parliamentary
Having the supreme executive and legislative power resting with a cabinet of ministers chosen from, and responsible to a parliament.
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What's their obsession with ziplines? I remember when they were trying to put one in at Mt Coot-tha. Maybe they could string one between the parliamentary annexe and the Star Casino.
As long as there is a theoretical parliamentary majority for bills of attainder for Farage et el, I will retain some hope
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The Democrats' argument is that even though those money are pretty much needed, it's simply not urgent enough to bypass the usual parliamentary procedure and issue a decree-law to loan money
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Having the supreme executive and legislative power resting with a cabinet of ministers chosen from, and responsible to a parliament.
The UK is a parliamentary democracy.
“Ashley Dale Youth Center, which is still at the center of a massive state run pedophile ring, including AYDC staff, police , medical professionals and parliamentary ministers ànd thier families, and was meant to be closed down 3 years ago is still abusing kids.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Shouldn't the Parliamentary Commissioner be investigating Tice for this remark?”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Heads-up for the nerds: there's a new issue out of Australasian Parliamentary Review! www.aspg.org.au/wp-content/u...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I've been developing a local data tracker of retail metrics, spanning GVA, pay/earnings, business count, employment as well as business rates. You can view and export data, with data available down to the parliamentary constituency level: brc.org.uk/market-intel...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Ffs yet another unnamed source article in the Guardian, what a shame none of them have found time to report on the achievements of the Government to date. An unprecedented 50 bills in this Parliamentary session totally ignored by our increasingly 2nd rate media.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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Of, relating to, or enacted by a parliament.
Parliamentary procedures are sometimes slow.
“Günter Krings, the CDU's Deputy Parliamentary Group Chairman, welcomed the re-election of Jens Spahn as the CDU parliamentary group leader, interpreting the mov... https://news.osna.fm/?p=44578 | #news #allies #cdu #clarity #deliver”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The House Article | Britain needs more hubs to deliver in-person banking https://www.europesays.com/britain/29220/ Today, nearly 50 Parliamentary constituencies have no bank branch left (Alamy) 3 min read18 min …”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Odd that, a former MP who believes in parliamentary democracy...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“That’s the way it works in sane (parliamentary) democracies.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I think all lobbying should be banned. Talk to your own MP or MLA to your heart’s content, testify openly before parliamentary committees, and respond to requests for comment from the bureaucracy — but ban all lobbying altogether. #CdnPoli”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(British, historical, railways) Of a class of train which, by an act of parliament, ran both ways along a line, at least once each day, at the rate of one penny per mile.
“What's their obsession with ziplines? I remember when they were trying to put one in at Mt Coot-tha. Maybe they could string one between the parliamentary annexe and the Star Casino.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“As long as there is a theoretical parliamentary majority for bills of attainder for Farage et el, I will retain some hope”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Independent Candidates in the 2026 Parliamentary Elections - read more”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Join our Preparing for Parliamentary Committees masterclass with CDN, @collegesscot.bsky.social & Pinsent Masons. Build confidence, handle tough questioning & practice in a live mock session. 📅 28 May OR 2 June 📍 Edinburgh www.cdn.ac.uk/sharpen-your-skills/events/”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The Democrats' argument is that even though those money are pretty much needed, it's simply not urgent enough to bypass the usual parliamentary procedure and issue a decree-law to loan money”
— 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.
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(Commonwealth) A member of a parliament, congress or an elected national legislative body of another name.
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(US) An officer in most legislative bodies charged with being well-versed in the parliamentary rules of that legislative house, and whose rulings are taken as authoritative, to be appealed only to the whole of the house itself under special rules.
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A person well-versed in parliamentary procedure.