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![Game Over: July 1st deadline is immovable unless the UK participates in European elections](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14128631_1200-1024x683.jpg)
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![Amendment protection: Tactic would force govt to ring-fence Brits' rights in Europe](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14128627_1200-1024x681.jpg)
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![Anna Soubry, Heidi Allen and Sarah Wollaston announce their departure at a pres conference today.](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14128625_1200-1024x684.jpg)
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Humanists UK is celebrating the ten year anniversary of the first same-sex marriages in England and Wales. Whereas the Marriage (Same-Sex Couples) Act received Royal Assent on 17 July 2013, it took some time to implement this change, so the Act only came into force the following year. The first same-sex marriages took place just after midnight… Read more »
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It has been reported by The Sunday Times that the Government is considering plans to remove the 50% admissions cap on new faith schools in England. This would mean that they would no longer have to offer a proportion of their places to children who do not follow their religion but would instead be able… Read more »
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Membership of the customs union was once a mainstream eurosceptic option. Now it is blasphemy. It’s time for Leavers to get real.
![Labour MPs (left to right) Chris Leslie, Mike Gapes, Ann Coffey, Luciana Berger, Angela Smith, Chuka Umunna and Gavin Shuker announce their resignations today.](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14128618_1200-1024x683.jpg)
![Labour MPs (left to right) Chris Leslie, Mike Gapes, Ann Coffey, Luciana Berger, Angela Smith, Chuka Umunna and Gavin Shuker announce their resignations today.](https://www.politics.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cnphoto_0_0_0_0_14128618_1200-1024x683.jpg)
On the face of it, this looks a tactical mistake. But the sight of MPs like Chuka Umunna and Luciana Berger finally speaking truthfully about the state of Britain’s politics was too positive to resist.
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