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Hello, Waley. What just happened in there
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Oh, it's been an extraordinary afternoon in the Chamber. I mean, already Labour had been making U-turns on this welfare bill
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It started out saving £5 billion, then they made a U-turn, which brought it down to about £2.5 billion
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And then literally in the Chamber this afternoon, the Minister stood up, made an intervention and pulled half of the bill out
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He can't even say now how much it's going to save. But what is crystal clear is that the government's economic credibility is in tatters
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and Keir Starmer's authority is in tatters too. It feels like Number 10 has lost control of the backbench Labour Party tonight
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I mean, Number 10 has lost control of their backbenchers, has lost control of the whole of government
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Governments have to be able to make difficult decisions. It's impossible to see how Keir Starmer will be able to make
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any difficult decisions in the years ahead. He cannot control his party
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And actually, you know, it was his fault and Rachel Reid's fault they got themselves into this position
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They brought forward really bad legislation, really inadequate, insufficient savings as well, and they didn't listen to their backbenchers
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and they didn't listen to us either. and they have bought this on themselves
