Conservative MP forced to quit over race comments
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A senior member of the Conservative Party was forced to quit Thursday after suggesting being called &quot;a black bastard&quot; was a fact of life for ethnic minority British soldiers.
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Comment is free: Jackie Ashley: It is 20 years since Britain saw its first black woman MP. Celebrations are muted, however, by the pathetic progress since.
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Attacks by Australia's conservative government against its resurgent opposition over links to a corrupt state leader were turned on their head on Saturday when a cabinet minister quit amid the growing scandal.
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A leading Tory donor is publicly rebuked for taking his Lords seat without giving up his status as a tax exile.
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Former Conservative minister Robert Jackson defects to join the Labour Party.
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Presidential candidatesâ withdrawal from a debate has frustrated members of the Congressional Black Caucus.
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A Conservative MP whose political career is in tatters after a probe found he had misused public money to employ his son, has told a Sunday tabloid that he did nothing wrong.
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A researcher for a Labour Assembly Member resigns after calling the Welsh language "brain dead".
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Politicians say Peter Hain was right to quit the Cabinet after the campaign donations issue is referred to police.
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Robert Kilroy-Silk causes uproar in the European Parliament - on the day his party discuss his expulsion.
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Â· Deputy commissioner given details of MP case Â· Tories question actions of senior police officers
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Respect MP George Galloway is facing an 18 day suspension from the House of Commons.
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Arts Minister Estelle Morris is to leave Parliament at the next election.
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Respect MP George Galloway is suspended for 18 days from the House of Commons.
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A frontbench Conservative MP is reprimanded after suggesting selective schools can boost overall standards.
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Conservative MP Quentin Davies has defected to the Labour Party, he announces.
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A Conservative MP was suspended from parliament for 10 days Thursday for misuse of public funds over the employment of his student son as a researcher.