"I am afraid my ability to keep a reasonable house, to meet friends, to have a normal life - that, I think, will be seriously curtailed or stopped altogether", she told me.

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In my dreams I keep checking for cracks in the house.

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And I will not be made to feel ashamed of what I have achieved because of some bogus study that purports to assume that I will not be able to keep my house clean.

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"I just keep thinking about saving for the near future when I want to have a family, buy a house, " she said.

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"I am perfectly certain that were we to vote to keep Section 28, the House of Lords would once again be speaking for the overwhelming majority of the British people, " she said.

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And how in the world can I get off the sofa and take any action if you keep making brilliant shows like House of Cards?

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