Last night's big Welfare Reform Bill vote in the Lords was a narrow squeak for the government.

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Certainly Mr Giuliani's landslide stands out when set alongside the narrow squeak home of another moderate Republican, Christie Whitman, in New Jersey.

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The bill had quite a narrow squeak on Thursday, in a thinly-attended house - and could run into trouble if more peers, particularly on the crossbenches muster against it.

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