certainly not any kind of sore loser
Somewhat confusingly, Nadine Dorries claims - once more - that there was no free vote on abortion before declaring
In fact, so harsh was that (non-existent) whipping operation that 60 Labour MPs (including some 22 junior ministers) voted in favour of 22 weeks - and 44 Labour MPs (including 15 junior ministers) voted with Nadine for 20 weeks. Why, it's almost as though Dorries has no idea what a three line whip actually is.
Further "details" are threatened over the weekend (i.e. an obliging feature in the Daily Mail.) It is, of course, entirely coincidental that the only named person currently pushing this version of events is the noted fabulist, Nadine Dorries.
It would be nice to move on, but I think we've probably got another week of this kind of revisionism - stay tuned.
A high point for me was that during the evening Labour MP Frank Field came into the 20 week lobby and said my speech had convinced him to change his mind.Yes, it was the kind of three line whip where Labour MPs like Frank Field were free to..uhmm.. vote as they saw fit.
In fact, so harsh was that (non-existent) whipping operation that 60 Labour MPs (including some 22 junior ministers) voted in favour of 22 weeks - and 44 Labour MPs (including 15 junior ministers) voted with Nadine for 20 weeks. Why, it's almost as though Dorries has no idea what a three line whip actually is.
Further "details" are threatened over the weekend (i.e. an obliging feature in the Daily Mail.) It is, of course, entirely coincidental that the only named person currently pushing this version of events is the noted fabulist, Nadine Dorries.
It would be nice to move on, but I think we've probably got another week of this kind of revisionism - stay tuned.
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