10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MOTHER OF PARLIAMENTS»
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Mother of Parliaments in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Mother of Parliaments and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The
Mother of Parliaments
The ancient congeries of huddled buildings,to whichadditions had beenmadein
various stylesby so many kings, and which wentby thename of the Palaceof
Westminster, had long ceased to providea suitable homefor the Mother of
Parliaments ...
2
Breaking Through the Glass Ceilings
Don't Copy the Mother of Parliaments! Factory, office building, hotel or restaurant,
airport, railway station, hospital, school, college, town hall or the House of
Commons - are women and men employees equally at ease working there?
Lesley Abdela, Tim Symonds, 1991
3
The Oxford Dictionary
of Quotations
... Kngland is the mother of Parliaments. speech at Birmingham, 18 January i86s,
in Tin1 Times 19 (anuary i8f>? 14 The right hon Gentleman . . . has retired into
what may be called his political Cave of Adullam — and he has called about him
...
Elizabeth M. Knowles, 1999
4
Mother of Parliaments: A Profound Study
of a Cherished ...
A Profound Study of a Cherished Institution Charles Richard Benstead. The
People's Charter This was a very large petition indeed. It was, in fact, so large
that it would not go through the doors of the House without being unrolled, and
when it ...
Charles Richard Benstead, 1948
5
In Search
of England: Journeys Into the English Past
The painting was part of a historical cycle commissioned in the 1920s on topical
themes (in this case, Alfred as the founder of the British Navy). It is not the only
celebration of Alfred on the walls of the Mother of Parliaments. In the Lords there
is ...
6
The Essence and the Margin: National Identities and ...
The alternative represented by the 'Mother of Parliaments', the British House of
Commons, with benches facing each another in an arrangement reminiscent of
the Roman Senate in the Capitoline curia, has remained an isolated if
authoritative ...
Laura Rorato, Anna Saunders, 2009
A selection of over 100 posts from one of Britain's top political blogs. S. J. Howard has been writing political commentary on the internet for the last four years.
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Back from Westminster: British Members
of Parliament and ...
It was the nineteenth-century politician John Bright who described England as "
the mother of parliaments." By virtue of its seniority in the family of parliaments,
the British Parliament is both well known and often taken as an exemplar of a ...
9
The Business
of May Next: James Madison and the Founding
For the legislature they had plenty of positive models: the "mother of parliaments"
in that British government that many of them still, despite independence, held to
be the best in the world; the colonial legislatures, in which they had begun a kind
...
If Westminster is the mother of parliaments throughout the world, then it was the
towns that produced the personnel of the first and subsequent parliaments and
gave its members the skills and the will to shape politics in the interests of the ...
Norman John Greville Pounds, 2005
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MOTHER OF PARLIAMENTS»
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Mother of Parliaments is used in the context of the following news items.
A makeover for the mother of Parliaments
LONDON • London Bridge is not falling down, but the Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace are. In recent weeks, each building has ... «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
Scapegoating Cornwallis: Who are we to judge history?
Outside the British House of Commons — the “Mother of Parliaments” — stands a magnificent equestrian statue of William the Conqueror. «TheChronicleHerald.ca, Jul 15»
Why Stormont could do with an independent voice like Mhairi Black
... years, arriving at the mother of parliaments with little political experience and even less information about How Things Roll in Westminster. «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»
A makeover for mother of parliaments
The Westminster Palace, housing the British Parliament, and the Buckingham Palace, queen's residence, are heading for renovation. «Deccan Herald, Jul 15»
If Karen Danczuk and Sally Bercow are independent, why do they …
It is no small achievement for a man who left school at 16 with no qualifications to have entered the mother of Parliaments: and the former ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
Will: EU always a terrible idea
One from which Margaret Thatcher, a daughter of the "Mother of Parliaments," quickly recoiled. In 1988, she said: "We have not successfully ... «The Columbian, Jul 15»
Will: Greek crisis reminds that the EU was a terrible idea
One from which Margaret Thatcher, a daughter of the “Mother of Parliaments,” quickly recoiled. In 1988, she said: “We have not successfully ... «LubbockOnline.com, Jul 15»
George F. Will / A tantrum masquerading as governance
One from which Margaret Thatcher, a daughter of the "Mother of Parliaments," quickly recoiled. In 1988, she said: "We have not successfully ... «Press of Atlantic City, Jul 15»
George F. Will: When a leader's tantrum masquerades as governance
One from which Margaret Thatcher, a daughter of the "Mother of Parliaments," quickly recoiled. In 1988, she said: "We have not successfully ... «Post-Bulletin, Jul 15»
Will: A tantrum masquerading as governance
One from which Margaret Thatcher, a daughter of the "Mother of Parliaments," quickly recoiled. In 1988, she said: "We have not successfully ... «Salt Lake Tribune, Jul 15»
