Abstaining means yes. It is mere virtue signalling and a plea to the Lords to show more guts when they vote on the decision later this week.
The withdrawal of the allowance is Treasury machismo. Given her failure to stand up to her most outrageous wasters, the chancellor Rachel Reeves's 22bn black hole is mere rhetoric.
Keir Starmer's decisions appear to show how tough he is, and blame the Tories for his having to be tough. The public's reaction needs careful consideration.
The decision about the winter fuel allowance was meant to be a leftwing move. Postponing the cut with the next pensions rise would have been the obvious solution.
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