How To Use Westminster In A Sentence

  • The somnolent Hampden conference suddenly started to come alive as he laid into Labour as a waste of space in Westminster.
  • He might have caused a storm in a teacup in the corridors of the Westminster press lobby as journalists squabbled over who had the story, whether it was attributable and who had told The Sun anyway.
  • There is an increasing feeling that MPs say one thing to constituents and something else in Westminster. Times, Sunday Times
  • And Bob and uh others … I was pointing a usage of the word enjoy in a specific way … made possible by todays culture of "enjoy" that is distinctly different from the way the Westminster catechesim uses the word. Reclaiming the Mission
  • They were primarily portraitists, but Thomas is now chiefly remembered for his dramatic Boadicea monument at Westminster Bridge, London, showing the fearsome warrior queen in her chariot.
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  • Expenses figures from Westminster show he has resumed a busy schedule in the Lords.
  • A premature grab for a safe Westminster seat would be seen as naked opportunism. The Sun
  • Allthough it could be just prudent housekeeping ahead of the expected cuts and the hootsmon is spinning it as a "rammy with westminster" article, we all know Westminster are going to be scrooge and cant afford it after Browns disaster. The SNP Myth of the £500m cut and related matters
  • Back on the waterfront, the most senior man among Reservists, Major General His Grace the Duke of Westminster, paid a visit to the Royal Naval and Royal Marines Reservists at the Royal Naval HQ Merseyside in Liverpool.
  • Irish Toryism was the dominant political creed down to 1859, at least in terms of Westminster seats.
  • His own farces and burlesques have faded into obscurity, but this contributor to the ‘gaiety of nations' lies buried in Westminster abbey.
  • The tide is running with us and we make good speed down-river around the bend from Westminster and from there to the opposite shore of the river. Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer
  • The hotel's location is perfect, not only is it a short walk from some of London's major tourist attractions, such as Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, Kensington Palace, and the Londonist
  • Successive Westminster governments are responsible for the above problems. Times, Sunday Times
  • We have no restrictions on where residents or their family members can dine," said Daniel Nimon, vice president at Westminster-Canterbury on Chesapeake Bay, in nearby Virginia Beach, which is also near capacity. NYT > Home Page
  • Derby is often viewed as a dilettante leader who would rather have been racing his horses at Newmarket than taking part in debates at Westminster.
  • And it will confirm the opinion of many Tories inside and outside Westminster about his poor judgment. The Sun
  • For more than a quarter of a century National Cat Shows have been held at Crystal Palace and the Westminster Aquarium, which have given great stimulus to the breeding of fine cats, and "catteries" where high-priced cats and kittens are raised are common throughout the country. Concerning Cats My Own and Some Others
  • It therefore came to light that Mr. Jobbles had found that his clerical position was hardly compatible with a seat at a lay board, and he retired to the more congenial duties of a comfortable prebendal stall at Westminster. The Three Clerks
  • The MPs angered the party leadership in June by resigning the whip at Westminster in a row over policy.
  • He died in comparative poverty, but was buried in Westminster Abbey, where Lady Anne Clifford, countess of Dorset, paid for his handsome monument.
  • Paddlers of all ages and abilities are now getting into the last stages of training for the gruelling 125-mile marathon that is the Devizes to Westminster Canoe Race.
  • NEW YORK — A bobbing little pompom put on a peak performance at the Westminster Kennel Club. Westminster Best In Show 2012: Malachy The Pekingese Wins Dog Competition
  • Since Edward Heath took us into what we were led to believe was the European free trade area, various governments have surrendered our Westminster Parliament's monopoly of making and unmaking laws in this country.
  • After all, Alex Salmond is both a MSP and an MP and so there is no reason why Lamont should he win the Westminster seat, it's a fair assumption that the seat will be Roxburgh, Berwick and Selkirkshire due to the fact he's faught it twice, then he will be covering virtually the same constituency for both Parliaments, much like Alex Salmond, no? The Fickle Mind of a Tory
  • It would not further confuse a public who already find the machinations of Westminster almost unfathomable. Times, Sunday Times
  • He added that any surplus cash is reclaimed by Westminster and given to other organisations that are short of money.
