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Paul Waugh

2 Jun, 6 tweets, 2 min read

@BorisJohnson

.@BorisJohnson is facing his first ever Commons defeat since his 2019 landslide.
On Monday, Tory MPs want to vote on an amendment forcing the govt to meet its 0.7% aid pledge

Conservative MPs have today tabled an amendment introducing a new clause to the Advanced Research and Invention Agency Bill which has its report stage in the House of Commons on Monday.

Backed by wide range of Tory MPs, inc Andrew Mitchell, David Davis, Tom Tugendhat, Des Swayne

Ahead of the G7, there's even a neat touch of having the MP in whose constituency the summit will be held, Derek Thomas, backing the amendment.

Moral of the story: never mess with a former chief whip (Mitchell).

Full list of those already signed up. With x-party backing, sure to be selected by the Speaker too.
Given Tory MPs were elected on manifesto pledge to keep 0.7% (and total aid drops *automatically* in the pandemic downturn cos it's a percentage of GDP), govt whips hv work cut out

I think the 'rebels' [actually they're not rebelling they're *upholding* the Tory manifesto] have the numbers for this. One big issue however is whether the amdendment will be deemed 'in scope' by the Speaker's office.

@theresa_may

BREAKING: Tory rebellion on overseas aid has grown. @theresa_may now joins 30 MPs threatening to inflict @BorisJohnson's 1st Commons defeat since 2019.

huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/theresa-…

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A session is undefined but the convention is it runs for about a year.
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And yes, one clear motivator for Scots independence is as a route to regaining EU membership and therefore *sharing* national sovereignty, ie a complex/subtle sense of nationhood. The counter case is you can pool sovereignty within the UK via devolution not independence.

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