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NEW: Former Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, has endorsed Bernie Sanders for President of the United States.
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Keir Starmer: “The Ministerial Code says that Ministers who knowingly mislead the house should resign. Why is he still here?”
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Green Party MP
@CarolineLucas
rips up a copy of the Illegal Migration bill during the second reading debate
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POLL: Best Prime Minister
Keir Starmer: 42% (+5)
Boris Johnson: 29% (-7)
Via
@RedfieldWilton
, 17 Jan
Changes w/ 10 Jan
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BREAKING: The family of Harry Dunn are bringing a private criminal prosecution case against Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab over the case of Anne Sacoolas.
They believe the Foreign Secretary broke the law with his handling of the case.
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NEW: Conservative MP for Winchester, Steve Brine, has submitted a letter of no confidence to Sir Graham Brady.
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Former Speaker, Baroness Betty Boothroyd: "I was elected to Parliament some 47 years ago, and have witnessed 9 Prime Ministers tread the steps of 10 Downing Street.. But never in my parliamentary experience have I witnessed such a collapse of people's trust in a government."
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18 Labour MPs voted against the Second Reading of the
#OverseasOperationsBill
.
Abbott, Begum, Blake, Burgon, Ian Byrne, Corbyn, Lavery, Long-Bailey, McDonnell, Osamor, Osborne, Ribeiro-Addy, Russell-Moyole, Sultana, Trickett, Webbe, Whittome, Winter.
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POLL: Best Prime Minister
Keir Starmer: 44% (+12)
Liz Truss: 15% (-10)
Via
@YouGov
, 28th-29th Sept
Changes w/ 6th-7th Sept
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NEW: Labour MP Tony Lloyd has been moved out of Intensive Care after being admitted to hospital with Coronavirus.
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NEW: President Trump's lawsuit in Georgia has been dismissed by a federal judge.
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NEW: The Conservatives have lost control of Monmouthshire council, the only council they controlled in Wales.
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BREAKING: GCSEs and A-Levels will not go ahead as planned.
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POLL: “More trustworthy”
Keir Starmer: 51% (+7)
Boris Johnson: 16% (-8)
Via
@focaldataHQ
, 12-13 Jan
Changes w/ 20-21 Dec
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RAYNER: "The PM once earned £2,300 an hour, can the PM tell us what is the average hourly rate of a care worker in this country?"
#PMQs
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Net Approval Ratings of Party Leaders
Keir Starmer (LAB): +24 (+6)
Nicola Sturgeon (SNP): +15 (+7)
Boris Johnson (CON): +10 (-10)
Ed Davey (LD): -4 (+3)
Nigel Farage (BRX): -20 (+2)
Via
@OpiniumResearch
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BREAKING: Chris Grayling has resigned from the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament.
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POLL: Westminster Voting Intention
LAB: 40% (+1)
CON: 34% (-2)
LD: 10% (+1)
SNP: 4% (-1)
GRN: 4% (+1)
RFM: 3% (-)
Via
@Survation
, 8th-9th Dec
Changes w/ 1st Dec
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NEW: The Conservatives have LOST control of West Oxfordshire Council.
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Conservative MP William Wragg says on the floor of the Commons that "I can not reconcile myself to the PM's continued leadership of our country and the Conservative party."
Says he submitted his letter of no confidence in December last year.
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BREAKING: Paul Golding, Leader of Britain First has been charged with an offence under the Terrorism Act.
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BREAKING: Theresa May confirms she will not support the Internal Market Bill on the floor of the House of Commons.
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POLL: French Presidential Voting Intention
Emmanuel Macron: 54% (+3)
Marine Le Pen: 46% (-3)
Via YouGov/Datapraxis, 12-14 April
Changes w/ 4-7 April
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POLL: Westminster Voting Intention
LAB: 39% (+2)
CON: 31% (-1)
LD: 13% (+2)
GRN: 6% (-1)
RFM: 5% (-2)
SNP: 5% (+1)
Via
@RedfieldWilton
, 20 Dec
Changes w/ 13 Dec
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Theresa May: “There are very important elements of this bill that I would urge the government to consider carefully the fine line between being popular and populist. Our freedoms depend on it.”
