April 15, 2017
Ruth Davidson spent an uncomfortable week avoiding the question of whether she supported the Westminster-imposed two-child cap on tax credits and the policy's notorious "rape clause". Eventually she faced the press, and her cuddly conservative mask slipped.
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April 9, 2017
The UK government introduced a new two-child cap on tax credits, with a so-called "rape clause" attached - effectively you can claim for a third child if you can prove the child was a result of rape. The "non-consensual conception exception" was defended by the Scottish Tories, who claimed it dealt with the issue "in the most sensitive way possible". The PM was up in arms, but not about this. She was incensed by Cadburys dropping the word Easter from their egg hunt.
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April 2, 2017
On March 29th, Prime Minister Theresa May triggered Article 50, beginning the two-year process to take the UK out of Europe. The following day Nicola Sturgeon, having won the backing of the Scottish Parliament, wrote to the PM requesting a Section 30 order allowing her to hold a second independence referendum. Let the games commence.
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March 25, 2017
It was the week of the terrorist attack outside the Houses of Parliament and, in light of the events, Holyrood suspended a debate on calls for a second independence referendum. The final vote was to take place on the 28th of March, the day before the Prime Minister would trigger Article 50, beginning the Brexit process.
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March 18, 2017
In the week that Nicola Sturgeon announced a timeframe for a second independence referendum, Theresa May accused her of playing politics, saying "now is not the time". Predictably, Gordon Brown wanted to intervene. Something about federalism. Less predictably, George Osborne - a man with no journalistic experience - was declared the new editor the London Evening Standard.
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March 12, 2017
'Winning again' was the slogan for the Scottish LibDems' spring conference, an unusual choice given the party's lack of election success. Rennie, Carmichael and Clegg made the best of a poorly attended situation while Westminster leader Tim Farron was a no-show, citing a "family birthday".
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March 4, 2017
The Prime Minister seems happy to discuss flexible Brexit terms for anyone who cares to ask for them, even coming to an arrangement with car manufacturer Nissan to allow them to keep producing cars in the UK without post-Brexit tariffs on car exports. However, it's a very different matter when it comes to Scotland..
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January 14, 2017
Tristram Hunt, the Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent Central, announced he would be standing down as an MP to become director of the Victoria and Albert Museum. There was a serious concern that he would be the first of many to resign over Jeremy Corbyn's leadership.
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January 1, 2017
The lawyers are on standby. Featuring Nigel Farage, Theresa May, Boris Johnson, leather trousers and a good old far right Christmas sing song, 'A Very Merry Brexit' is the perfect tonic to round-up an incredible year in the news.
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December 18, 2016
Conservative MP Philip Davies has a long history of deliberately trying to sabotage bills which don't chime with his Victorian views. A noted anti-feminist who said that women want to have their cake and eat it, he bizarrely found his way onto the Women and Equalities Committee. Here he takes issue with so-called 'Maternity Wards'.
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