Alex Burghart and Bobbie Dean need to oil their throats after an argument.
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When the word "clear" turns up in political discussion, I tend to discount the sentence in which it appears. If not more.
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An unholy trinity of religious positions
"This morning our commander... urged us to tell our troops that this was 'all part of God’s divine plan'... referring to Armageddon and the imminent return of Jesus Christ."
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War makes life harder and more expensive, Dharshini David. And we might have to forget holidays.
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Where in the Labour manifesto did they promise to reduce repayments on student loans?
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Danny Kruger: People who are not working should not be given benefits (by abolishing the two-chld benefit cap) which might help them develop their lives.
It's as if he believes that there are two kinds of people, and always will be.
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Britain broke, or ran out of slogans, rather a long time ago.
www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/aug/...
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The "report" which was "leaked" included biases too, James Clevelry, and worse ones than the 12-second clip in an hour long programme which Trump has been convinced he should blow up about.
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Working people are seeing their taxes going up, Mr Cleverly, because of your freezing of income tax thresholds. In a couple of years time they'll be seeing their taxes going up because Reeves has continued your freeze.
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How many of the BMA's 14 strikes took place before July 2024?
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Rail workers aren't public sector workers (I suspect they won't be under GB Railways) and didn't benefit from pay review body recommendations.
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Do Alex Forsyth and Dharshini David not understand immigration? 350,000 new jobs but slowly rising unemployment...
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Seema Malhotra joins the ranks of ministers who spend an hour batting away questions on a subject her masters don't like.
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Talk to Nick Thomas-Symonds, he's found it a bit hard.
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A British soldier has died in Ukraine while observing, and presumably assisting in, tests of defensive weapon systems.
Putin has told us that NATO troops on Ukrainian soil are a "legitimate target".
Not that I agree with him, but Starmer & co need to recognise those statements.
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London
Policy 3.10 Definition of affordable housing
www.london.gov.uk/programmes-s...
Richmond on Thames
What is ‘affordable housing’? - Frequently asked questions
www.richmond.gov.uk/media/13jjmk...
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Reeves has announced three years of freeze. Sunak and Hunt had announced the current freeze and set expectations - certainly not a legal commitment - though it was certainly up to whoever became chancellor to decide each year.
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The government front bench in the House of Commons. Keir Starmer is on his feet, speaking. David Lammy is seated to his left as we view it, apparently looking at the back of Starmer's head with a querying look.
Is Lammy concerned by the numbers which Starmer is quoting about justice reforms?
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Could somebody, one day, as these nuclear promoters how well we're doing on nuclear waste?
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Lammy says jury trials will be restricted to cases where offenders likely to get sentence of more than three years
Quarter of police forces missing basic policies on sexual offences
Fixing the court maintenance backlog will cost £1.3bn
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Shurely shome mishtake?
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It seems strange to ask for your name not to be used, but then to do a filmed interview on TV.
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Dear Mr Lowe, this has just happened by.
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Government doesn't need to be "clear in its anti-migrant rhetoric". It needs to reject anti-migrant rhetoric.
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