
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.
Philip Davies, a famously long-standing and committed Brexiteer, is among their number.
Nineteen Members of Parliament have so far declared publicly.
He regrets the resignation of IDS, condemns Liam Fox, and says the press has grotesquely exaggerated the Government’s difficulties.
The number was expected to be higher, but in the end the rebellion was smaller than anticipated.
Plus: Osborne squeezes the rich till their pips squeak. Prime Minister Corbyn, and other fantasises. Stephen McPartland has balls of steel. And: No breast jokes here.
Pledges on this scale cannot be delivered in this Commons without Conservative consensus. They can only be charmed – not bullied – onto the statute book.
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.
Tory MPs would have forced changes to Osborne’s tax credit plan in any event. Are they really up for the tough decisions that deficit reduction requires?
A handful of gains from the Liberal Democrats do little to disguise a total stalemate between Labour and the Tories in this region.
The fourth in our series investigates the East of England, where the minor parties are making their presence felt in a traditional Tory-Labour front.
Plus: This week’s focus groups in Stevenage and Southampton Itchen; the TV debates; and if the party leaders worked outside politics, what would they do?
Despite the amendment attempt, and Labour attempts to talk the Bill out, the 2017 referendum is still on track.
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