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Labour move to a 12 point lead in latest Redfield & Wilton Poll
LAB: 43% (+2)
CON: 31% (-4)
LD: 12% (+1)
GRN: 7% (+2)
SNP: 3% (-)
RFM: 2% (-4)
Via
@RedfieldWilton
, 7 July
Changes w/ 3 July
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POLL: Westminster Voting Intention
LAB: 50% (+7)
CON: 25% (-4)
LD: 11% (-1)
SNP: 3% (-2)
GRN: 3% (-1)
Via
@SavantaComRes
, 30 Sept - 2 Oct
Changes w/ 23-25 Sept
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POLL: Westminster Voting Intention
LAB: 45% (+2)
CON: 31% (-4)
LD: 11% (-)
SNP: 5% (+2)
GRN: 2% (-)
Via
@Survation
, 6th July
Changes w/ 27th June
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POLL: Westminster Voting Intention
LAB: 43% (+2)
CON: 28% (-4)
LD: 12% (+1)
GRN: 4% (+1)
SNP: 4% (-)
Via
@SavantaComRes
, 8-10 July
Changes w/ 1-3 July
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Some interesting
@MoS_Politics
polling by DeltaPoll
Voting Intention:
LAB: 43% (+3)
CON: 32% (-2)
Best for British economy:
LAB: 42%
CON: 34%
Best Prime Minister:
Starmer: 41%
Johnson: 34%
Full details below
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NEW: President Joe Biden signs an Executive Order that directs the United States to rejoin the Paris Climate Agreement.
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I’ve seen what’s been going around on Twitter about Uxbridge and South Ruislip.
No, 7,036 people can not just organise and sign a recall petition to remove Boris Johnson as an MP - it would require one of the conditions of the Recall of MPs Act to be met first.
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POLL: Westminster Voting Intention
LAB: 44% (+4)
CON: 33% (+1)
LD: 9% (-2)
SNP: 4% (-1)
GRN: 3% (-1)
Via
@SavantaComRes
, 28-30 Jan
Changes w/ 21-23 Jan
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POLL: Westminster Voting Intention
LAB: 52% (+6)
CON: 24% (-5)
LD: 10% (-3)
GRN: 5% (+1)
SNP: 5% (+2)
RFM: 3% (-1)
Via
@RedfieldWilton
, 2 Oct
Changes w/ 28-29 Sept
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BREAKING: Joe Biden has won the most votes of any presidential candidate in US history.
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BREAKING: Speaker Lindsay Hoyle announces that he has granted the opportunity for Keir Starmer to table a motion for debate and vote on Thursday over whether the Prime Minister misled parliament when talking about parties during lockdown.
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POLL: Westminster Voting Intention
LAB: 40% (+1)
CON: 33% (-2)
LD: 11% (-)
SNP: 5% (-)
GRN: 4% (-)
Via
@SavantaComRes
, 1-3 April
Changes w/ 25-27 March
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POLL: Westminster Voting Intention
LAB: 42% (+2)
CON: 31% (-3)
LD: 10% (-)
GRN: 5% (+1)
SNP: 4% (-)
Via
@SavantaComRes
, 17-19 Jun
Changes w/ 10-12 Jun
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NEW: First approval poll to take place following the Dominic Cummings story pushes the PM and Government into the negatives.
PMs approval rating is now at -1%, dropping 20 points in 4 days.
Government approval is now at -2%, dropping 16 points in a day.
Via
@SavantaComRes
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NEW: Simon Lightwood (Lab) has sworn in as the Member of Parliament for Wakefield.
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POLL: Westminster Voting Intention
LAB: 42% (+1)
CON: 33% (-3)
LD: 9% (+1)
SNP: 4% (-1)
GRN: 4% (+1)
Via
@Survation
, 22-26 April
Changes w/ 30 March
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POLL: Westminster Voting Intention
LAB: 40% (+1)
CON: 31% (-2)
LD: 14% (+2)
GRN: 5% (-)
SNP: 4% (-)
RFM: 3% (-1)
Via
@RedfieldWilton
, 25th May
Changes w/ 22nd May
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Starmer: “I’m not going to take lectures from a man that wrote two versions of every column he ever wrote as a journalist, who proposed Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, and gave Dominic Cummings a pay rise.”
#PMQs
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POLL: Westminster Voting Intention
LAB: 42% (+5)
CON: 36% (+1)
LD: 9% (-)
GRN: 4% (-1)
SNP: 3% (-3)
RFM: 3% (-2)
Via
@RedfieldWilton
, 3rd April
Changes w/ 27th March
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POLL: Westminster Voting Intention
LAB: 42% (+5)
CON: 32% (-1)
LD: 11% (-)
GRN: 4% (-1)
SNP: 4% (-)
Via
@SavantaComRes
, 13-14 Jan
Changes w/ 7-9 Jan
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POLL: Westminster Voting Intention
LAB: 40% (+2)
CON: 32% (-2)
LD: 13% (+2)
GRN: 5% (+2)
SNP: 4% (-)
RFM: 4% (-)
Via
@RedfieldWilton
, 8-9th June
Changes w/ 5th June
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NEW: David Davis tells the PM to go at PMQs.