  • The commitment to boycott Westminster would hardly cause a 'Sinn Feinner' like H.R. Jones to frown too much, and it's possible that demanding a monoglot Welsh speaking Wales would have been to his taste. Archive 2008-05-01
  • Edward the Confessor granted the land to the Abbey of Westminster, and it was disafforested in 1218. Mayfair, Belgravia, and Bayswater The Fascination of London
  • Some time back in the `fifties, Enid said - when he was a Canon of Westminster. ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
  • Two hundred and fifty years ago it was numbered tickets to Westminster Hall that were in demand: two Jacobite earls and a lord were on trial there.
  • Cathleen Cline of Los Angeles holds her vizsla, Marlo Classic That Girl, while watching competition at the 136th annual Westminster Kennel Club dog show, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, in New York. KansasCity.com: Front Page
  • Towards the end of the twelfth century, stone from Caen was used for the rebuilding of Canterbury Cathedral, and in the mid-thirteenth century freestone from Caen was used for mouldings and carvings in Westminster Abbey.
  • Given such a groundswell of popular support, it may be little wonder that powerful forces in Westminster have endorsed the project. Times, Sunday Times
  • He may be stepping down after 18 years in Westminster at the next general election, which is expected in May, but his passion for socialism remains undimmed.
  • He is unencumbered by owing favours to one master or another in London, and he will measure his success by standards set in Scotland, not Westminster.
  • He plans to publish diaries about his years in office which will spark a storm in Westminster.
  • Gervace, Abbot of Westminster, natural son of King Stephen, aliened the Manor of Chelchithe; he bestowed it upon his mother, Dameta, to be held by her in fee, paying annually to the church at Westminster the sum of £4. Chelsea The Fascination of London
  • He went because, in all of London and Westminster, the barber 's vied with the chandler's as the best place to gather news. MAN'S LOVING FAMILY
  • The dog, who's known as Vivi, won an award of merit at this week's Westminster Kennel Club show, at $150,000, disappeared today around noon. CNN Transcript Feb 15, 2006
  • The Convention drew up a list of principles to guide the Parliament, including the aim to move away from the adversarial nature of Westminster and towards a model based on power-sharing and public participation.
  • Westminster will welcome six more breeds next year, including the bluetick coonhound, best known to sports fans as the Smokey mascot at the University of Tennessee. Sadie The Scottish Terrier Wins Westminster Dog Show; Protesters Disrupt Events (PHOTOS)
  • The Government's commitment to changing the law became clear in October, when Home Office officials left a sheaf of confidential papers in a Westminster pub.
  • After his death, I trawled through all of his speeches I could locate, from his maiden speech at Westminster to the verbatim report of proceedings at Holyrood.
  • In fact the Scottish government is cribbed, cabined and confined by Westminster, so that London will indeed be responsible - and blameworthy - for many of the difficulties the Scottish government will encounter in the future.
  • The only award they both deserve is a length of hempen rope and tall tree - are there still spikes on the Palace of Westminster where traitors' heads can be displayed?
  • They discussed their plan to blow up Parliament House, and shortly afterwards leased a small house in the heart of Westminster, installing Fawkes as caretaker, under the alias of John Johnson.
  • It is being discussed on the diplomatic circuit and it will no doubt bubble up at Westminster.
  • It was the minority view that the appeal to the fifth commandment instead of to Chapter 31 of the Westminster Confession (which defines and limits the powers of synods and councils) was incorrect.
  • Well, it's not too hard to see that Alex Salmond is employing the same pasta method in his plans for 'cooking' Westminster. The I Word
  • In 1795, during a period of high food prices and severe public agitation, stones were thrown at the King's carriage as he went to Westminster to open a new session of parliament.
  • So it's not good enough for us to sit back in Westminster and simply try to shout them down.
  • That was the inference being drawn in Westminster from a job advertisement for his spokesman. Times, Sunday Times
  • Maybe the TIC ` s posters and forcewide emails have arrived in the weekly postbag from the Westminster Policing Head Office. Invasion Of The Numbersnatchers « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
  • Election fever mounted today as the official deadline passed for Westminster hopefuls who want to throw their hats in the ring.
  • The right of MPs to use a decades-old rule that entitles any member outside the inner London constituencies to claim interest on the mortgage for a home near Westminster remains untouched.
  • Some of our activists are somewhat demotivated by having to defend the record of the coalition," admitted a Lib Dem official in Westminster. Liberal Democrats try not to blink at the threat of a thrashing
  • Congratulations on winning a Westminster seat, Peter, but - if I may be so bold - choose your friends wisely before parking your btm on the green benches ;- ! Sleep-walking to disaster?
