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defences and preserve greater freedom for the long term. ida defences and preserve greater freedom for the long-term. no matter how dysfunctional freedom for the long-term. no matter how dysfunctional the freedom for the long-term. no matter how dysfunctional the conservative - how dysfunctional the conservative party how dysfunctional the conservative party has how dysfunctional the conservative party has become, the country can rely on party has become, the country can rely on labour. he will act in the national rely on labour. he will act in the national interests, as we have done throughout national interests, as we have done throughout the pandemic, putting public health before party politics, by supporting the motion is under consideration this afternoon. we can brina in consideration this afternoon. we can bring in lten consideration this afternoon. we can bring in ben wright consideration this afternoon. we can bring in ben wright at consideration this afterno
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that also will not encounter much resistance. then there will be the vote on the covid passports and there will be resistance to that, we think from around 60 conservative mps. that is a big rebellion, there is no doubt about it, it will mean the government is reliant on labour. get that bit through, but there will be those labour votes. in real world terms, these measures will come into place, in political terms, governments hate having to rely on the opposition to get their business through because it makes them look feeble. 0ne through because it makes them look feeble. one other thing, there will actually be a fourth vote unconnected to the whole question of plan b and the winter plan around the idea of making it mandatory for front line nhs staff in england to be vaccinated. i am told, i understand this evening, labour will also back the government on that. they had previously been posted but they were now back the government on that so irrespective of any conservative rebellion o
morning is there was a speech by the deputy labour leader on the subject of standards and that she had been speaking for barely a minute or two when rumours started flashing around on social media that there was going to be a reshuffle under way. on labour s front bench. when it came to questions after the speech about standards, i asked a question about standards, i asked a question about standards and, indeed, about the reshuffle and there were umpteen other questions about the reshuffle in which angela rayner said she knew very little about it and she was focused on standards. afterwards, she and her team said there had been a meeting this morning between angela rayner and keir starmer about the reshuffle, that was something that was confirmed by keir starmer s team, but the bottom line is she had a very little to say about the reshuffle, was clearly irritated she had not been consulted about it and onlyjust knew