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Tory MP’s summer resolution: “I am going to learn to love the coalition” (But he’ll still block Lords reform)

By Stephen Tall | Thu 19th July 2012 - 1:00 pm

There’s an interestingly conciliatory post on ConservativeHome from Tory MP Gary Streeter — introduced as ‘one of the 81 rebels on an EU referendum and one of last week’s 91 rebels on an elected Lords’ — re-committing himself to supporting the Coalition.

… we need a steady hand on the tiller at this time of global crisis. We need stability in government. We need to be able to look ahead for more than just a few months. We need to survive until 2015 and thereafter might even be in

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