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Sometimes it can be hard to keep up. So what exactly is going on with the EU vaccine exports? #PMQs
Question for @NicolaSturgeon: if Scotland left the UK, would we be bound by trade deals and treaties signed while we were members? Put simply, Would an independent Scotland be bound by this UK-EU deal? #indyref2 #UKEUdeal
Question for @NicolaSturgeon: if Scotland left the UK, would we be bound by trade deals and treaties signed while we were members? Put simply, Would an independent Scotland be bound by this UK-EU deal? #indyref2 #UKEUdeal
According to the Oxford English Dictionary the use of the word ”Brexit” has dropped 80% this year. However the use of the word ”pandemic” has increased by 57,000%. They haven't named a ’word of the year’ for 2020 as ”to much has happened” #Oxford #wordoftheyear2020
Here is a copy of the letter @elliereeves (shadow solicitor general) sent to @pritipatel (home secretary) regarding how her verbal attack on lawyers led to a knife attack at a London based law firm
On this day(19th October) in 2019 there was a special Saturday sitting of parliament as they debated the revised Brexit Withdrawal Agreement This passed, along with the requirement for the PM to ask for an extension until 31 Jan 2020 A year later, very little has changed #EuUk
London will move to tier 2, ‘high risk’, as of Saturday. Greater Manchester are ‘fighting back’ against their tier 3 risk classification. Local lockdowns will only work if local authorities enforce them. Have they too had enough of the governments uncertainty? #COVID__19
London will move to tier 2, ‘high risk’, as of Saturday. Greater Manchester are ‘fighting back’ against their tier 3 risk classification. Local lockdowns will only work if local authorities enforce them. Have they too had enough of the governments uncertainty? #COVID__19
Bullying is rife in the legal industry, @YouGov have reported. Not enough is being done to solve this due to the industry’s macho and competitive nature. They also reported a huge reluctance to report misconduct to regulators. What can be done to address this issue?
Labour leader, Keir Starmer, has called for a two-three week ‘circuit break’ lockdown, in-line with SAGE advice (Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies). Some are saying that this is what @BorisJohnson ought to do, others are accusing @Keir_Starmer of playing politics.

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