parliament

     

This series is part of the Politics series

Trivia about parliament

  • M.P. is short for member of this British body
  • January 20, 1265:This political body meets for the first time
  • The Declaration does not mention this supreme legislative body of Great Britain by name
  • England's Charles I dismissed it in 1629, ruled without it for 11 years, then called a short one
  • Mid-19th c. Swedish King Carl XV saw power go from the monarch to the Riksdag, this
  • Althing, the name of Iceland's parliament, means this
  • Elected every 5 years, it has 736 members from 7 parties
  • Like the legislature of Great Britain, a group of owls is called this
  • "In the name of god, go!" declared Cromwell in dismissing the so-called "rump" version of this in 1653
  • It's the British equivalent of our Congress

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