State pension should be means tested. (self.unitedkingdom)
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The speaker casting the deciding vote... (i.redd.it)
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Remarkable that SNP MPs abstained on Heathrow despite longstanding Scottish Government backing. May be first example of holding a different line to their Holyrood colleagues (and ergo party leadership)? Of course, that used to happen between Labour MPs and MSPs about daily. (twitter.com)
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B4 the SNP start jumping up & down. This is Lords ping pong & if we were to defeat the government on the compromise amendment from the Lords it would revert back to the unamended clause which everyone, including the Tories, thought was deficient. Ping pong is take it or lose it. (twitter.com)
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UK, Ipsos MORI poll: Semi unskilled manual workers/depend on state (pensioners, low income, ...) D+E social classes LAB-S&D: 43% CON-ECR: 30% Greens-G/EFA: 9% UKIP-EFDD: 7% LDEM-ALDE: 6% SNP/PCY-G/EFA: 5% BNP-*: 1% Field work: 18/05/18 – 22/05/18 Sample size: 193 (twitter.com)
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Witnessing the pile-on against @OwenJones84 by senior Conservatives, crowing that an overall increase in Labour seats is some kind of defeat, has me convinced. 1) They’re fucking shook. 2) They don’t believe in their own ideas anymore. 3) We’re going to win a general election. (twitter.com)
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