Houses of Parliament
(politics) Collectively, all the chambers of parliament in the political system of a particular jurisdiction.
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@mrjamesob.bsky.social NO booze should be allowed at or in. airports,planes,houses of parliament. 10 or 11 quid a pint in london-crazy. i am 66,when i was a lad you could buy 10 pints of trophy bitter for a fiver. o…
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people will in one breath argue for the retention of subsidised pubs for MPs within the bounds of the Houses of Parliament and ask why trust in politics is so low
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(politics) Collectively, all the chambers of parliament in the political system of a particular jurisdiction.
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(UK, politics) The House of Commons and the House of Lords within the Palace of Westminster.
“@mrjamesob.bsky.social NO booze should be allowed at or in. airports,planes,houses of parliament. 10 or 11 quid a pint in london-crazy. i am 66,when i was a lad you could buy 10 pints of trophy bitter for a fiver. oh how times have changed.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I thought houses of parliament”
— Bluesky· May 2026“people will in one breath argue for the retention of subsidised pubs for MPs within the bounds of the Houses of Parliament and ask why trust in politics is so low”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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In many countries, the legislative branch of government, a deliberative assembly or set of assemblies whose elected or appointed members meet to debate the major political issues of the day, make, amend, and repeal laws, authorize the executive branch of government to collect and spend money, and in some cases exercise judicial powers; a legislature.