The People’s Vote is now emerging as a serious possibility – but does it stand up to scrutiny?

CommonSpace editor Ben Wray gives his verdict following May’s defeat in the House of Commons

THE Prime Minister has lost on her most important legislation, the primary reason for her government’s existence and the issue she campaigned almost solely on in the 2017 General Election, which she called for this express purpose.

She hasn’t just lost – she has lost overwhelmingly; the biggest loss of a government in the history of the UK Parliament.

CommonSpace examines the state of Brexit play after Theresa May pulled Tuesday’s [11 December] meaningful vote.

THERESA MAY came to the House of Commons today to call off the meaningful vote – because she didn’t have the votes.

The pound fell to its lowest level in 18 months as the prime minister spoke, saying she accepted her proposal “would not pass the House”, and that she would therefore go back to EU leaders in search of “further reassurances”.

Ahead of TUC congress next week in Manchester, STUC President Lynn Henderson makes the workers´case for democratic reform at Westminster, arguing that ending first-past-the-post will lead to more progressive policy

THERE´S no denying that devolution has granted the people of Scotland greater autonomy over our own affairs.

But devolution has also shown that there are other ways of doing politics than the stale model used at Westminster.

It has given us a focal point, and the Scottish Parliament has developed its own voice and confidence.

Changes were revealed hours before England’s semi-final World Cup match, though a spokesperson said this was coincidental

A UK PARLIAMENT spokesperson has denied that the addition of the St George's Cross in a repainting of Big Ben is a snub to the other nations of the UK.

The UK has refused to sign the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which if ratified by 50 countries will make the possession of nuclear weapons illegal

ANTI-TRIDENT protestors from Scotland have chained themselves to the UK Parliament, demanding the government signs the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and disarms its Trident nuclear missiles.

Three per cent of GDP on Defence would make the UK the biggest Defence spender in Europe by far, with Greece in second at 2.4 per cent of GDP

A NEW parliamentary report published today by the House of Commons Defence Select Committee has called for a significant hike in funding at a cost of £20 billion per year, a figure described as “staggering” by the SNP’s CND convenor, Bill Ramsay.

SNP MP Ronnie Cowan, vice-chair of APPG on drug policy reform, argues that the UK’s denial of the therapeutic value of medical cannabis is no longer tenable, given the government’s approval of cannabis production by British Sugar and links to the top of the industry

OVER 30 US states now have access to some form of cannabis derived medicines. A rapidly growing number of European countries - around a dozen to date, allow various forms of medical cannabis, as does Australia, New Zealand, Israel, Uruguay, Chile, Colombia and Jamaica.