Contemporary Politicians at Events

Photographs of contemporary politicians at significant moments, such as election victories and public addresses, conveying a sense of modern political life.

London Mayor Boris Johnson at Pride London 2010, Gay Love Parade, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Photograph of Prime Minister Boris Johnson the morning after winning the 2019 election.

Joanna Cherry; Scottish politician, and her lawyer, Jolyon Maugham, leave the Supreme Court, on the last day of the hearing on the Prorogation of Parliament. 19th Sept 2019. prorogation of the Parliament of the United Kingdom was ordered by Queen Elizabeth II upon the advice of the Conservative Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on 28 August 2019. opposition politicians saw this as an unconstitutional attempt to reduce parliamentary scrutiny of the Government's Brexit plan. A decision that the prorogation was unlawful was made by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on 24th September 2019.

Boris Johnson; (born 19 June 1964), British politician & Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. Boris Johnson arriving in Downing Street on his first day as Prime Minister 24th July 2019

Boris Johnson; (born 19 June 1964), British politician & Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. Boris Johnson speaking in Downing Street on his first day as Prime Minister 24th July 2019

Boris Johnson; (born 19 June 1964), British politician & Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. Boris Johnson speaking in Downing Street on his first day as Prime Minister 24th July 2019

Photograph of Dominic Cummings. Dominic Mckenzie Cummings (1971-) a senior British political strategist and Chief Special Adviser to Prime Minister Boris Johnson

London Mayor Boris Johnson at Pride London 2010, Gay Love Parade, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Boris Johnson; (born 19 June 1964), British politician & Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. Boris Johnson speaking in Downing Street on his first day as Prime Minister 24th July 2019

England, London, Westminster, Theresa May adressing the worlds press on her first day as prime minister in Downing Street.

Photograph of Matt Hancock. Matthew John David Hancock (1978) a British politician serving as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care since 2018. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been the Member of Parliament for West Suffolk since 2010.

Madrid, February 14, 2024. The Constitutional Court holds a tribute to Francisco Tomás y Valiente, president emeritus of the Constitutional Court, on the 28th anniversary of his assassination by the terrorist group ETA, presided over by its president, Cándido Conde Pumpido. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

David Cameron, Foreign Secretary of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, meets Annalena Baerbock (Alliance 90/The Greens), Federal Foreign Minister, at the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin. Berlin, 07.03.2024. Photographed on behalf of the Federal Foreign Office

Boris Johnson; (born 19 June 1964), British politician & Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. Boris Johnson speaking in Downing Street on his first day as Prime Minister 24th July 2019

England, London, Theresa May in Downing Street after the 2017 election with husband Philip May on the steps of number 10.-09/06/17.

Boris Johnson; (born 19 June 1964), British politician & Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. Boris Johnson speaking in Downing Street on his first day as Prime Minister 24th July 2019

Boris Johnson; (born 19 June 1964), British politician & Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. Boris Johnson speaking in Downing Street on his first day as Prime Minister 24th July 2019

Joanna Cherry; Scottish politician, and her lawyer, Jolyon Maugham, leave the Supreme Court, on the last day of the hearing on the Prorogation of Parliament. 19th Sept 2019. prorogation of the Parliament of the United Kingdom was ordered by Queen Elizabeth II upon the advice of the Conservative Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on 28 August 2019. opposition politicians saw this as an unconstitutional attempt to reduce parliamentary scrutiny of the Government's Brexit plan. A decision that the prorogation was unlawful was made by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on 24th September 2019.

Secretary Michael R. Pompeo attends a meeting with Australian Foreign Minister Payne _at the Parliament of New South Wales House, Old Member�s Lounge in Sydney Australia on August 3, 2019.

Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn leaving a demonstration in Whitehall and Trafalgar Square London during the State Visit of US President Donald Trump to Great Britain; June 2019

Boris Johnson; (born 19 June 1964), British politician & Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. Boris Johnson arriving in Downing Street on his first day as Prime Minister 24th July 2019

Joanna Cherry; Scottish politician, and her lawyer, Jolyon Maugham, leave the Supreme Court, on the last day of the hearing on the Prorogation of Parliament. 19th Sept 2019. prorogation of the Parliament of the United Kingdom was ordered by Queen Elizabeth II upon the advice of the Conservative Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on 28 August 2019. opposition politicians saw this as an unconstitutional attempt to reduce parliamentary scrutiny of the Government's Brexit plan. A decision that the prorogation was unlawful was made by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on 24th September 2019.

