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by toyg 997 days ago
Nothing was changed. The government just trotted out a nobody to make a statement that basically said "we won't do it until we think it can be done"; the sensationalist media thought they had got their U-turn, ran a few headlines, and moved on.

The bill just passed as it was.

The British establishment is occasionally infuriating.

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That was 100% on purpose, they won't care and will force a backdoor anyway.