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May's Final Speech to Parliament Explained - TLDR News
Yesterday Theresa May got to address Parliament for one last time, answering MPs questions during Prime Ministers Questions. In this video, we discuss May's last words to the House including reflecting on her time in office and her...
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May's Deal Fails in House for a Third Time - Brexit Explained
PYesterday (29th March) Theresa May tried to get a portion of her deal through the House of Commons for the third time. Unfortunately for her, the same thing happened as every other time - the house rejected it. We discuss what may was...
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Corbyn’s No Confidence Plan to Stop No Deal - Brexit Explained
Yesterday Jeremy Corbyn officially announced his plan to table a motion of no confidence. This is his attempt to stop Boris Johnson allowing a no deal brexit. The plan is if he can get MPs to vote to take down Johnson a temporary...
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Brexit Negotiations: What The Hell is Happening? - Brexit Explained.
In the last few weeks, there's been a lot of drama surrounding Brexit, but it's not been clear that any real progress has been made in negotiations. So in this video we cut through the drama, the rhetoric and theatrics to look at what's...
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The Brexit Plans of the Candidates for Prime Minister
During the first round of the leadership race, there were 10 people looking to replace Theresa May as Prime Minister. In this video, we discuss their plans for Brexit and what else they say they'd do if they won the race.
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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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Johnson’s New Coronavirus Plan Explained We Need to go Further - TLDR News
On Monday Johnson held a press conference to update the country on his latest coronavirus plans. The new strategy is far more extensive and includes many in the UK being put in lockdown, for up to 12 weeks. In this video, we explain...
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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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Theresa May’s Brexit power struggle
With a dangerous Brexit deadline looming, our cartoonist KAL contemplates the British Prime Minister's next move. Is this one power struggle Theresa May is destined to lose?
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THREE Reasons Why The Conservative Poll Lead Has Collapsed - TLDR News
Having led for weeks and often by a considerable margin, recent polling has put Labour ahead of the Conservatives for the first time in Starmer's Tenure. But what is driving the collapse of Johnson's support? In this video, we look at...
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Is Brexit in Danger? With Cummings Gone Will Johnson Give in to the EU's Pressure? - TLDR News
Last week we saw the departure of Dominic Cummings the Prime Minister's Chief Advisor. Following the departure of the former Vote Leave Director, some have speculated that Johnson's Brexit strategy might be changing. Without Cummings'...
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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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Who Will Replace May as Prime Minister?
Yesterday Theresa May announced that she was stepping down as leader of the Conservative Party, and therefore stepping down as Prime Minister. That means there's an opening for another conservative to take her place and become Britain's...
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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...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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 Forgotten Axis Puppet: Vichy France | Animated History
To say The Second World War was a difficult time for France would be an understatement bordering on absurdity. The War was a time of privation and subjugation, as well as political division. With the fall of France, the nation was...
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Why Johnson Won't Accept the EU's Brexit Deal: The Level Playing Field & Ratchet Clauses - TLDR News
This week Johnson has really insisted that the EU's proposed Brexit deal isn't acceptable, remarking that "I don’t believe that those are terms that any prime minister of this country should accept.” So in this video, we examine the EU's...
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Will the UK Hold a General Election to Settle Brexit? - Brexit Explained
On Thursday night, Boris Johnson announced that he intended to hold a vote on a general election. He wants to start an election race so the parliamentary maths can be shaken up a little. He's hoping his party can get a majority and he...
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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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MPs Take Back Control of Brexit Process - Brexit Explained
Last night the government put forward a neutral government motion, an empty shell of a motion, and allowed MPs to amend it as they wished. MPs tabled 7 different amendments and ultimately voted one through. We explain all of the...
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Corbyn Reacts to May’s Brexit Plan B
Earlier this week Theresa May presented her back up plan for Brexit to the House of Commons. We discussed her new plan in another video, but we wanted to share how the leader of the opposition reacted.
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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...