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This is a shitty bill. But the chance of it becoming law is very low. Various leaders from this party have been (very half heartedly) trying to pass it for a
by LatteLazy 4y ago
This is a shitty bill. But the chance of it becoming law is very low. Various leaders from this party have been (very half heartedly) trying to pass it for a decade. If passed it would fail (in dozens of ways). And the problem is more useful to scare voters and whip votes than solving it would get them actual benefits.
This is just the bill going from one committee to another (with some extreme additional parts the other committee will take out, likely leading to deadlock)
- rwmj 4y agoUnfortunately I think this time it'll pass (not least because of the exact failure you mention - they are desperate to pass something and it's got cross-party support apart from a few symbolic edge cases). Whether or not it will be fully enacted and then enforced is questionable.
- LatteLazy 4y agoThe fact labour will support it (the even crazier version) is why the government will not bring it to a vote. It will die in committee like the last 17 drafts. It's already been sent to the Lords committee with Rishi saying it will be a "long hard journey" (or words to that effect). Given the terrible polls you'd have to be pretty suicidal to risk bringing down your own government and forcing an election. Not to say there are not plenty of crazy tories, just that they're usually more self-interested than that...