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What The Yellowhammer Report Tells Us About No Deal - Brexit Explained
Wednesday night the government officially published the Yellowhammer report. This previously leaked document explores the impact of a no deal exit on the UK, and outlines how such an outcome could affect people around the UK. In this...
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MPs Vote to Block Prorogation (Forced No Deal) - Brexit Explained
Yesterday MPs voted (by a pretty large margin) to make prorogation harder. This means it will be harder for the new Prime Minister to force a No Deal Brexit through the House of Commons. A large number of MPs still seem determined that...
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May's New Brexit Deal Explained - Brexit Explained
On Tuesday, after a very long cabinet meeting, May announced some changes to her Brexit deal. These 10 changes are designed to make the deal more acceptable to both sides of the aisle, and she's hoping it will be enough to get the deal...
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Did the DUP Just Kill the Johnson Deal? - Brexit Explained.
For the last couple of days, the UK and EU have been working together to try and reach a new deal. Yesterday everything was starting to look up, but Johnson still needs to persuade one group, the Democratic Unionist Party. In this video,...
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How a hung parliament in the UK works
As millions of voters head to the polls in the UK general elections, the country could be heading toward a hung parliament.
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British Overseas Territories: Why Does the UK Have Fourteen Territories & How They Work - TLDR News
Scattered across the globe you'll find British Overseas Territories. More than just partners but not actually part of the United Kingdom, these territories have a very interesting relationship with their motherland. So in this video we...
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Supreme Court's Prorogation Ruling Explained (Podcast) - Brexit Explained
FAIR WARNING: The majority of this video is Zac and Ben from Team TLDR discussing the supreme court's ruling in a podcast style. We know some people aren't into these videos, and that's completely fair enough. However, given current...
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MP's Make No Deal Harder by Backing Grieve's Amendment - Brexit Explained
A number of MPs (likely a majority) continue to oppose No Deal Brexit, with Dominic Grieve leading the charge on Tuesday night. His amendments were designed to make prorogation more difficult, therefore making it harder for the next...
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India’s ‘vanity project’ proceeds despite COVID crisis
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 1.8 billion dollar overhaul of New Delhi's historic parliament district was controversial even before the COVID-19 pandemic struck.
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The Future of Australian Gender Politics
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. What do Australia's current and past female politicians hope the...
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The EU Approve the 31 January Brexit Flextension - Brexit Explained
This morning Donald Tusk, President of the EU Commission, confirmed that the EU had approved the UK's extension. The new extension means that the UK will leave the EU on the 31st of January, with two breaks at the beginning of December...
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What Happens if MPs Reject May's Brexit Deal? - Brexit Explained
It looks unlikely that May's proposed Brexit deal will actually make it through the House of Commons. So we discuss what would be the consequence of the deal failing to pass? From a second referendum or general election to the UK not...
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Proroguing Parliament to Force No Deal? - Brexit Explained
Some of the candidates for PM discussed the possibility of proroguing parliament to get a no deal Brexit. As parliament won't accept a no deal Brexit, proroguing it is essentially suspending parliament so they don't have the ability to...
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Johnson Announces Proroguation to Force No Deal - Brexit Explained
Yesterday Johnson announced that he planned to prorogue parliament for around a month during September and October. The government claim this is business as usual but many believe it’s a plan to stop anti-no-deal MPs from blocking no deal.
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Boris Johnson’s 32 Year Journey to Prime Minister - TLDR News.
Today the queen will invite Boris Johnson to form a new government and become Prime Minister. Many onlookers have long been speculating that this was always Johnson's ultimate aim, that he always wanted the top job. In this video, we...
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Bercow Resigns as Speaker: Who Will Replace Him? - TLDR Explains.
On Monday night John Bercow, Speaker of the House of Commons, announced his intention to resign from his position. In this video, we share that moment and speculate who could be replacing him in the chair.
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Does Boris Johnson Really Want No Deal? - Brexit Explained.
Boris Johnson has spent a lot of time talking about no deal, and actually seems happy with the prospect of a no deal. So in this video, we talk about Johnson's plans and if he really likes the idea of a no deal or if it's a trick. Is he...
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Brexit Negotiations: Parliament Loses Control - Explaining Brexit.
When Johnson brought the Withdrawal Agreement Bill back to the House of Commons in December it had been changed in a number of ways. One of the changes meant that MPs no longer had any say in the future negotiations between the UK and...
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History for Kids: Stage 3 - Visiting the Federal Government
Explore the exciting world of the Australian Parliament. How does the Australian government work? What are the three levels of Australia’s democracy, and why did we decide to organise the government like this? Watch now to find out!...
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The Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher with Charles Moore: The Falkland war
Was Charles Moore struck by how little historians accept that people can change? Would we have had the Margaret Thatcher we know today without the Falkland war? The Iron Lady: Margaret Thatcher with Charles Moore, Part 2
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Bercow’s Plot to Derail Brexit? - Brexit Explained.
In recent years Conservatives and Brexiteers have become more and more frustrated with Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow. They often see him as too much of a remainer influence in the Commons. In this video, we discuss...
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Lindsay Hoyle is Elected as the New Speaker - TLDR Explains
With John Bercow stepping down as speaker, Parliament needed to select a new Speaker to lead the House of Commons. Yesterday MPs voted to select Lindsay Hoyle as the new Speaker, so in this video we discuss the process of electing Hoyle...
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What The Hell is Happening in Brexit? - Brexit Explained
In this video, we discuss all that we've missed this week. We cover the Supreme Court's ruling, Johnson's return to the parliament and discussion about the language used by parliamentarians.