  • He said that officers forced demonstrators into such a tight "kettle" on Westminster Bridge that they were in danger of being seriously crushed or pushed into the freezing River Thames.
  • The Liberals will hope to do as well as at the general election and the Scottish Nationalists to gain from mid-term Government unpopularity at Westminster.
  • The politicking at Westminster is extremely intense.
  • British kings are crowned in Westminster Abbey.
  • The map shows the route from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey, where the couple are to marry April 29. Royal wedding procession route mapped
  • The selection process for the Conservatives and Unionists candidates for the various N. Irish Westminster constituencies is presently trundling along - Chekov echoes a few of my own doubts about the possible final outcome in this post over at Open Unionism. May the best (or loudest) Conservative and Unionist win?
  • This way the DUP and SF would have been left to fight it out, pushing their own narrow tribal agendas - and a candidate with the support of both communities campaigning on real and important issues being returned to Westminster rather than the abstentionist Pat Doherty. "THE SDLP’S CHALLENGE"
  • Now it seems issues can start in the sticks and land on Westminster's doorstep, fully formed.
  • The politicking at Westminster is extremely intense.
  • At dinner afterwards, I found myself sitting between Lionel and my fellow Aularian, Mark Field MP (Conservative, Cities of London and Westminster), while opposite was Sir Trevor McDonald, whose son is currently an undergraduate at the college. Jonathan Fryer
  • We proceed to Trafalgar Square, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, and The Houses of Parliament.
  • I blogged today about the need I feel to federalise the Labour party throughout the UK, because I feel Senedd Labour wastes too much intellectual bandwidth on having to defend the nat attacks on the Westminster party. Labour fantasies
  • Yet in the hallowed halls of Westminster mentioning revaluation is taboo. Times, Sunday Times
  • Westminster could change the position but this might be against the will of the devolved administrations, he said. Times, Sunday Times
  • None the less, as Miller reminds us, devolution does not mean absolute separation from Westminster and the creation of independent new nations.
  • The 1972 act imposed direct rule from Westminster.
  • One angry Tory MP accused the Liberal Democrat leader - who is in charge of the Government constitutional reform programme - of trying to "stoke" the vote in favour of introducing the alternative vote (AV) system for Westminster elections. Evening Standard - Home
  • Educated at Westminster and Oriel College, Oxford, he was an early casualty of the Oxford movement.
  • In 1612, her son and the now king of England, James, brought his mother's body to Westminster Abbey where she was buried in a magnificent tomb.
  • He could return a blow as fast as any bully, a word as loudly as any fishwife in Westminster. MAN'S LOVING FAMILY
  • In 1968 she made a speech in Westminster at the fiftieth anniversary celebrations of the granting of votes to women.
  • THE row at Westminster over green energy is producing enough hot air to drive a thousand windmills. The Sun
  • They resigned the party whip at Westminster last month in protest at party policy.
  • Yesterday crowds lined the Thames to see the boats make a voyage to Westminster. The Sun
  • The first public gas company in the world was set up in London in 1812, and Westminster Bridge was the first public thoroughfare to be illuminated by gaslight.
  • Massed pipes and drums from 14 regiments accompanied the gun carriage bearing the Queen Mother from Westminster Hall to the Abbey in a moving spectacle of pomp and pageantry.
  • They were fawned over at Westminster Abbey, greeted warmly at No. 10 Downing St. and, finally, lauded at the first state dinner thrown here for a U.S. president in eight years. Obamas get royal treatment in Britain
  • Zhang told the all-party parliamentary China group in Westminster todaythat Beijing's stimulus package was already showing signs of re-energising the Chinese economy.
  • In this sense, the Scottish system has turned Westminster's elective dictatorship upside down.
  • His speeches could go on for hours and caused great disruption to what were seen to be the sacrosanct ways of Westminster.
  • In this image, the photographer combined two famous London features: a London taxicab and Westminster Abbey.
  • Westminster politicians, meanwhile, seem strangely reticent. Times, Sunday Times
  • By then, after eight and more hours of conversation with the people around them, there is nothing left to say as they inch closer to the white marquee that marks the entrance to Westminster Hall.
  • The theory is that Fraser recoiled from the idea of blaming a widely revered figure, and fellow Westminster alumni, especially one who cannot now defend himself.
  • He added that any surplus cash is reclaimed by Westminster and given to other organisations that are short of money.
