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Originally Posted by jonbxx
I am just going by the joint political declaration published in October which seems to be in conflict with current noises coming out of the government now. I agree that there may be differences in degrees of alignment that need to be bashed out but we seem to have jumped from a significant degree of alignment to none in the space of 4 months.
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There has been a general election since October. The parliamentary arithmetic has fundamentally changed, and what was necessary for the government to agree to then, in order to attempt to get parliament’s backing, is not what’s necessary now.