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Cabinet ministers now expecting Indicative Votes will not be free votes as some demanded, risking further ministerial resignations today.
And yet I reported yday ministers told Brexit date stat instrument will be whipped “sensitively” as whips themselves refuse to vote for it
And yet I reported yday ministers told Brexit date stat instrument will be whipped “sensitively” as whips themselves refuse to vote for it
Barry Gardiner says Labour MPs should rule out No Deal and Revoke in IV (unlike shadow Brexit minister who tweeted yday he would back Revoke to avoid no deal)... and seemed to be against new Kyle amendment unlike Emily Thornberry who said there was a strong argument yday ??!?
Thornberry and Gardiner seem to have a rather different understanding of what was agreed at the shadow Cabinet subcommittee yesterday on Kyle amendment on “confirmatory public ballot” on “any” deal passed in Parliament
Meanwhile - watch out for a number of new Conservative votes for Kyle amendment who haven’t previously backed public ballot.
One yday told me its direct result of PM’s Downing St address over MP’s heads “to the people” - “she shouldnt have a problem with actually going to them”
One yday told me its direct result of PM’s Downing St address over MP’s heads “to the people” - “she shouldnt have a problem with actually going to them”
Leadsom tells today that the decisions on whipping haven’t yet been made...
