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“Project fear” and a “national trauma” – criticisms from Tory backbenchers in the Commons yesterday

From calling the measures “dystopian”, to criticising Whitty and Vallance’s latest graph, there were some scathing speeches.

By Charlotte Gill | 29 September 2020 | 62 comments

Cummings 1) Rolling list of Conservative MPs who’ve called on him to go

We’re now on Day Four of the controversy. This list began on Day Two and continues. One Minister has resigned from the Government.

26 May 2020 | 487 comments

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: We wait for a new Opposition leader to take the fight to the Prime Minister

And we shall not see a new Leader of the Opposition at Prime Minister’s Questions until 22nd April.

By Andrew Gimson | 12 February 2020 | 13 comments

Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: Johnson shows a Dickensian ability to tell the truth by exaggerating it

He increased the pressure on Labour to facilitate a Brexit deal by reminding everyone that he is a formidable electioneer.

By Andrew Gimson | 23 October 2019 | 47 comments

The 39 Conservative MPs who switched from opposing the Withdrawal Agreement to supporting it

Philip Davies, a famously long-standing and committed Brexiteer, is among their number.

By Mark Wallace | 13 March 2019 | 65 comments

The 22 Conservative MPs who voted against the Cooper amendment

We understand that 88 other Tory backbenchers didn’t vote on it, including Boris Johnson, Dominic Raab and Jacob Rees-Mogg.

28 February 2019 | 84 comments

How MPs say they will vote in today’s confidence ballot

We currently have it at 189 declared for May, versus the 31 publicly opposed, and 93 undeclared.

12 December 2018 | 368 comments

Yesterday in the Commons. More opponents than supporters of the Prime Minister’s deal on the Conservative backbenchers.

That said, there was more backing for her from her party than some of today’s headlines suggest.

By Paul Goodman | 23 November 2018 | 76 comments

Patel and Seely win Foreign Affairs committee places. Simon Clarke is elected to the Treasury committee.

The results of yesterday’s Select Committee elections weren’t at all bad for the Brexiteers – or Conservative Friends of Israel, for that matter.

By Paul Goodman | 8 February 2018 | 18 comments

Rolling list of Conservative MPs opposed to the NIC rise for the self-employed

Nineteen Members of Parliament have so far declared publicly.

By Mark Wallace | 10 March 2017 | 72 comments

Why is Hammond never available to take difficult Commons statements on Europe?

There were 26 critical questions from Conservative backbenchers on the Government’s EU referendum leaflet yesterday and 5 supportive ones.

By Paul Goodman | 12 April 2016 | 17 comments

The Conservative MPs who rebelled on Sunday Trading

Twenty five Tory MPs joined Labour and the SNP in opposing liberalisation, and provided the Government’s margin of defeat.

By Henry Hill | 10 March 2016 | 170 comments

20 Conservative MPs revolt over tax credits. Five of them are 2015 intake members.

The number of rebels has risen; it is concentrated among post-2005 intake Tories, and in seats that are either marginal or were until recently.

By Paul Goodman | 30 October 2015 | 86 comments

Battlegrounds Revisited 6) Yorkshire and the Humber

The Tories ousted Ed Balls and the Liberal Democrats managed to return two seats, but otherwise this region was a low-scoring draw for the main parties.

By Henry Hill | 25 June 2015 | 3 comments

The Election Battleground 6) Yorkshire and the Humber

The region, which the Yorkshire Post argues should have its own Minister, is the scene of intense campaigning.

By Henry Hill | 26 March 2015 | 11 comments

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