Faisal Islam: Triple lock move is significant, but it's a gamble
I had expected him to try to forge a political consensus on this thorny issue at this stage, but he has gone further than that.
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"the triple lock as we know it had to go"
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I had expected him to try to forge a political consensus on this thorny issue at this stage, but he has gone further than that.
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