Tony Blair at the White House.

$Angela Smith returns to Parliament after the Supreme Court annulled the prorogation of Parliament. 25th September 2019. Angela Smith (born 1961), British Liberal Democrat politician, who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) since 2010. Initially elected as a Labour MP, Smith was controversial among left-wing members of the Labour Party for her opposition to leader Jeremy Corbyn and the party's policy of water renationalisation, as well as her support for fracking; in 2018 Smith lost a motion of no confidence by her constituency party. Smith resigned from the Labour Party in February 2019 alongside six other MPs in protest at Corbyn's leadership, and they formed The Independent Group (later renamed Change UK). In June 2019, she left Change UK to sit as an independent MP. In September she joined the Liberal Democrats$

Michael Gapes (born 1952), British Change UK politician serving as Member of Parliament (MP) for Ilford South since the 1992 general election. Gapes was a Labour and Co-operative MP until February 2019, when he left in protest at Jeremy Corbyn's leadership to form The Independent Group along with six other Labour MPs.

Boris Johnson; (born 19 June 1964), British politician & Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. Boris Johnson speaking in Downing Street on his first day as Prime Minister 24th July 2019

Boris Johnson; (born 19 June 1964), British politician & Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. Boris Johnson speaking in Downing Street on his first day as Prime Minister 24th July 2019

Boris Johnson; (born 19 June 1964), British politician & Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. Boris Johnson speaking in Downing Street on his first day as Prime Minister 24th July 2019

Photograph of Michael Gove. Michael Andrew Gove (1967-) a British Conservative politician who has been Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster since July 2019. He has been the Member of Parliament for Surrey Heath since 2005. He was appointed to the Shadow Cabinet by David Cameron in 2007 as Shadow Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families.

Inaugural visit of Federal President Joachim Gauck and his partner Daniela Schadt in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Gauck at the official residence of the Government of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Ministry of State, Villa Reizenstein, Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Photograph of Nigel Farage. Nigel Paul Farage (1964-) a British politician and broadcaster.

France, Bruz on 16/09/202. Michel Barnier, former chief Brexit negotiator and presidential candidate, at the SPACE, Salon Internationales des Productions Animales, at the Parc des Expositions in Rennes. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bruz le 16/09/202. Michel Barnier, ancien negociateur en chef du Brexit et candidat a l election presidentielle, au SPACE, Salon Internationales des Productions Animales, au Parc des Expositions de Rennes. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

Boris Johnson; (born 19 June 1964), British politician & Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. Boris Johnson arriving in Downing Street on his first day as Prime Minister 24th July 2019

London. Downing Street, UK, 7th February 2023, Grant Shapps MP Sec of State for Business and Energy Security.

Jeremy Wright, English Conservative Party politician; Culture Secretary, and Member of Parliament (MP) arrives at Downing Street. April 2019

Joanna Cherry; Scottish politician, leaves the Supreme Court, on the last day of the hearing on the Prorogation of Parliament. 19th Sept 2019. prorogation of the Parliament of the United Kingdom was ordered by Queen Elizabeth II upon the advice of the Conservative Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on 28 August 2019. opposition politicians saw this as an unconstitutional attempt to reduce parliamentary scrutiny of the Government's Brexit plan. A decision that the prorogation was unlawful was made by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on 24th September 2019.

Photograph of Matt Hancock. Matthew John David Hancock (1978) a British politician serving as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care since 2018. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been the Member of Parliament for West Suffolk since 2010.

Sarah Wollaston (right) with fellow Members of Parliament, September 2019. British Liberal Democrat politician. She is the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Totnes, having been first elected in 2010 for the Conservatives, and Chair of the Liaison Committee and the Health Select Committee in the House of Commons. In February 2019, she resigned from the Conservative Party, along with two of her peers, and joined The Independent Group, later styled Change UK. Four months later, she quit the party to sit as an independent MP. On 14 August 2019, she joined the Liberal Democrats.

Boris Johnson; (born 19 June 1964), British politician & Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. Boris Johnson speaking in Downing Street on his first day as Prime Minister 24th July 2019

London. Downing Street, UK, 7th February 2023. Steve Barclay MP, Sec of State for Health and Social Care, pictured in Downing Street.

Madrid, 02/23/2021. Institutional act on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the attempted coup d'état of 23F in the Congress of Deputies chaired by HM the King, Felipe VI. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

General Election 2015 David and Samantha Cameron on the steps of number ten Downing Street.