“You are sat there too long for the good you have done. In the name of god go.”
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POLL: Westminster Voting Intention
LAB: 42% (+2)
CON: 32% (-1)
LD: 9% (-2)
GRN: 6% (-)
SNP: 4% (-)
RFM: 4% (+1)
Via
@RedfieldWilton
, 7 Feb
Changes w/ 31 Jan
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POLL: Westminster Voting Intention
LAB: 41% (+3)
CON: 32% (-)
LD: 10% (-1)
GRN: 6% (-1)
SNP: 5% (-)
RFM: 4% (+1)
Via
@YouGov
, 1-2 Feb
Changes w/ 26-27 Jan
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BREAKING: Mike Pence declares Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as the next President and Vice President of the United States.
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POLL: Westminster Voting Intention
LAB: 37% (+4)
CON: 33% (-3)
LD: 9% (-)
GRN: 7% (-2)
RFM: 6% (-)
SNP: 5% (-)
Via
@YouGov
, 8th-9th Dec
Changes w/ 1st-2nd Dec
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Starmer: “Frankly I’d take the Prime Minister a bit more seriously if he hadn’t paid £2.6 million pounds of taxpayers money on a Downing Street TV studio or £200,000 on new wallpaper for his flat.”
#PMQs
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BREAKING: Labour will vote against the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.
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NEW: The Labour Party have taken their first national polling lead in 14 months.
LAB: 42% (+3%)
CON: 39% (-3%)
LD: 5% (-1%)
GRN 4% (No Change)
Via
@OpiniumResearch
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POLL: Westminster Voting Intention
LAB: 42% (+2)
CON: 31% (-3)
LD: 11% (+1)
SNP: 4% (-)
GRN: 3% (-2)
Via
@SavantaComRes
, 27-29 May
Changes w/ 20-22 May
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BREAKING: The Prime Minister and Chancellor Rishi Sunak are to receive Fixed Penalty Notices for breaches of lockdown rules. BBC reporting now.
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The Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party have failed to take any seats in the Senedd Election.
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POLL: Best Prime Minister
Starmer v Johnson
Keir Starmer: 39% (+1)
Boris Johnson: 33% (-2)
Johnson v Sunak
Boris Johnson: 35% (+3)
Rishi Sunak: 22% (-6)
Starmer v Sunak
Keir Starmer: 41% (+3)
Rishi Sunak: 28% (-5)
Via
@RedfieldWilton
, 17th April
Changes w/ 10th April
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POLL: Westminster Voting Intention
LAB: 39% (+2)
CON: 33% (-2)
LD: 10% (+3)
GRN: 7% (-1)
SNP: 4% (-1)
RFM: 4% (-1)
Via
@YouGov
, 8-9 March
Changes w/ 3-4 March
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BREAKING: Former Attorney General Geoffrey Cox QC MP will be rebelling and voting against the United Kingdom Internal Market Bill.
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BREAKING: Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski has called on President Trump to resign, saying “I want him out.”
She is the first Republican Senator to do so.
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🚨 The Conservative Party parliamentary vote of confidence in Boris Johnson has closed.
Result expected around 9pm.
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The United States have officially joined the Paris Climate Agreement.
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POLL: Westminster Voting Intention
LAB: 40% (+3%)
CON: 37% (-1%)
LD: 5% (-2%)
BXP: 5% (+1%)
GRN: 5% (-1%)
Via
@YouGov
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412
BREAKING: New York Times reports Mitch McConnell has told associates he believes Trump committed impeachable offenses and that he is pleased that Democrats are moving to impeach him, believing that it will make it easier to purge him from the GOP.
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NEW: Mary Peltola (D) has defeated Sarah Palin (R) in the Special Election for the Alaska seat in the US House of Representatives.
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BREAKING: Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, the third-highest person in House Republican Leadership, says she will vote to impeach President Trump.
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The Chancellor of the Exchequer has this day appointed Imran Ahmad Khan to be Steward and Bailiff of the Three Hundreds of Chiltern.
The seat of Wakefield is now vacant.
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BREAKING: Former Chancellor Sajid Javid has said he is unable to support the Internal Market Bill.
