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The 15 Tory MPs who rebelled, unsuccessfully, to back Beckett’s amendment

The proposal was rejected by 314 votes to 311. Boles, Gyimah, Spelman and Vaizey were among those to rebel. Plus Brine and Harrington.

By Mark Wallace | 26 March 2019 | 25 comments

The 17 Conservative MPs who voted against the whip on the Government’s motion

Two of them, Sarah Newton and Paul Masterton, were members of the Government, and have resigned.

By Paul Goodman | 14 March 2019

WATCH: “Crying wolf” – Clarke on the mistakes that Cameron and Osborne made

“We’re having to be engaged in this because our duty is governance – our duty is the medium and longer term.”

13 March 2019 | 4 comments

Interview. Sharma – “Every foreign investor I met thought leaving the EU would present significantly more opportunities for bilateral trade.”

The Employment Minister embodies two reasons why the Government is still afloat – its jobs creation record and under-reported Ministerial loyalty.

By Andrew Gimson | 28 February 2019 | 11 comments

WATCH: Clarke says it is “far too soon” to tell how the Independent Group will develop

“Everything really depends on whether either of the two major parties, the Conservatives or the Labour Party, can put themselves back together.

24 February 2019 | 44 comments

The defectors are wrong. The Conservatives aren’t shifting to the right. They are mired in the mixed middle.

No less than the ERG, the group of three sees everything through the prism of Brexit – which, let it not be forgotten, they voted to support themselves.

By Paul Goodman | 21 February 2019 | 288 comments

Interview: Francois insists that the ERG wants the backstop ditched altogether – not tweaked

“In my personal opinion, Olly Robbins should go to the Tower, in which case he should arrive by river.”

By Andrew Gimson | 23 January 2019 | 110 comments

No Deal can’t be “taken off the table”

The only way of ruling it out is to change the table itself: in other words, to abandon Brexit, or prepare to – as Remainers should admit.

By Paul Goodman | 22 January 2019 | 315 comments

Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: Nobody is yet saying “Send for Corbyn”

But the Prime Minister had to proceed with caution in the No Confidence debate, in order to arouse no suspicion that she might seek moderate Labour votes.

By Andrew Gimson | 16 January 2019 | 42 comments

Andrew Gimson’s Commons sketch: Tory MPs fear Bercow is betraying Brexit

The anger expressed on the Conservative benches reflected the anger felt in many a humble home.

By Andrew Gimson | 9 January 2019 | 86 comments

The 17 Conservative MPs who voted for the Grieve’s amendment today

The Speaker defied all precedent to allow an amendment which forces the Prime Minister to present the Commons with a ‘Plan B’ much sooner than planned.

9 January 2019 | 64 comments

May must ensure that increases in NHS spending are tied to outcomes

It’s a politically sensitive subject and the Government has a lot on its plate, but the Treasury is right to be concerned with ensuring value for money.

By Henry Hill | 5 January 2019 | 74 comments

The first department to need boosting post-March. The Treasury? Business? Transport? No: Northern Ireland.

The challenge to “our precious union” will be as much constitutional as economic – Deal, No Brexit…or No Deal especially.

By Paul Goodman | 4 January 2019 | 61 comments

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Corbyn is a stupid man, so has no idea how to defuse an inglorious row

The Chamber was filled for a long time with clouds of canting, self-righteous, ludicrously overblown protest.

By Andrew Gimson | 19 December 2018 | 41 comments

The 25 Conservatives who voted with Grieve to block a No Deal Brexit – or try to

Some favour a Second Referendum; others, EEA membership. But they have combined to deal the Prime Minister a second bloody blow in a single day.

4 December 2018 | 136 comments

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