Labour MP Ben Bradshaw, arriving for a media interview after returning to parliament after the prorogation was annulled by the Supreme Court. 25th September 2019. Benjamin Bradshaw (born 1960); British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Exeter since 1997 and was the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from 2009 to 2010

Joanna Cherry; Scottish politician, leaves the Supreme Court, on the last day of the hearing on the Prorogation of Parliament. 19th Sept 2019. prorogation of the Parliament of the United Kingdom was ordered by Queen Elizabeth II upon the advice of the Conservative Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on 28 August 2019. opposition politicians saw this as an unconstitutional attempt to reduce parliamentary scrutiny of the Government's Brexit plan. A decision that the prorogation was unlawful was made by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on 24th September 2019.

Joanna Cherry; Scottish politician, leaves the Supreme Court, on the first day of the hearing on the Prorogation of Parliament. 17th Sept 2019. prorogation of the Parliament of the United Kingdom was ordered by Queen Elizabeth II upon the advice of the Conservative Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on 28 August 2019. opposition politicians saw this as an unconstitutional attempt to reduce parliamentary scrutiny of the Government's Brexit plan. A decision that the prorogation was unlawful was made by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on 24th September 2019.

Photograph of the former Mayor of London, Boris Johnson. Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson (1964-) a British politician, writer, and former journalist serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2019. He was Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016.

Baroness Chakrabarti, British Labour Party politician, leaves the Supreme Court, on the first day of the hearing on the Prorogation of Parliament. 17th Sept 2019. prorogation of the Parliament of the United Kingdom was ordered by Queen Elizabeth II upon the advice of the Conservative Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on 28 August 2019. opposition politicians saw this as an unconstitutional attempt to reduce parliamentary scrutiny of the Government's Brexit plan. A decision that the prorogation was unlawful was made by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on 24th September 2019.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton waves as she enters the Lancaster House to participate in the London Conference on Somalia, hosted by UK Prime Minister David Cameron, on February 23, 2012.

Jason Farrell, political correspondent for Sky News, attends the Supreme Court in London to report on the hearing to challenge the Prorogation of Parliament. 17th Sept 2019.the prorogation of the Parliament, was ordered by Queen Elizabeth II upon the advice of the Conservative Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on 28 August 2019. opposition politicians saw this as an unconstitutional attempt to reduce parliamentary scrutiny of the Government's Brexit plan.

Joanna Cherry; Scottish politician, leaves the Supreme Court, on the first day of the hearing on the Prorogation of Parliament. 17th Sept 2019. prorogation of the Parliament of the United Kingdom was ordered by Queen Elizabeth II upon the advice of the Conservative Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on 28 August 2019. opposition politicians saw this as an unconstitutional attempt to reduce parliamentary scrutiny of the Government's Brexit plan. A decision that the prorogation was unlawful was made by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on 24th September 2019.

Photograph of Jeremy Corbyn. Jeremy Bernard Corbyn (1949-) a British politician serving as Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition since 2015

General Election 2015 David and Samantha Cameron on the steps of number ten Downing Street.

Photograph of Jacob Rees-Mogg. Jacob William Rees-Mogg (1969-) a British politician serving as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council since 2019, and who has served as Member of Parliament for North East Somerset since 2010

Boris Johnson; (born 19 June 1964), British politician & Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since July 2019. Boris Johnson arriving in Downing Street on his first day as Prime Minister 24th July 2019

Kwasi Kwarteng, British Conservative Party politician. Member of Parliament and Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Exiting the European Union. Seen here outside Portcullis Hose, London. April 2019

Theresa May makes her resignation speech in Downing Street, London, before seeing Queen Elizabeth to formalise her departure. The last day of the Premiership of Theresa May, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 13 July 2016 - 24 July 2019. May was Leader of the Conservative Party from July 2016 - 23 July 2019. Shown with her husband Phillip May.

Jason Farrell, political correspondent for Sky News, attends the Supreme Court in London to report on the hearing to challenge the Prorogation of Parliament. 17th Sept 2019.the prorogation of the Parliament, was ordered by Queen Elizabeth II upon the advice of the Conservative Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on 28 August 2019. opposition politicians saw this as an unconstitutional attempt to reduce parliamentary scrutiny of the Government's Brexit plan.

Photograph of Andrzej Sebastian Duda, President of Poland, attending the NATO Summit in London, December 2019

Madrid, 09/18/2019. Posed by Arturo Pérez Reverte in the Rae. Photo: Maya Balanya. Archdc.

