A group of Labour MPs have decided it would be a grand idea to screen Tim Roth and Dougray Scott's To Kill a King (previously titled Cromwell and Fairfax) at Westminster to mark the Queen's Jubilee. With scenes including the beheading of then monarch Charles I, you'd be forgiven for thinking Stuart Little 2 would have been a more tactful choice and, unsurprisingly, a whole can of worms has been opened. The film would be screened prior to it's cinematic release in a room off Westminster hall, where Charles was sentenced to death. "This is a film about parliament and it is important that members of parliament should have an opportunity to show their support," said one Labour MP. "It is necessary in the jubilee year for us also not to forget our republican past. We need to be reminded of the relationship between the government and royalty."

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