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17 Mar, 9 tweets, 3 min read
Exciting night ahead in Dutch politics 👇👇
Thoughts and prayers with Dutch election night gfx teams
Mark Rutte looks set for a fourth term as Prime Minister in the Netherlands-his VVD looks set to gain several seats. Liberal, pro-EU D66 a big winner gaining 8 seats. Wilders’ Far Right PVV fall back, as do the Greens. The once powerful Dutch Labour still enfeebled and stagnant.
Rutte’s longevity is notable- once Merkel steps down he’ll be the EU’s second longest serving leader- second only to Orban. If her serves a full term he’ll become the longest serving Dutch PM since the war.

17 parties elected to the Parliament in all- a new record. 🇳🇱
I’ve no idea what’s going on but I’m loving the pencils #TK2021
This is more like it. The Dutch magische muur #TK2021
Oh God give me a month and I’m here #TK2021
Liberal Pro EU parties doing v well tonight. Again if the “populists” had done nearly as well, we’d be hearing fo little else.

That said far right still growing but slowly. Wilders retreating.

Again what’s remarkable is that traditional left- greens/Labour, dead in the water.
In other news, I’ve got A LOT of love for this map

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“The govt’s Vaccines Task Force have now notified us that there will be a significant reduction in weekly supply from manufacturers in the week commencing March 29th- meaning volumes for first doses will be significantly constrained.”

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This has a very different emphasis to that of Matt Hancock's in his briefing- who is instead saying he wants to vaccinate all vulnerable people in the over 50 group before moving on to lower age groups.
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Some disturbing numbers right at the start of the NAO report on education and the early pandemic:

- 15% reduction in referrals to children's social care services April-August
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17 Mar
17 minutes in and we haven’t heard from a woman yet. #pmqs
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Keir Starmer says the death of Sarah Everard “must be a turning point in how we tackle violence against women and girls”- compares it to the “watershed moments” of Stephen Lawrence and James Bulger. #pmqs
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Says he’s open to Labour proposals on the issue
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