CommonsLeader very cagey about exactly what MPs will be invited to vote on tomorrow. @PeterBoneUK says it is rather unusual not to have a motion.. @RhonddaBryant says there is “Shenaniganating” under way.

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@DArcyTiP

5 years

@HansardSociety @BBCParliament @RuthFox01 The difficult first sequel: “Prorogation 2: this time, it’s legal.”

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Mark D'Arcy

@DArcyTiP

6 years

And isn’t this an interesting form of words.....

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Mark D'Arcy

@DArcyTiP

8 months

Simples! @UKHouseofLords is not forbidden from blocking or rewriting the Rwanda Bill by either the Parliament Act or the Salisbury Convention. As this majestic thread by @aliceolilly explains. The only constraints on peers are political - around how far a majority of them dare go

Dr Alice Lilly

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Ok, I’m going to do this one last time before I lose my mind. 1. The Salisbury Convention is a convention that sets out that the Lords should not block legislation implementing something that was in the government’s manifesto. This is distinct from…

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5 years

Fasten your seatbelts.... My preview of next week in Parliament

A week of many moving parts?

Here's the agenda for the next week - we think...

www.bbc.co.uk

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@DArcyTiP

3 years

Speaker Hoyle fires a warning shot: if ministers keep making important announcements outside Parliament, he will keep granting urgent questions to force them to come to the House. That was why he granted @JimfromOldham urgent question on international travel.

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@DArcyTiP

5 years

Eyes down for the next set of Commons #Brexit votes. I’ll be live on @BBCParliament with @RuthFox01 from 5pm - as the voting gets under way. As they used to say on Stingray, “anything can happen in the next half hour.”

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@DArcyTiP

2 months

Labour’s internal wrangles have cost them three seats tonight, and counting….

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@DArcyTiP

4 years

Thwack! Mr Speaker rebukes Govt for unacceptable failures in answering MPs written questions - and warns the culprit departments that they could face urgent questions if they fail to improve. He adds if Govt wants Parliament back to normal it has to play its part.

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@DArcyTiP

4 years

A festive look to the Commons annunciation as the twin bells toll for a double division - votes in Commons and Lords

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@DArcyTiP

8 months

@ChrisGiles_ @drjennings Anyone remember the sky high mortgage interest of the early ‘90s?

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@DArcyTiP

2 years

Apparently she’s attending the swearing-in of new privy councillors, in her role as Lord President

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Mark D'Arcy

@DArcyTiP

6 years

@K9Finn @finnforchange @OliverHealdUK @BimAfolami @BBCRadio4 Finn is also the author of the first woof to be broadcast in 74 years of Today in Parliament, btw

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@DArcyTiP

6 years

They put Erskine May online, they publish an MPs’ guide to (Commons) Procedure, and then the Speaker makes whole chunks of it obsolete a a stroke......

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@DArcyTiP

5 years

Brexitcast has a klaxon; should we have some kind of warning sound effect?

BBC Parliament

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5 years

From 7pm on BBC Parliament: votes on the Withdrawal Agreement Bill, with commentary from @DarcyTiP and @RuthFox01

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5 years

That’s all from @RuthFox01 and myself. Thanks for joining us on @BBCParliament - and apologies for any unanswered tweets. We expect to be back on Monday for the election of a new Speaker.

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