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AnatolyKasparov wrote:ComRes had a three point Tory lead before "weighting". I refrain from further comment.

No, please do comment. I thought the whole point of weighting was so that the data reflects the electorate. I certainly don't believe Labour is within the accepted 3 point margin of error !

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The NHS Is Crumbling And Jeremy Hunt Is Letting It Happen Says James A&E wait times are at record highs. Here James O'Brien says the NHS is 'dissolving before our eyes' - and the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt is letting it happen. http://www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presenters/james-obrien/nhs-is-crumbli...

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2 for 1 smear in the Times today, linking Bercow & Vaz with the implication there has been dodgy dealings between them. Andrew Brigden's name appears a couple of times & is clearly the one who's been agitating behind the scenes. Naturally they do include the caveat that nothing illegal has t...

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Exactly. On the evils of the government approach to refugee children, and other things. I agree with every word https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/11/british-government-cruel-opposition-useless?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+main+NEW+H+categories&u...

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AnatolyKasparov wrote:That's because the "death threats" MP was Lucy *Allan*, not Heidi *Allen*.

(the former is both distinctly flaky and rather more right wing)

Aha, the penny drops !

Thanks AK, that makes much more sense.

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An appeal for creative people to help out a Facebook group wanting to quilt a memorial to all the women killed by their partners. All help will be gratefully received. I'd post a screenshot of the page but it's too big and I can't reduce its size on my iPad but please, if you can help, please check ...

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Wow hard hitting cartoon from The Times Gavin Quinney ‏@GavinQuinney "Theresa May says her Christian faith helps her make difficult decisions.” The Telegraph, 27 Nov 2016. The Times, 10 Feb 2017: #Dubs https://twitter.com/GavinQuinney/status/829963808898678785" onclick="window.open(t...

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Dear oh dear... https://twitter.com/ianajones925/status/830174675821031424" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Check the date of the tweet that this Tory is whining about... And as someone said he's not wrong about David Starkey... He said what so many of us think about the big...

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52 Labour MPs voted no to 3rd reading Heidi Alexander Rushanara Ali Graham Allen Rosena Allin-Khan Luciana Berger Ben Bradshaw Kevin Brennan Lyn Brown Chris Bryant Karen Buck Dawn Butler Ruth Cadbury Ann Clywd Ann Coffey Neil Coyle Mary Creagh Stella Creasy Geraint Davies Thangham Debbonaire Stephen...

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494 to 122 votes for 3rd reading

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Lewis has gone up in my estimation whilst Abbott, so desperate to keep her job despite all her previous statements & the votes of her constituency, has sunk well below the water line.

@PolhomeEditor
BREAKING: Diane Abbott votes FOR triggering Article 50.

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Missed all debates & votes today. Have any of the amendments succeeded or is it hard Brexit all the way ? None so far and none likely pk1 :-( I guess the Lords still have to have a go at it..... If the HoC haven't made any changes at all, it's said to be doubtful any will be made in the HoL. Wh...

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Missed all debates & votes today.

Have any of the amendments succeeded or is it hard Brexit all the way ?

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yahyah wrote:Nice to see something to smile about PK. What a little smasher she is.

Thank you. She is such a good baby - she's been sleeping through the night from 6 weeks ! Had to warn son & g/f that the next one may be completely different

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yahyah wrote:Happy birthday PK. Hope you have a lovely day. X

With this little beauty sharing our home, it can't fail to be a lovely day

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PorFavor wrote:
Lost Soul wrote:Febraury?
Yes. I didn't like to mention it . . .

Febraury is (contrary to popular belief) the cruellest month.

It certainly is. Every time there is one, I age another year

Regardless of my ever increasing age however, I bring cake - please, help yourselves

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...but ...but ...last week children were to look after their parents. Won't that mean they need to be in a family home? The downsizing issue is an old chestnut. Why would an older person want to move from a family home, from friends and neighbours, unless they had to. (Those who actually need shelt...