  • We shall also know then whether the remarkable new chamber encourages the spirit of constructive dialogue which Miralles sought, or whether it is back to yah boo in the worst traditions of Westminster.
  • While he has never served at Westminster, he has been enmeshed in politics for most of his adult life.
  • Westminster coroner's court heard he had taken an overdose in 2006 and been sectioned twice. The Sun
  • I noticed out the window an absolutely stupendous view over Westminster.
  • The bearer party lifts the coffin from the catafalque in Westminster Hall and carries it to the gun carriage outside the North Door.
  • Ye shall vnderstand, [Sidenote: What mooued the abbat of Westminster to conspire against the king.] that this abbat (as it is reported) vpon a time heard king Henrie saie, when he was but earle of Derbie, and yoonge of yeares, that princes had too little, and religious men too much. Chronicles (3 of 6): Historie of England (1 of 9) Henrie IV
  • It is always wise in Westminster to keep an eye out for reptiles and snakes of all description, many of which are poisonous. Times, Sunday Times
  • Westminster Hall's awing majesty, so vast, so high, so silent
  • At Westminster, a series of written questions has produced singularly evasive answers.
  • The City and Westminster used to groan under the weight of excess blubber. Times, Sunday Times
  • Eliot's admixture of praise and sharp criticism of Dickens's work first surfaced publicly in the essay on realism that she published in the Westminster Review in July 1856.
  • The county within which the sheriff exercises his jurisdiction is still called his bailiwick, while the term bailiff is retained as a title by the chief magistrates of various towns and the keepers of royal castles, as the high bailiff of Westminster, the bailiff of Dover Castle, &c. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy"
  • The long recess between the Trinity and Michaelmas terms empties the colleges of Oxford, as well as the courts of Westminster. Memoirs of My Life and Writings
  • Last night somewhere between Fulham Broadway and Westminster I was musing upon the fact that there was a point when I didn't even go on trains, let alone take three-change journeys.
  • Her viscera were buried in Lincoln cathedral but the body was returned to Westminster, and at each of the twelve places where the funeral cortège rested Edward had a memorial cross erected.
  • Some plaied at the football as boldlie there, as if it had been on the drie land; divers of the Court, being then at Westminster shot dailie at prickes set upon the Thames, and tradition says, Queen Elizabeth herself walked upon the ise. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries
  • At the Fabian Society's summer reception at Westminster he was among friends and looking relaxed and comfortable.
  • And Savage was too disordered to remember if he had already mentioned his room in Westminster or not. MAN'S LOVING FAMILY
  • For years, Best painfully articulated that the form in outward appearance may be Westminster but the content is pure, unadulterated governorship.
  • On 22 December 1135, Stephen was crowned and anointed king at Westminster.
  • [Westminster] near the said church, with a soler and chamber at one end of the hall, and with a buttery and cellar at the other. English Villages
  • It's about the under-employed Westminster numpties trying to assert themselves because they've nothing else to occupy their time.
  • Successive Westminster governments are responsible for the above problems. Times, Sunday Times
  • The party's ruling council has been convened to debate disciplinary action against three MPs who have defied party policy and have resigned the whip at Westminster.
  • It is to be also remembered that female attorneys-at-law were unknown in England, and a proposition that a woman should enter the courts of Westminster Hall in that capacity, or as a barrister, would have created hardly less astonishment than one that she should ascend the bench of Bishops, or be elected to a seat in the House of Commons. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II
  • Together with many of his old comrades and his wife, Stella, Peter will be at a ceremony in Westminster to commemorate the anniversary of the battle.
  • Westminster could change the position but this might be against the will of the devolved administrations, he said. Times, Sunday Times
  • Not only have they revolted against the attempts by the whips to nobble select committees, they're starting to talk out of turn in Westminster.
  • The MPs incurred the wrath of Mr Trimble and his supporters in June when they resigned the whip at Westminster in a policy row.
  • Most people outside Westminster will take a dim view of their arrogant disdain for democracy. The Sun
  • The purebreds that competed in Best In Show last year are widely acknowledged among fanciers to be the greatest single lineup in Westminster history, according to Frei.
  • Purcell was appointed "copyist" of Westminster Abbey, whatever post that may have been. Purcell
  • It was not so much the hand of history as the great clunking fist that hit Westminster at 5pm yesterday. Times, Sunday Times
  • Heroes who have won the highest honours for their bravery now have a permanent memorial at Westminster Abbey.
  • They were in Westminster, safe from the eyes of the outside world and London's many drinking dens and fleshpots.
