The UK Politics and EU Referendum thread - merged

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Clive Lewis resignation prompts Labour leadership speculation

"The resignation of Clive Lewis, one of Jeremy Corbyn's most senior allies before he gave up his job in the shadow cabinet, has prompted speculation that the party leader could be poised to step down.

Mr Lewis's decision to leave the top team came as he admitted he could not bring himself to back Article 50 in the Commons because it would be bad for his constituents.

But the timing of the resignation caused rumours to swirl last night after Mr Corbyn's aides were forced to deny he has already agreed a date to handover the leadership to another politician."

the 14 shadow ministers who defied the three line whip were

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meanwhile Private Eye explains

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I happened to notice that a friend of a friend postulated this question earlier in the week

"The EU has been Corbyn's Iraq" Discuss

have a go if you like....

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Rising star Rebecca Long-Bailey promoted in Jeremy Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet reshuffle http://bit.ly/2kME9MA

she has beena  big springer in next leader markets in recent months, all the way down from 66/1

there are 232 Labour MPs. Corbyn has now had 4 reshuffles and 60 of those MPs have been in the shadow cabinet in his time as leader

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Motion of no confidence in Bercow tabled

http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2017/02/motion-no-confidence-bercow-tabled/

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Theresa May has secured a strong position in the Commons, but it comes with a price tag,

http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/staggers/2017/02/theresa-may-has-secured-strong-position-commons-it-comes-price-tag

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Rising star Rebecca Long-Bailey promoted in Jeremy Corbyn's Shadow Cabinet reshuffle http://bit.ly/2kME9MA

she has beena  big springer in next leader markets in recent months, all the way down from 66/1

there are 232 Labour MPs. Corbyn has now had 4 reshuffles and 60 of those MPs have been in the shadow cabinet in his time as leader

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I see she was one of the 36 who originally nominated Corbyn.......so maybe not that smart 

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ComRes S Mirror Indy poll voting intention - the first since June

CON 41%+7
LAB 26% -3
LD 11%+3
UKIP 11% -8
GRN 4%=

main change therefore UKIP to Con

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Labour's internal pollsters probe popularity of Rebecca Long-Bailey and Angela Rayner http://bit.ly/2l2Njai

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I guess this sums up journalism in the UK. 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/10/cambridge-university-student-relative-nicola-sturgeon-filmed/

Instead of going with the truth of Tory Toff Is a Cu*t

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Corbyn guessing game rises to new pitch

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38950597

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The British government has not mentioned an exit payment. A whopping financial demand could be a nasty surprise

http://www.economist.com/news/britain/21716629-bitter-argument-over-money-looms-multi-billion-euro-exit-charge-could-sink-brexit?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/ed/frombrusselswithlovethemultibillioneuroexitchargethatcouldsinkbrexittalks

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from this morning

No. of unemployment benefit claimants now lower than no. of job vacancies. Wasn't even true in '07 pre financial crash/peak of boom.

It is said to be the first occurrence of this in 50 years

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Due to the number of people who face benefit sanctions no doubt.

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A lot of sensible analysis of post Brexit from Blair......but who was it that opened the door to unlimited Eastern European migration in 2004 ?

As Julia Roberts said.....Big mistake. Big. Huge.