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POLL: Westminster Voting Intention
LAB: 40% (+3)
CON: 32% (-1)
LD: 8% (-1)
RFM: 7% (+1)
GRN: 7% (-)
SNP: 4% (-1)
Via
@YouGov
, 9-10 Dec
Changes w/ 8-9 Dec
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BREAKING: Former Conservative MP Charlie Elphicke has been jailed for two years after being convicted of three counts of sexual assault.
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BREAKING: Sen. Mitt Romney (R)
“We gather today due to a selfish man’s injured pride and the outrage of his supporters whom he has deliberately misinformed for the past two months.”
“What happened at the U.S. Capitol today was an insurrection incited by the POTUS”.
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Sir Edward Leigh: “Can HM Government confirm that only a biological woman can have a baby. Can the minister explain to me why this bill refers to just a person and not a woman. If we are going to adopt extreme gender ideology why is the government doing it by stealth.”
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AUSTRALIA: Anthony Albanese and the Labor Party will form a majority government after reaching 76 seats - latest projections.
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BREAKING: Labour MP Rosie Duffield has resigned as an Opposition Whip after breaking lockdown restrictions. -
@MoS_Politics
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BIDEN: "Don't you dare call them protestors, they were a riotous mob."
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NEW: Politico reports that Mike Pence is planning to attend the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden.
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CONFIRMED: Dawn Butler MP (LAB, Brent Central) has received the required 22 nominations from MPs and MEPs.
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POLL: Westminster Voting Intention
LAB: 41% (+3)
CON: 32% (-4)
LD: 9% (+1)
GRN: 5% (-1)
SNP: 5% (-)
Via
@OpiniumResearch
Changes w/ 25th Nov
Largest Labour Lead with Opinium since February 2014.
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POLL: On whether the Prime Minister should resign or remain...
All Brits
Resign: 62% (+6)
Remain: 25% (-2)
Con voters
Resign: 38% (+5)
Remain: 49% (-3)
Lab voters:
Resign: 88% (+6)
Remain: 5% (-4)
Via
@YouGov
, 25 Jan
Changes w/ 11 Jan
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BREAKING: Chris Pincher has had the Conservative whip removed.
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POLL: Best Prime Minister
Keir Starmer: 37% (+2)
Boris Johnson: 36% (-1)
Via
@RedfieldWilton
, 10 Jan
Changes w/ 3 Jan
Third time Keir Starmer has led in this category for Redfield & Wilton since June 2020
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BREAKING: Rep. Ilhan Omar says she is drawing up Articles of Impeachment in Pres. Donald Trump.
"We can’t allow him to remain in office, it’s a matter of preserving our Republic and we need to fulfil our oath."
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Andy Burnham re-elected Mayor of Greater Manchester with 67% of first preferences.
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BREAKING: Rep. Adam Kinzinger (Republican) is calling for the invocation of the 25th Amendment to remove President Trump from Office.
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BREAKING: Joanna Cherry MP has been sacked from the SNP frontbench.
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BREAKING: Conservative MP Mark Harper says that the Prime Minister is “no longer worthy of the great office he holds”.
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POLL: Best Prime Minister
Keir Starmer: 36% (+3)
Boris Johnson: 28% (-3)
Don't know: 35% (-1)
Via
@SavantaComRes
, 14-16 Jan
Changes w/ 17-19 Dec
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POLL: Which of the following individuals do you think would be the better Prime Minister for the United Kingdom?
Starmer: 38% (+1)
Johnson: 35% (-2)
Johnson: 32% (-3)
Sunak: 28% (-1)
Starmer: 38% (-)
Sunak: 33% (-2)
Via
@RedfieldWilton
, 10th April
Changes w/ 3rd April
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BREAKING: President Trump blocked from Facebook and Instagram indefinitely and for at least the next two weeks until the transition of power is complete - says statement.
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BREAKING: The Independent Group for Change has begun the process of closing the party and have applied to the electoral commission to de-register as a political party.
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Theresa May: "This bill is not, in my view, legal in international law. It will not achieve its aims. And, it will diminish the standing of the United Kingdom in the eyes of the world.
I can not support it."
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BREAKING: Ed Miliband makes return to the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
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🇦🇺 Anthony Albanese has been sworn in as Australia's 31st Prime Minister
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POLL: Westminster Voting Intention
LAB: 39% (+2)
CON: 33% (-5)
LD: 9% (-)
SNP: 5% (+1)
GRN: 4% (-1)
Via
@SavantaComRes
, 9th-10th Dec
Changes w/ 3rd-5th Dec
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