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Laura Kuenssberg
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1. ok - last night official line from Labour was they will back an election 'as the Bill to stop No Deal becomes law.' - and the statement referred to Friday night
2. Now, Labour MPs say Keir Starmer told them at the PLP that Labour will NOT vote for an election until the bill has been passed AND implemented, which means AFTER October 19th - which obviously means no chance election until much later on
3. Trying to clarify the position!
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Laura Kuenssberg
@bbclaurak
Starmer on court ruling - "I'm really pleased with this result, but I'm surprised because for a court to make a decision like this is a huge thing. It vindicates what happened last week".
Are MPs going to come back and cancel party conferences which are massive revenue raisers for the parties in what's likely to be an election year?
And the real strangeness of this that even tho Parliament was suspended yday, MP s did come back and achieve what most of them wanted to do which was change the law to try to try to rule out leaving without a deal
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Laura Kuenssberg
@bbclaurak
Morning-in no particular order
1. Opposition leaders gathering again this morning to plan next steps
2. Julian Smith not resigning (not yet)
3. No 10 is looking at different ploys so extension doesn't happen if no deal, aware it might end up in court
4. One option suggested by Cabinet minister privately is political side letter, as per Telegraph this morning
5. Meanwhile Cabinet ministers pressing Number 10 to show more evidence of attempts to get a deal - Dublin visit today might be key
6. Lord Sumption, senior legal brain, has just told @BBCr4today a double letter wheeze would be likely to be illegal
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Laura Kuenssberg
@bbclaurak
1. PM heading out of Westminster today to crank up calls for an election - he'll accuse Labour of being cowardly for refusing one, the message 'Parliament can't stop the People voting'
2. If you were in any doubt for a second that we were heading for an election based on People v Parliament, scratch that thought - No 10 reckons this is day 1, whatever the eventual date
3. But Johnson has a big problem that the date is not just in his gift, and opposition parties can keep him dangling for as long as they like - PLP and shadow Cabinet seem to, for now, have secured position from Corbyn that they won't agree in next couple of days
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Ian Dunt
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Righti ho, back again. Bit more Commons drama, misery, larks, constitutional murder mystery. Kicks off about now and you can follow here parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/91…
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⚢🌸Sakura No Seirei🌸🏳️‍⚧️
@SakuraNoSeirei
Good morning and welcome to yet another #Brexit thread

Have just woken up this morning to see that the Government in the Lords backed down at 01:30 and agreed to give the #BennBill time to go through all stages in the Lords

So I'm going to grab a coffee and try to find...

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the business for today for both Houses

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And indeed, today's the day that the Lords starts on the #BennBill

No firm commitment on timing just yet but I will hopefully be here to cover it live

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⚢🌸Sakura No Seirei🌸🏳️‍⚧️
@SakuraNoSeirei
Good morning and welcome to another #Brexit thread

I'll be attempting to cover the events that are happening both in the Commons and in the Lords today so this is going to be a long one

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So first things first, hello to all my new followers and here's a quick breakdown of what's happening today, and a quick precis of how business in each House is carried out and why really arcane things seem to happen that bear little-to-no relationship to reality

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Andrew Lewin
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To #Labour voters who back a #PeoplesVote and are campaigning to #Remain in the EU, please ignore this angry article. It does not speak for the majority.
The worst thing Labour supporters like Owen can do at the #EUElections2019 is lecture and patronise Remain voters.
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Ian Dunt
@IanDunt
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Repso
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Which party has the oldest average age of MPs? THREAD
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