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If this is accurate, then you might wish to update your Trump impeachment, conviction, resignation, and exit date betting

If this is accurate, then you might wish to update your Trump impeachment, conviction, resignation, and exit date betting

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(THREAD) BREAKING: Harvard professor and @CNN political analyst Juliette Kayyem says, per sources, Michael Flynn may have flipped on Trump. pic.twitter.com/kkG4h4gqvw — Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 25, 2017 (1) First, as an attorney I want to make clear that, if this @CNN analyst's sources are correct, the #Russiagate scandal is blown wide open. — Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 25, 2017 (2) The FBI flips witnesses, turning them into cooperating individuals, _only_ when they can help secure conviction of a bigger…

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NEW PB/Polling Matters podcast: London, Second Referendum(s), Snap elections & more

NEW PB/Polling Matters podcast: London, Second Referendum(s), Snap elections & more

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  On this week’s new (revamped) episode of the PB/Polling Matters podcast Keiran touches briefly on the shocking events of this week before being joined by Leo Barasi and Rob Vance to discuss the latest polling data and elections news. Keiran unveils new Polling Matters / Opinium polling on whether there should be a second EU referendum with changes that might surprise you, Leo explains why he thinks there will not be a snap election (although Keiran argues May is…

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Reports two people shot outside Parliament

Reports two people shot outside Parliament

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'Explosions' outside UK parliament, two men 'shot by cops' https://t.co/8DoNibqIn6 pic.twitter.com/rht5gnv3yB — The Sun (@TheSun) March 22, 2017 Firearms incident near #Parliament: What we know so far pic.twitter.com/0GP5EeFRaK — Sky News (@SkyNews) March 22, 2017 There was an "almighty crash" as a vehicle hit the railings outside Parliament, a witness tells Sky News pic.twitter.com/ubgSsntZPm — Sky News (@SkyNews) March 22, 2017   Let’s hope this doesn’t escalate TSE  

Don’t expect a Street Coronation in the West Midlands Mayoral election

Don’t expect a Street Coronation in the West Midlands Mayoral election

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A look at the Mayoral elections betting ‘The young princes who now stride the parade ground with the confidence born of aristocratic schooling can never be afraid. They never have been. Like latter day Pushkins drilled in the elite academy of Brownian blitzkrieg, they are bursting with their sense of destiny.’  Is part of a text that will be studied throughout history as one of the great polemics of our era. Anyway, not withstanding there are a couple of mayoral…

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Don’t get complacent – Scotland’s future in the Union is hanging by a thread.

Don’t get complacent – Scotland’s future in the Union is hanging by a thread.

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Embed from Getty Images The case for Scottish Independence is full of holes writes Keiran Pedley but that doesn’t mean it won’t happen. Since Nicola Sturgeon’s bombshell speech last week, where she indicated her intention to ask for a second referendum on Scottish Independence, the conventional wisdom appears to have been on something of a journey. The original reaction was one of panic. This was it. Just as we all feared, Scotland was heading for Independence as a consequence of…

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Blindsided. Leavers have given the PM a free rein over the Article 50 negotiations and they’ll come to regret it

Blindsided. Leavers have given the PM a free rein over the Article 50 negotiations and they’ll come to regret it

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Embed from Getty Images From now on Theresa May can ignore Parliament Theresa May has striven mightily at every stage to avoid Parliamentary restraint on her Brexit negotiations with the rest of the EU.  She fought in the courts to the bitter end against the principle that the triggering of Article 50 required the prior approval from Parliament.  A White Paper was extracted out of the government in a manner akin to that used by Lord Olivier in Marathon Man. …

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NEW PB/Polling Matters podcast: SCOTLAND SPECIAL+ more on Northern Ireland)

NEW PB/Polling Matters podcast: SCOTLAND SPECIAL+ more on Northern Ireland)

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  On this week’s podcast Keiran is joined by Ailsa Henderson, Head of Politics and International Relations at the University of Edinburgh to discuss the prospect of another Scottish Independence referendum. Keiran and Ailsa discuss why Nicola Sturgeon decided to call for a referendum now, what a new campaign would look like, the importance of Brexit, what the polls tell us about who would win and what we can learn from Quebec. Also on the show Keiran unveils some new…

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The Tory MP for Thanet South and his agent have been questioned under caution over their election expenses

The Tory MP for Thanet South and his agent have been questioned under caution over their election expenses

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EXCL: Tory MP Craig Mackinlay interviewed under caution for six hours over South Thanet election expenses: https://t.co/eDhdlnRIQK — Kate McCann (@KateEMcCann) March 14, 2017 The Telegraph are reporting that. Conservative MP Craig Mackinlay was questioned by Police under caution last week over his election expenses, the Telegraph can reveal. The South Thanet MP reportedly spent six hours being interviewed by officers over alleged overspending in the 2015 election campaign in which he beat Nigel Farage and Al Murray, the Pub…

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