  • If he ever does return from Westminster he might find the ideological landscape altered beyond recognition.
  • The parliament makes laws without reference to Westminster, and the executive decides its own spending priorities and policies without reference to the UK cabinet.
  • The Lion Crest of RICHARD II., sculptured _statant guardant_ upon his helm, with a chapeau and mantling, and with the Badge of two Ostrich feathers, in Westminster Hall, is without any crown: No. 199. The Handbook to English Heraldry
  • It is usually only when an element of criminal dishonesty is involved that there follows a removal, in disgrace, from Westminster.
  • Westminster was also testing the Navy's new Improved Action Working Dress, a rig which is for use on board while on duty.
  • The British pavilion is an impressive steel and glass construction the size of Westminster Abbey.
  • In 1240 Edward succeeded his father as keeper of the king's works at Westminster, which then chiefly concerned the palace.
  • Westminster city council is one borough that has successfully fought back. Times, Sunday Times
  • Campus protests will take place at dozens of universities today before students, university lecturers and others converge on Westminster tomorrow for a fourth national rally. Times, Sunday Times
  • At her bidding, yesterday's service at Westminster Abbey was set around Faure's Requiem.
  • By the end of the Middle Ages, churches such as Westminster Abbey or S. Denis were full of important tombs, and repositioning these monuments became necessary in order to accommodate yet more.
  • Yesterday, Westminster united in goodwill wishes for their chief interrogator. Times, Sunday Times
  • This caused a shiver around Westminster. Times, Sunday Times
  • As they rounded the bend towards Westminster, Ranulf nudged Corbett and pointed to the near bank.
  • Arnold, as we know, loved and elegized one Dean of Westminster. Matthew Arnold
  • Three young men appeared at Westminster court on Friday charged with obstructing police at the student demo. The Sun
  • As on the Westminster stage he has a commanding presence among the assorted collection of European heads of government and their respective finance ministers.
  • In the south aisle of Westminster-abbey, joining to Dr. Busby's, is erected a very noble marble monument to the memory of Dr. South, with his effigies in a cumbent posture, containing the following inscription: Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. I.
  • It is being discussed on the diplomatic circuit and it will no doubt bubble up at Westminster.
  • Why did so many people, including children, queue patiently for hours, to witness Beefeaters and Gentlemen-at-Arms, with reversed halberds, guarding a catafalque in Westminster Hall?
  • He was knighted by King George VI, and today a memorial lies in Westminster Abbey - an inspiration to young dreamers everywhere.
  • It is committed to The Westminster Confession of Faith, but is interdenominational in that it seeks to serve a variety of church communities.
  • The group is one of the largest country parliamentary groups in Westminster.
  • They claimed that I was just following the party line or that ministerial office had bought me off (which to anyone involved in Westminster is clearly nonsense).
  • He will win no plaudits for toadying to London and he has no future in Westminster anyway.
  • In Westminster, old lags used to tell rookie MPs to remember that, while they were attacking the opposition benches, their real enemies were right behind them.
  • The attempt to transfer the Westminster system wholesale to T & T has not been 100 per cent successful.
  • The new flagship Campus for City of Westminster College by schmidt hammer lassen architects is designed to support new ways of teaching and learning.
  • Tom Cox goes to the Palace of Westminster to ask unparliamentary questions of MP4, the nation's only House band.
  • Comment: the 'Northern State' is "irreformable" as long as it continues to be reared on the poisoned milk from Westminster.) Irish Blogs
  • The MP also pledged to use her new-found TV fame to challenge the "controlling" political culture of Westminster.
  • The " Westminster Constitution " of 1968 was suspended by royal decree in 1973.
  • Most people outside Westminster will take a dim view of their arrogant disdain for democracy. The Sun
  • The Particular Baptists issued their first confession of faith in London in 1644, two years after the civil war had begun and two years before the Westminster Confession was adopted.
  • Picture house The recent shenanigans at Westminster would make a great movie. Times, Sunday Times
  • Massive protests outside Westminster paralysed the capital's roads for more than 12 hours on Thursday.
  • West of the city there was also much activity around Westminster where an abbey existed from at least the 8th century and which later became the focus for a royal palace and the seat of power.
  • It began to sprinkle a little just as we started; but after a slight showeriness, lasting till we had passed Westminster Bridge, the day grew rather pleasant. Passages from the English Notebooks, Volume 1.
