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• In Full: The MPs Set to Lose Their Seats on Current Polls
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• Paul Mason to Stand Against Eddie Izzard in Sheffield
• Sketch: Hard Case Walker Reveals Terrible Flaw in Public Order Bill
• Chief Whip Resigns Chief Whip Unresigns

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