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Old 29-06-2017, 10:41 AM #5
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Originally Posted by smudgie View Post
I didn't think it would really go through to be fair.
Government don't normally dance to the oppositions tune.
Cameron didn't have an issue accepting the amendment last year...

''There are precedents for governments accepting amendments to the Queen’s speech. In 2016 David Cameron accepted an amendment to the Queen’s speech backed by the opposition and Eurosceptic Tories criticising the speech for not including a bill to protect the NHS from the proposed EU/US free trade deal..''

https://www.theguardian.com/politics...-politics-live
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