  • Two officers on a police patrol launch stationed just across the river at Westminster Pier saved the youngster's life.
  • The Frontispiece shows the high altar of Westminster Abbey vested for Lent in a frontal, frontlet, and dossal of white linen.
  • Even without it the Unionists had a popular mandate such as no Westminster government has enjoyed.
  • Collins is 41, a politician from the cradle, living and breathing the Westminster air.
  • I bet she wanted to arrive at Westminster Cathedral in one of those horse-drawn hearses where the gee-gees have those black feathered head-dresses.
  • He resigned his Westminster seat at the last general election.
  • More dramatic yet is the tomb of General William Hargrave, also in Westminster Abbey, by Louis - Francois Roubiliac, in which the deceased is shown breaking free of his cerements, apparently already confident of his salvation.
  • Valuable though such essays are, one might again quibble with a selection lacking analyses of the impact of radicalism on the political process at Westminster or the politics of regicide and republicanism.
  • The court sits at Parliament House in Edinburgh and there is no appeal in criminal matters to the House of Lords at Westminster.
  • Talking to Mark Darcy of Radio 4's Westminster Hour about aborticide in 2006 Labour of Love
  • But what happened last week at Westminster was not buffoonery: it was Parliament - both Houses of it - doing exactly what it is supposed to do.
  • And I'd have wanted to join the long queue of people waiting to file past the bier at Westminster.
  • The 1972 act imposed direct rule from Westminster.
  • One reason for a thin attendance is that members may well be engaged in a number of committee meetings that are taking place around the palace of Westminster. It Is Our Parliament: Let Us Decide How To View It
  • An elaborate version, with four arches surmounted by an orb, is found on Henry V's chantry at Westminster Abbey, in fifteenth century English manuscripts, and on the pilgrim badges made for the putative saint, Henry VI.
  • And it was all in stark contrast to the efforts of honourable members in Westminster. Times, Sunday Times
  • Later a canon at Westminster, he became a publicist for the North-West Passage idea and other projects, and adviser to the new East India Company in 1600.
  • Devolution can only be discussed in Westminster if ALL parties have a devo option in their 2015 manifesto.
  • His name was on the gridiron at Westminster.
  • Substitute the oak-panelled lobbies of Westminster for the more unassuming corridors of the Scottish Football League offices in Glasgow's West Regent Street.
  • Norwegian elkhound: The owner/handler/breeder of this entry, Eric, is always a bridesmaid at Westminster. Westminster Dog Show 2012—as it happened
  • In Dr Gerry Mander's temporary absence, we wondered how easy it would be to imagine the new spruce Question Time, relocated to Glasgow and forced, by the general absence of Westminster politicians, to feature instead those who have otherwise gladdened our week. I'm sorry. Do speak up. I didn't quite catch that | Euan Ferguson
  • Some people think "Cleggmania" is a passing fad, including Jonathan Roper, 22, a shop assistant from Birmingham, who recently plunked down five pounds at a betting shop near Westminster. In wager-happy Britain, 2010 becoming the year of the political bet
  • One other circumstance is worthy of remark; and that is, that from the moment of their first outbreak at Westminster, every symptom of order or preconcerted arrangement among them vanished. Barnaby Rudge
  • But I knew they existed, all right - and not just plaques and statues but even a bust in Westminster Abbey.
  • Her first hour of physiotherapy complete, Stephanie stepped out of the Chelsea & Westminster into a persistent drizzle. CHAMELEON
  • The three ring political circus that is Westminster is leaving town for the summer. Times, Sunday Times
  • And it will confirm the opinion of many Tories inside and outside Westminster about his poor judgment. The Sun
  • The Liberal Democrats in particular want to re-energise the pro-unionist side of the debate because they have a number of Scottish Westminster Lib Dem MPs. Coalition comes out fighting against 'catastrophic' Scottish independence
  • Addison was buried in Westminster Abbey, and lamented in an elegy by Tickell.
  • The alibi at Westminster, in such situations, is that a disaffected member must stay, to represent his constituents.
  • The daily allowance for meals and travel within five miles of Westminster will rise from £64 to £75.
  • It was not so much the hand of history as the great clunking fist that hit Westminster at 5pm yesterday. Times, Sunday Times
  • As well as disagreement on the timing, there has been a clash on the referendum question, with Westminster preferring a straightforward yes or no to independence while the Scottish government is open to including an additional option of further devolution, known as "devo max". BBC News - Home

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