editorial cartoon idea going free to any of the toff broadsheets: liz kendall leading a chant of "death death to the disabled". it's very topical and it would be better than the usual shit they do.

"vote for the placeholder bill and we'll come up with the details later"

guardian is saying labour is conceding the 4 point rule as something to be decided on at the timms review (i.e. it will no longer be in the bill itself). guardian reckons that means there's a good chance the 4 point rule might never be implemented after all.

liz kendall... liz truss... 🤔 i'm starting to see a pattern here....

POV you are writing a bill while it's being voted on in parliament and everything's going wrong

"After Stephen Timms made his dramatic concession in the Commons, Andy McDonald (Lab) used a point of order to claim that it was now was not clear what MPs were voting on." lol

still no apparent discussion on halving the UC disability component though

"John McDonnell, the suspended Labour MP, asks if the conclusions of the Timms review will be implemented in primary or secondary legislation.
Timms says it will depend what the recommendations are." lmao they are straight making this up as they go along

the wrecking amendment has been voted down :-(

the bill passed. 335 for, 260 against

this means it goes to stage 3. it's not law yet.

every MP: this bill is shit. it makes no sense. every interested party has condemned it. it relies entirely on a pinky promise that it will be changed to be good at some random point in the future. it is garbage. we are going to pass it.

next vote on it is next week (they're really rushing it through)

actual fucking scum

"Debbie Abrahams backs PM, saying 'there's been lots of learning on how to make better policy'"
oh well i'm glad they're figuring out how to do their job as they go along