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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/feb/05/government-to-help-older-people-downsize-to-free-up-family-homes Older people to get help to downsize to free up family homes Housing white paper to incentivise building of sheltered accommodation to encourage older people to sell large houses ...but ...

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Harman should have retired forever following her utterly disastrous stint as acting leader in 2015. That she has the gall to lecture others is beyond parody. She wasn't 'lecturing' anyone. She was asked a very direct question & answered it as honestly as she could. That's what straight talking,...

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Emily Thornberry on the Andrew Marr programme. Not at all convincing. I seldom watch Marr 'live' so that I can fast-forward the interviews in which I have no interest so have just finished watching Ms Thornberry & heartily concur with your assessment. Meanwhile on Sky News, Sophy Ridge on Sunda...

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Labour lost its overall majority on a major London borough today as a councillor defected to the Liberal Democrats over Europe. Tower Hamlets councillor Andrew Cregan revealed his decision exclusively to the Evening Standard and said Jeremy Corbyn’s decision to support the Government on triggering ...

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Good morning. This is an excerpt from an interview with the seriously impressive Gina Miller In 2012 Miller and her husband launched their True and Fair Campaign against hidden charges in savings in shares that sting members of the public. Regularly the fees charged are more than the return on the m...

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@paulwaugh
.@HackneyAbbott office tell me she didn't vote because she was ill. Went home at 5pm.

How terribly convenient....

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Voting against the programme motion: 44 Lab: Alexander Ali Allen Berger Bradshaw L Brown Bryant Coffey Coyle Creagh Creasy Doughty Dowd M Eagle A Eagle Ellman Farrelly Gapes Green Hayes Hillier Kendall Kyle Lammy Leslie MacTaggart Malhotra Marris Maskell McCabe McCarthy McFadden Moon Murray Pound Sh...

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Tubby Isaacs wrote:Masterpiece of party management there. That's 1/5 of the PLP voting against, plus no doubt, a few abstentions.

167 voted for the bill. 167 + 47 = 214 meaning 15 abstentions

edit to correct my maths

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47 Lab MPs voting against triggering A50:

all as before, plus:

Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
Karen Buck
Dawn Butler
Ruth Cadbury
Thangham Debbonaire
Vicky Foxcroft
Lilian Greenwood
Rupa Huq
Kerry McCarthy
Virendra Sharma
Tulip Siddiq
Andy Slaughter
Catherine West
Dr Alan Whitehead

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@yahyah - ouch, that fall sounds nasty. Surely you could find a less painful way of getting out of making dinner though ! Rest up & recover well xx

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Labour MPs voting for the SNP amendment: Heidi Alexander Rushanara Ali Graham allen Luciana Berger Ben Bradshaw Kevin Brennan Lyn Brown Chris Bryant Ann Clywd Ann Coffey Neil Coyle Mary Creagh Stella Creasey Stephen Doughty Jin Dowd Maria Eagle Louise Ellman Paul Farrelly Mike Gapes Helen Hayes Meg ...

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Peter Kyle (Hove) has just said on local TV that he's voting against

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Stephen Gethins, the SNP’s Europe spokesman, said: Europe is where our future still lies. One where we tackle inequality, climate change, research, welcome refugees, give young people the opportunities – pooling our sovereignty with like-minded states. That is the kind of Scotland I believe in and o...

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A Parliamentary debate in response to the petition re the Trump state visit has been tabled for Feb 20th

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DrTerror wrote:New around these parts. Found via google and thought it seemed lovely and a place for good discussion!

Welcome

For the most part it is civil & friendly but there are topics that always elicit fierce debate, Brexit obviously being one of them.

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Well, I never expected to read these words ! I can’t believe Corbyn is arguing for Labour MPs to vote with the most reactionary and xenophobic Tory government we’ve seen for a long time. This shows a real lack of leadership on his part and does now make me have serious doubts about him. I didn’t thi...

