Terms And Conditions

1. About Beyond Parliament

Beyond Parliament is an independent political satire and commentary website featuring the fictional character Lionel Carter.

It is not connected with, endorsed by or affiliated with the UK Parliament, His Majesty's Government, any political party, politician, candidate, public authority, broadcaster or news organisation.

2. Using This Website

These terms govern your use of beyondparliament.co.uk. By continuing to use the website, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree with them, please stop using the website.

3. Editorial Content

Beyond Parliament publishes political news, commentary, policy analysis, opinion, parody, satire, illustrations and video features. Articles may combine verifiable events, public statements and reported information with humorous or exaggerated commentary.

Readers should consider the context and satirical nature of the publication. Jokes, fictional dialogue and satirical conclusions should not be interpreted as literal statements of fact.

4. Accuracy And Corrections

We aim to ensure that factual statements, direct quotations and reported figures are accurate at the time of publication. Political events develop quickly, and information may subsequently change, be corrected or become incomplete.

If you believe an article contains a significant factual error, please use our contact page. Where appropriate, we will publish a correction, clarification or update.

5. No Professional Advice

Nothing on Beyond Parliament constitutes legal, financial, medical, electoral, investment or other professional advice. You should not make an important decision solely on the basis of material published here.

6. Intellectual Property

Unless otherwise stated, the original writing, branding, design, graphics, character artwork and videos published on Beyond Parliament belong to the website operator or are used with permission. Beyond Parliament and Lionel Carter form part of the site's original editorial identity.

You may share links and quote brief extracts for lawful discussion, criticism or review. Without permission, you may not republish entire articles, reproduce our images or videos as your own, remove credits or watermarks, use our branding commercially, impersonate the publication or create a competing archive through automated copying.

Nothing in these terms limits lawful quotation, criticism, review, reporting or any other use permitted by applicable copyright law.

7. Images And Illustrations

Some images are digitally created, edited or composited. Images of Lionel Carter, politicians and public figures may be caricatures, puppet-style representations or satirical illustrations. Unless expressly identified as documentary photography, they should be treated as editorial illustrations rather than photographic records.

The appearance of a person does not imply their participation in, approval of or connection with Beyond Parliament.

8. External Links

We may link to Parliament, government departments, political parties, public records, social-media posts or other third-party websites. We do not control those services and are not responsible for their availability, accuracy, security, privacy practices or later changes. A link does not necessarily amount to endorsement.

9. Acceptable Use

You must not use this website to break the law, introduce harmful code, gain unauthorised access, disrupt its operation, impersonate Beyond Parliament or falsely suggest an official connection or endorsement.

10. Availability

We aim to keep the website available but do not guarantee uninterrupted access. Features may be changed, suspended or temporarily unavailable because of maintenance, security work, technical faults, third-party services or Parliament being in recess and declining to generate usable material.

11. Liability

The website is provided for general information, commentary and entertainment. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not responsible for loss arising solely from reliance on satire as professional advice, temporary unavailability, third-party services, information that became outdated after publication or unauthorised alteration of our content.

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability where doing so would be unlawful, including liability for fraud, fraudulent misrepresentation, or death or personal injury caused by negligence.

12. Changes To These Terms

We may update these terms when the website, its services or applicable law changes. The date at the top of this page shows the latest revision.

13. Governing Law

These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales. Disputes will be subject to the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales unless applicable consumer law provides otherwise.

14. Contact

Questions, permission requests and reports of factual errors can be submitted through our contact page.