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  • Rees Mogg
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    Rees-Mogg told to 'sit up man!' Jump to media player Jacob Rees-Mogg was accused of contemptuous behaviour for reclining across the seats in the Commons.
    • 03 Sep
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  • Keyframe #1
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    MPs vote to take control of Commons Jump to media player The government is defeated after MPs voted to debate a bill to block no-deal Brexit.
    • 03 Sep
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  • Nicholas Soames
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    Churchill's grandson to have whip removed Jump to media player Conservative MP Sir Nicholas Soames says being deselected is the "fortunes of war".
    • 03 Sep
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  • Boris Johnson
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    Johnson: Parliament on 'brink of wrecking deal' Jump to media player Boris Johnson announces that he will table a motion for an early election after losing a key vote.
    • 03 Sep
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  • Jeremy Corbyn
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    Corbyn: 'Get the bill through first' Jump to media player Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says if PM has the confidence in his Brexit policy, he should put it before the people in a public vote
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  • Speaker John Bercow
    Video duration 0:59
    'I will facilitate the House of Commons, do or die' Jump to media player The speaker defends his decision to allow the emergency debate to have an amendable motion.
    • 03 Sep
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  • Sir Oliver Letwin
    Video duration 0:37
    'He will throw himself into the abyss' Jump to media player In the Brexit Commons showdown, Sir Oliver Letwin remarks on the PM's strategy.
    • 03 Sep
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  • Philip Lee defects to Lib Dems
    Video duration 0:27
    The moment Tory MP defects to Lib Dems Jump to media player Phillip Lee crosses the floor to join the Lib Dems as PM Boris Johnson addresses the Commons.
    • 03 Sep
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  • Brexit round up
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    Brexit: What happened on Monday? Jump to media player Jonathan Blake gives his daily roundup of the key Brexit events in British politics.
    • 02 Sep
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  • Voter in Wakefield
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    Brexit: Putney and Yorkshire voters express frustration Jump to media player MPs to vote on whether to stop a no-deal Brexit and voters have expressed their views on a possible general election.
    • 03 Sep
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Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees-Mogg was accused of being contemptuous for reclining across the seats in the chamber.

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