However, the DUP's Simon Hamilton said the SDLP had presented "not a jot of detail" about the consequences of its amendment.

BBC: Spring supplementary estimates

Simon Clarke from BASC said the existing law had not been properly applied in the Atherton case.

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Lib Dem deputy leader Simon Hughes told the BBC that the allegations had not had much impact on Eastleigh voters, who understood that they were simply being asked to choose a new MP.

BBC: Polls close in Eastleigh by-election

The Cottagers were not without good moments of their own, not least when Aaron Hughes and Simon Davies each had shots blocked in quick succession, but the second Spurs goal before half-time effectively ended the game as a contest.

BBC: Tottenham 5-1 Fulham

This was doubly humiliating, not just for me but also for my parents, because Uncle Simon's wife, Marie, had pulled strings to get me into prestigious Congregation Shearith Israel, the majestic Spanish and Portuguese synagogue at 70th Street and Central Park West.

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