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Decision to whip vote against adoption by gay couples
editI have noticed since the last time I read this article (which was many years ago) that reference to IDS's decision as leader to whip against allowing gay couples to adopt children (in 2002) has since been removed. Surely this information is relevant to a factual article about IDS and belongs, along with his 2012 vote to support gay marriage, in the same part of the article? A link to the vote and the debate in which several MPs mention the imposition of a three-line whip can be found here
I have now (re)added this to the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.106.119.66 (talk) 03:23, 23 December 2020 (UTC)
Catholicism
editAre the details of a Catholic not being able to advise the Queen on appointments relevant? >> No, unless he got the PM job.
United Nations investigation
editThe Huffington Post claimed in 2014 "United Nations Probing UK Over 'Grave' Human Rights Violations Of Disabled" (http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/08/28/un-dwp-benefits-disabled-human-rights-probe_n_5727580.html); is this the case? Is the HuffPost a reliable source?