This is from my ecosocialist comrade Ian Angus….incidentally the indigenous in Peru have kicked some serious arse over the last week to defend their commons from enclosure by the corporations….ecosocialism to me is about extending, defending and deepening the commons….from Socialist Voice Ian takes up the story of how commons is the solution and how

Asked if the Prime Minster retained full confidence in the Speaker, the PMS said that the Speaker was appointed by the Commons, not the Government and that the Prime Minister supported the will of the Commons and therefore he supports the person who has been elected as the Speaker of the Commons. The PMS repeated that the Speaker is not appointed by the Prime Minister, but by the House of Commons ...

I am left wondering if someone is farting too much having read this written question,Mr. Burstow: To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what the House of Commons Commission's most recent assessment is of the efficiency of the ventilation systems in each building in the House of Commons part of the parliamentary estate.Too many subsidised baked beans?

A Commons select committee is going to launch its own inquiry into the arrest of the Tory MP Damian Green, it said today. Keith Vaz, the chairman of the home affairs committee, announced the move a day after the Commons voted to postpone a separate inquiry until after the police investigation into the Green case is over. Harriet Harman, the leader of the Commons, warned that the committee would ha...

The UK Youth Parliament is set to use the House of Commons Chamber over the summer recess, despite opposition from some MPs. Quite how they can object to it, I don’t know. The Commons Chamber sits unused for so much of the time - whenever MPs are on any of their extremely long holidays - and

The Youth Parliament will take over the Commons chamber for a second year running to debate tuition fees

Telegraph View: the Commons is seen as a selfserving elite that bears no relation to the population as a whole

Members of parliament may have to temporarily leave the House of Commons as building is refurbished

The Mail is getting worked up that people attending a black tie dinner at the House of Commons may later, having left those hallowed halls, enjoy some form of sexual activity. The newspaper is upset that Conservative MP Andrew Rosindell has sponsored the black tie event in the Commons, after which attendees will go onto

Sean Curran reports on MPs' decision to allow Tweeting inside the House of Commons chamber