"Around 50 Labour MPs found better things to do with their time than turn up in the voting lobbies and back their party on the winter fuel payment vote."
"Labour folk afterwards were very quick to point out that 50-ish absentees on their side was broadly typical in votes since the election."
"The direct consequence of a landslide majority... can become a giant numerical sponge, soaking up a breadth of grumbles if it needs to."
"The coming months and years will reveal what Labour chooses to do with its numerical heft."
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