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You call it cowardice pk1, others call it realism. I do ask people here to remember that REGARDLESS of what Labour MPs do, A50 is going to be passed because almost ALL Tories (and DUP) will vote for it. What then? Did you have the same outlook when Harriet instructed Labour to vote for second readi...

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Labour Party members:

If you want a say on the registered supporters scheme, Ann Black is inviting your comments

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From Andrew Sparrow's blog: The Labour MP Matthew Pennycook, a shadow Brexit minister and MP for Greenwich and Woolwich (which voted strongly remain) has written an interesting blog explaining why (unlike Owen Smith) he will not be voting against the article 50 bill. Here’s an extract: Even if the p...

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Oops! Afraid I got it wrong as well. Dyslexia makes me over reliant on spell check, if I don't get a red line I take it as right. I also had a brother-in-law who's name was "Denis" with one "N" so doesn't look odd to me (....or maybe I spelt his name wrong all that time and he n...

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Classic SH'ism there.You are on top form today.Deliberately getting the name wrong Oops! Afraid I got it wrong as well. Dyslexia makes me over reliant on spell check, if I don't get a red line I take it as right. I also had a brother-in-law who's name was "Denis" with one "N" so...

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Hurts to watch Ed Miliband in the Commons. Compared with Corbyn, he's a veritable giant & the passion with which he spoke of the Trump ban & the disgust that the UK is not speaking out more forcefully against it shone with his every word. He is also a giant compared to the likes of May, Joh...

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Hurts to watch Ed Miliband in the Commons. Compared with Corbyn, he's a veritable giant & the passion with which he spoke of the Trump ban & the disgust that the UK is not speaking out more forcefully against it shone with his every word. Cooper was good too. Ho hum. Denis Skinner was an id...

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27% of those polled so far agree with Trump ban whilst 12% don't know ! 1. Donald Trump has announced a ban on the entry of refugees from Syria, a four month ban on all refugees and a three month ban on entering or visiting the USA for people from seven Muslim countries (Syria, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Su...

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Hurts to watch Ed Miliband in the Commons. Compared with Corbyn, he's a veritable giant & the passion with which he spoke of the Trump ban & the disgust that the UK is not speaking out more forcefully against it shone with his every word.

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Good morning.

Couldn't agree more.

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Excerpt from article in the Sunday Times

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Chuka mentioned his amendment to the Leave's campaign pledge of £350m to the NHS bollocks - do you seriously believe the amendment to force May into setting out a plan for making this happen will succeed ? Of course it won't ! Interesting though that you were more impressed by Chuka than with Corbyn...

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Caught Harriet Harman on Marr. Was never keen on John Prescott but to hear that on Hattie's election to Deputy Leader when asked if he would offer her help & advice, he (insert expletive here) refused ! Corbyn on Peston has confirmed that SC members voting against 3-line whip will be sacked &...

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I think Corbyn''s contempt for newspapers is fine. But TV news is much more trusted, even if it has much wrong with it. I think he needs to be more careful there. It's easy to look silly if you get cornered on camera though. Yes, but they should be using every opportunity to cooperative positively ...

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Press AssociationVerified account ‏@PA Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn refuses to give an interview as he hits the by-election campaign trail in Stoke-on-Trent https://twitter.com/PA/status/825343181189423104" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; What IS the matter with him ! ? Actua...

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Press AssociationVerified account ‏@PA Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn refuses to give an interview as he hits the by-election campaign trail in Stoke-on-Trent https://twitter.com/PA/status/825343181189423104" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; What IS the matter with him ! ? Am st...

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Of course they "should", everybody should. But in reality a lot of politics is about deciding when to compromise and when to make a stand. (and another thing supporting A50 doesn't do is preclude anybody from supporting rejoining the EU in the future - not impossible if Brexit turns out a...

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