Seville, 05/09/2019. Interview with Juan Espadas, mayor of Seville on the day the electoral campaign begins. Photo: Raúl Doblado ARCHSEV.

U.S. Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson meets with U.K. Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson at 1 Carlton Gardens in London on January 22, 2018.

Boris Becker, former tennis player, Red Carpet, Laureus World Sports Awards 2019 ceremony at the Sporting, Principality of Monaco, Cote d'Azur

General Election 2015 David and Samantha Cameron on the steps of number ten Downing Street.

Gina Miller arrives at the Supreme Court in London to challenge the Prorogation of Parliament. 17th Sept 2019.the prorogation of the Parliament, was ordered by Queen Elizabeth II upon the advice of the Conservative Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on 28 August 2019. opposition politicians saw this as an unconstitutional attempt to reduce parliamentary scrutiny of the Government's Brexit plan. Gina Nadira Miller is a Guyanese-British business owner and activist who initiated the 2016 R v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union court case against the British government. On 28 August 2019, Miller was one of a number of parties to launch legal proceedings against the Johnson government for prorogation of parliament, claiming to do so was unconstitutional.

An autographed photograph of David Cameron. David William Donald Cameron (1966-) a British politician, former Leader of Conservative Party, and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

Photograph of Nigel Farage. Nigel Paul Farage (1964-) a British politician and broadcaster.

Valencia, 04/18/2018. Francisco Camps upon his arrival at the City of Justice in Valencia. Photo by Mikel Ponce. ARCHDC.

Photograph of Nigel Farage. Nigel Paul Farage (1964-) a British politician and broadcaster.

ROWAN ATKINSON in JOHNNY ENGLISH STRIKES AGAIN (2018), directed by DAVID KERR.

Labour MP Ben Bradshaw, arriving for a media interview after returning to parliament after the prorogation was annulled by the Supreme Court. 25th September 2019. Benjamin Bradshaw (born 1960); British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Exeter since 1997 and was the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from 2009 to 2010

Joanna Cherry; Scottish politician, leaves the Supreme Court, on the first day of the hearing on the Prorogation of Parliament. 17th Sept 2019. prorogation of the Parliament of the United Kingdom was ordered by Queen Elizabeth II upon the advice of the Conservative Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on 28 August 2019. opposition politicians saw this as an unconstitutional attempt to reduce parliamentary scrutiny of the Government's Brexit plan. A decision that the prorogation was unlawful was made by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on 24th September 2019.

Photograph of Jacob Rees-Mogg. Jacob William Rees-Mogg (1969-) a British politician serving as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council since 2019, and who has served as Member of Parliament for North East Somerset since 2010

President of The United States Donald Trump meets with Prime Minister May on June 4, 2019.

Madrid, 06/28/2017. Solemn act of Legislature in the Congress of Deputies, presided over by His Majesty. the Kings, Felipe VI and Letizia, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the first general elections of democracy. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

Joanna Cherry; Scottish politician, and her lawyer, Jolyon Maugham, leave the Supreme Court, on the last day of the hearing on the Prorogation of Parliament. 19th Sept 2019. prorogation of the Parliament of the United Kingdom was ordered by Queen Elizabeth II upon the advice of the Conservative Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on 28 August 2019. opposition politicians saw this as an unconstitutional attempt to reduce parliamentary scrutiny of the Government's Brexit plan. A decision that the prorogation was unlawful was made by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on 24th September 2019.

Kwasi Kwarteng, British Conservative Party politician. Member of Parliament and Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Exiting the European Union. Seen here at Downing Street during meetings between Prime Minister Theresa May and pro-Brexit MP's in her party. April 2019

President George W. Bush gives a thumbs up sign as he walks from Marine One to the Oval Office of the White House on his return from Waco, Texas on November 7, 2006.

Joanna Cherry; Scottish politician, and her lawyer, Jolyon Maugham, leave the Supreme Court, on the last day of the hearing on the Prorogation of Parliament. 19th Sept 2019. prorogation of the Parliament of the United Kingdom was ordered by Queen Elizabeth II upon the advice of the Conservative Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on 28 August 2019. opposition politicians saw this as an unconstitutional attempt to reduce parliamentary scrutiny of the Government's Brexit plan. A decision that the prorogation was unlawful was made by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on 24th September 2019.

Peter William Bone (born 1952), British Conservative Party politician and Member of Parliament for Wellingborough. He campaigned for Brexit in the EU Referendum and is part of the political advisory board of Leave Means Leave

General Election 2015 David and Samantha Cameron on the steps of number ten Downing Street.

