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Twitter account of Ernest Bevin College Politics Department, in Tooting, SW London. RTs and follows do not mean endorsements.

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@andypollintine Extra in the sense that the seat was vacant for months. Means that there is another vote now to add to the parliamentary arithmetic. In the last week there has been a tied vote and a legislative pass by one vote.

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Labour hold in Newport West by-election. Will the addition of an extra MP be significant in the Parliamentary Brexit gridlock?

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According to the Article 50 petition the most pro-Remain constituency in the country is Bristol West with 21,548 signatures whilst the most resistant is Walsall North with 916 signatures.

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We know there are problems with the Petitions site. We are working to get it back up and running as soon as possible.

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Parliament petition to revoke Article 50 and remain in the European Union was at 607,000 signatures this morning. Website has now crashed.

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Looking forward to attending @guywalters talk on the Great Escape tonight at the RAF Club. To mark the event @ErnestBevinColl History Club will be showing the film The Great Escape to KS3 students next week.

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Former Trump lawyer, Michael Cohen, delivering devastating testimony to the House Oversight Committee.

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Meanwhile in the States, the 2020 Presidential election is well under way already with Senators @SenGillibrand and @SenWarren already announced.

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Will go out on a limb and predict that the Government will win today's no-confidence motion by 328-310.

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Defeat by 230 votes is the worst ever defeat for a UK government. Tomorrow - no confidence motion to be debated in the House.

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@RosaO_Hara @nytgraphics Sorry to complicate BUT out of the 650 MPs, 11 are currently non-voting [Speaker and deputies plus 7 Sinn Fein who don't vote] meaning there are only 639 voting MPs.

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Surveying staff at @ErnestBevinColl for their views to feed into P6 Politics lesson on the historic vote taking place in Parliament tonight

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Extraordinary scenes in Parliament - again - as Government is defeated for the second time in two days. If PM's deal is voted down Government must return to the House within 3 days with details of Plan B.

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Brexit amendment being debated on the floor of the House now. Labour Brexit group in avid discussion on the floor.

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Meanwhile in the USA, President Trump's ex-lawyer is on his way to prison with a promise of more revelations to come.

[Rebecca Ballhaus @rebeccaballhaus]

Lanny Davis, an attorney for Cohen, says that after Mueller concludes the investigation, Cohen will "state publicly all he knows about Mr. Trump." https://t.co/Lx5pctGoF2

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May likely to win tonight but the key factor will be the number of Conservative MPs who vote against her. The higher the number of opponents the more damaged politically she will be. Plus its a secret ballot so protestations of loyalty need to be treated with some caution.

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I fight on. I fight on to win - Margaret Thatcher 1990
https://t.co/5hJv6kfWHM

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Will the Chairman of the 1922 Committee have a busy morning opening the post?

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If you've got the votes you move to the vote. If you don't you, you don't have the vote.
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Some good news here for the Prime Minister ahead of the scheduled vote next week.

[BBC South East @bbcsoutheast]

BREAKING: The Lib Dem MP for Eastbourne and Willingdon, Stephen Lloyd, is resigning his party whip. He cites “irreconcilable differences” with his party’s voting intentions over the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement.