#Commons

Anand Giridharadas

The Postal Service, in addition to being the ultimate essential workforce, is a metaphor for the commons we have created.We fail to value so much of our commons not because

There's an amazing wealth and variety of graffiti left by pilgrims just at the entrance to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Let's take a quick look . . .Photo

It's now been over 7 months since an MP asked a question in parliament about UK political prisoner, J.Assange. Remind me again what MPs are for?https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/

Sailesh Patnaik

Have you come across the word Juggernaut before? That word has come from Hindu deity Lord Jagannath, maybe reached to Europe in early 13th by Odoric of Pordenone from the

My junior/senior undergrad students blown away yesterday to learn that not only was Garrett Hardin wrong, but he was a heinous racist. They rightly demanded to know how the tragedy

SNP MP admits she brought Covid-19 into Parliament.Margaret Ferrier felt ill; took a test; before result came back, travelled to Westminster; then result came back positive.She found out on MONDAY

I was in the Commons Monday morning before the House sat, with my mask on & a measuring tape in my hand. My goal: To determine how many MPs can

THREAD/ Today parliament holds its first 'hybrid' session, with MPs asking questions by video link.https://reut.rs/2VoXIOJ In 1943, Churchill made a speech arguing that the Commons chamber, destroyed by WW2 bombs, must

Tom Newton Dunn

New: Commons Speaker is urging MPs to stay away from Parliament as fears mount that it is again becoming a coronavirus hotbed. Has held a series of calls in the

Bloomberg Opinion

It’s getting crowded up there, and awfully dangerous. By up there, we mean space — and not the far-off areas that concern astronomers and science fiction, but the closer orbits

Jen DeHart 😷

2020 has been a rough year. this week has been one of the harder ones. so here is a silly and lighthearted thread, in part inspired by that awesome "taylor

Isaac Kardon (孔适海)

Latest installment in @ChinaMaritime series on China’s “strategic strongpoint” ports across the Indian Ocean — Gwadar case study just posted:https://digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cmsi-maritime-reports/7/ BLUF: the Gwadar project is not

On today’s “tax bombshell” stories. Borrowing costs are ultra low. But *at some point* there will need to be a fiscal repair job. The timing of that is more likely

When we talk about “The Commons” in the context of open source, and when we talk of preserving it, we’re alway thinking of the source code itself.1/n But open source

Monday is the 70th anniversary of the Commons sitting in its new chamber. The old chamber was destroyed by enemy bombing during the Blitz in 1941. From late June 1941

Chris Arnade 🐢

Ok. I will bite1) Pragmatically -- As someone who spends a lot of time with "totally disengaged people", they are generally lower income, minorities, & in theory the voters progressives