Downing Street, London, UK, 25th October 2022, New Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on the steps of number 10 Downing Street as he takes over from Liz Truss.

Photograph of Emmanuel Macron, President of France, attending the NATO Summit in London, December 2019.

Photograph of Margaret Thatcher. Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher (1925-2013) a British stateswoman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990

MADRID, April 8, 2013. The President of the Government Mariano Rajoy receives the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron at the Moncloa Palace. Image Oscar del Pozo (ARCHDC) Oscar del Pozo.

Madrid, 05/26/2019. Elections 26 M. in the Image, Luis Garicano. Photo: Maya Balanya. Archdc.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry deplanes in Brussels, Belgium, on December 1, 2015, after arriving from Paris, France, for a NATO Ministerial meeting.

British Prime Minister David Cameron shows U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry the backyard at 10 Downing Street in London, U.K., after the two held a bilateral meeting in advance of an anti-corruption summit being hosted by the British leader.

madrid, 3-26-2011.-meeting in moncloa chaired by the president of the government jose luis rodriguez zapatero with the heads of the main companies in spain;emilio botin,-photo ernesto acute.archdc.

Jo Swinson the British Liberal Democrat leader addresses the press after returning to Parliament, after the Supreme Court annulled the prorogation of Parliament. 25th September 2019.

Tobias Ellwood (born 1966), British Conservative Party politician and author. He served in the Royal Green Jackets and reached the rank of captain. He currently serves as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bournemouth East and served as a UK Government Minister at the Ministry of Defence from 2017 to 2019.

Frank Field, Chris Leslie and Jess Phillips arrive for media interviews after returning to parliament after the prorogation was annulled by the Supreme Court. 25th September 2019. . Jess Phillips (born 1981), British Labour Party politician, Member of Parliament since 2015. Frank Field (born 1942), British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Birkenhead since 1979, serving as a Labour Party MP until August 2018 and thereafter as an Independent. Chris Leslie (born 1972) British politician and Member of Parliament (MP) for Nottingham East since 2010. minister in the Department for Constitutional Affairs from 2001 to 2005. In February 2019, Leslie left Labour alongside six other MPs in protest at the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn to form The Independent Group, now The Independent Group for Change. He became the group's deputy leader

MADRID, April 8, 2013. The President of the Government Mariano Rajoy receives the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron at the Moncloa Palace. Image Oscar del Pozo (ARCHDC) Oscar del Pozo.

Matthew Francis Parris (born 1949), British political writer and broadcaster, formerly a Conservative Member of Parliament.

Photograph of Jacob Rees-Mogg. Jacob William Rees-Mogg (1969-) a British politician serving as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council since 2019, and who has served as Member of Parliament for North East Somerset since 2010

Madrid, 11/02/2015. Press conference at the Psm of Tomás Gómez. Photo: Jaime García. Archdc.

KENNETH BRANAGH in THIS ENGLAND (2022), directed by MICHAEL WINTERBOTTOM, JULIAN JARROLD and MAT WHITECROSS.

German actor, musician, director and producer Jan Josef Liefers, German Film Award Lola 2023, Berlin, Germany, Europe

12/01/2011. Madrid. Spain. Real Madrid Football Club. Presidency Offices of the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. Interview with former Real Madrid player and General Director Emilio Butragueño. Posed with the sticker book of "The history of Real Madrid on ABC". Photo: De San Bernardo. archdc.

Ian Blackford, arrives for media interviews after returning to parliament after the prorogation was annulled by the Supreme Court. 25th September 2019. Ian Blackford (born 1961), British politician serving as Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) in the House of Commons since 2017.

Joanna Cherry; Scottish politician, and her lawyer, Jolyon Maugham, leave the Supreme Court, on the last day of the hearing on the Prorogation of Parliament. 19th Sept 2019. prorogation of the Parliament of the United Kingdom was ordered by Queen Elizabeth II upon the advice of the Conservative Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, on 28 August 2019. opposition politicians saw this as an unconstitutional attempt to reduce parliamentary scrutiny of the Government's Brexit plan. A decision that the prorogation was unlawful was made by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom on 24th September 2019.

Madrid, February 14, 2024. The Constitutional Court holds a tribute to Francisco Tomás y Valiente, president emeritus of the Constitutional Court, on the 28th anniversary of his assassination by the terrorist group ETA, presided over by its president, Cándido Conde Pumpido. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

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