Saturday 15th & Sunday 16th February 2020

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[HindleA]

Keynes a keen eugenicist and anti-Semite,of course.

[adam]

I think I'm right in saying that if something is in the manifesto then it can't be blocked by the HoL

I find it difficult to believe they will let that stop them if it comes to it. We will be back to relying on tory backbenchers standing up to a tory government.

I would be very surprised if non-payment of the license remained a criminal offence, even if they do nothing else, and that change will push massive collection and enforcement costs onto the BBC and will mean it is they rather than the criminal law and the state who are the bad guys attacking the poor who can't afford to pay.

It's a bit like the reshuffle - trail the idea of a major revolution, leak the withdrawal of that and then go ahead with something else just as significant.