Alex Smith

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@EliteDangerous Can we haz patch notes pleeeeaaasse?

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@crushed422 @BBCBreakfast @jreynoldsMP 'National living wage' is the name given to the minimum wage for over 21s. This is enforced. The one you're referencing is the 'real living wage', which is optional.

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@anyotherleader1 @PolitlcsUK Pay, not part 😵‍💫

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@anyotherleader1 @PolitlcsUK It runs from the first full part reference period. So if your payroll runs from the 15th to the 14th, the new NMW would apply from April 15.

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@gregcambridge04 @PolitlcsUK You say that like it's a bad thing.

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@DanHowdle @mrjamesob Just reminded me of this 🤣

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@PollRackham @TowellVicky @molmutius @Nigel_Farage Two grammatical cock ups in one thread? You might want to give up. "They" is perfectly correct, without even considering modern gender politics.

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@DavidWi74115164 @JohnRob37263267 @Thinkforamimute @hzeffman Don't call it the "p" word. It's a "pre election period" now.

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@MelanieReadings @AngelaRayner @Keir_Starmer @RachelReevesMP Does campaigning not come out of party funds? The only state funding for opposition parties is for parliamentary admin.

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@move_the_neddle @WorldFamousHot1 @robertlargan @ElectoralCommUK It'll be an argument as to whether this classes as attempting to deceive a person in relation to the administration of an election, inducing them to vote a particular way (section 114a, rep. of the people act). As you say, it complies with the law regarding election materials.

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@supertanskiii @robertlargan Representation of the people act 1983, part 114A, subsection 4, clause (g). With reference to subsection 6 too.

Allegedly.

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@JoyceSh39751222 @MartinReed28 @abigails_do @Peston Why not? Why can't older people "volunteer" for non military stuff? Oh yeah, because they'd tell you where to go.

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@QIncorrect @supertanskiii @jessphillips @wendychambLD If someone at work was alleged to have assaulted someone, they would be suspended pending investigation. I don't see why Parliament should be any different.

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@rupasubramanya @elonmusk @ianmiles @Niall_Boylan Did you also happen to look up the origin of the term Tory? 🤣

Small 'c' conservative does not equal big 'C' Conservative.

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@eleanorzjames @LozzaFox Don't want that hatred anywhere near my bit of the north east thank you very much.

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@Vee71Bobby @az0zone @LeftieStats Would you be saying that if Driscoll won?

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@indiauktweets @Prom000 @ElectionMapsUK @YouGov There is little uncontrolled immigration. The vast majority is legal through visas handed out by the current administration. If someone's anti immigration, the last part to vote for would be the one currently running the home office.

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@vocnorth @Sinurata346 @mrjamesob It's an old public sector accounting trick - costs for contingent staff don't class as wages. See it in the civil service too.

Although they're implementing it, I doubt matrons are high enough up the food chain to have made that decision themselves.

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@DaveB22664400 @lunaperla @PickardJE *duty. Stupid fingers.

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@DaveB22664400 @lunaperla @PickardJE To hazard a guess (benefit of the doubt, devil's advocate and all that), police have a dirty to investigate allegations; CPS will decide if there's a prosecutable case.
Whether that *is* actually the case here is another question.