![]() ![]() Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin's grand gothic plans win unanimous approval, although concerns are raised about the huge cost of the thing.ġ843 (28 Sep): Construction work begins on the Clock Tower.ġ852: The great clock at the heart of the tower is constructed by John Dent, to a design by Edmund Beckett Denison.ġ856 (Oct): The name "Big Ben" appears in print for the first time. ![]() Though utterly disastrous, the conflagration tees things up for the much more impressive Houses of Parliament we know today.ġ836 (29 Feb): After a fierce competition with 97 entrants, the winning scheme for the rebuilding works is announced on the leap day. Only Westminster Hall, the Jewel Tower and a few other fragments survive. Rishi Sunak was also not in the chamber for the debate and did not cast a vote.Īnd the seven Conservative MPs who voted against the report were: Bill Cash, Nick Fletcher, Adam Holloway, Karl McCartney, Joy Morrissey, Desmond Swayne, Heather Wheeler.* See our previous article for discussion about the various names and levels of pedantry.Īlso in this series: BT Tower, Buckingham Palace, London Zoo, Millennium Dome/O2, Westminster Abbeyġ834 (16 Oct): The old Houses of Parliament burn to the ground in a devastating fire. Simon Hart, the Conservative chief whip, was also among those to back the sanctions against Mr Johnson.Īmong those Conservative MPs who abstained were Nadine Dorries, Michelle Donelan, Oliver Dowden, Steve Barclay, Michael Gove and George Eustice. Of course, having dramatically quit as an MP less than two weeks ago, Mr Johnson could not participate in the debate.Ĭabinet members who voted to endorse the report included Penny Mordaunt, the Commons leader who moved the motion Gillian Keegan, the Education Secretary and Alex Chalk, the justice secretary. In all, 118 Conservative MPs voted in favour of the report, while 225 abstained. Last night, 354 MPs voted in favour of denying Mr Johnson a former member’s pass to parliament with former prime minister Theresa May among those making an assessment of her successor in No 10. It was the first time Boris Johnson had surfaced since the commons voted overwhelmingly to endorse the privileges committee’s report that found he deliberately lied to parliament multiple times over partygate. Far better speeches here with some real democrats”, he said.īASC to commence legal challenge against Defra ![]() “ had a better offer than having to listen to some of the pious speeches in the half-empty Commons today. Staunch Johnson ally Brendan Clarke-Smith was also in attendance at the event and posted a photo to Twitter. Let’s back democracy against autocracy everywhere we find it”. The former prime minister has this morning also tweeted a photo of himself at the reception. It reads: “Fantastic energy in the room for the opening reception at the 40th conference. Speaking at the reception for the opening of the International Democrat Union conference, Mr Johnson is said to have joked there was “always another innings”. The opinions in .uk's Comment section are those of the author.Īfter 354 MPs voted to endorse the findings of the privileges committee report last night in the House of Commons, elsewhere in London Boris Johnson gave his reaction at a private gathering of centre-right parties. ![]()
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