Government wins Terror Laws vote

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315 to 277; glorification of terrorism will now almost certainly become illegal.

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This is now so rare as to be newsworthy?

Now that's a reason for a

I *had* meant to do a thread on this before the vote began (ala Smoking Ban) but forgot...

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Aw, don't spoil my glee.

Sorry

The Whips have had a good week for sure...

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how about we make a law against "admiring crime" next?

With a sufficently loose interpretation of a law like that, you could probably jail the editor of the Daily Mail

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Though the fact that you made this thread, and the fact that you think the whips did a good job (which considering the significant majority Labour have, should not have been very difficult), surely indicates that the position of the Blair lead government is something short of solid.

Nah, not really (Labour backbenchers are traditionally hell to Whip; the '90's were the exception, not the rule). More a case of the current leadership not being very popular with the backbenchers.