Amateur hour as the Government’s biggest legislative screw up in about 6 weeks means MPs have to debate the prisoner voting law a second time. Last month, the Government passed the wrong law. This month, it just stuffed up part of a law. Maybe that’s progress for Labour. pic.twitter.com/EGegZqDspN
— David Seymour (@dbseymour) June 30, 2020
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