The proposal was rejected by 314 votes to 311. Boles, Gyimah, Spelman and Vaizey were among those to rebel. Plus Brine and Harrington.
Hamas, Hezbollah, the IRA, Assad, Maduro, dodgy Czech ‘diplomats’, Iranian propagandists….the list goes on.
“However, it remains my intention to bring the deal back to the House.”
The former MP for the city will now seek to unseat the Labour incumbent.
Two councillors and an experienced teacher will contest the final on Thursday.
Like it or not, the choice has shifted away from ‘Deal or No Deal’ towards ‘Deal or No Brexit’. It’s better to fight against a bad deal outside the EU than to Remain.
Despite obvious points of disagreement, the AGM remained a “civilised and constructive” affair in which the Business Secretary sought to reassure his activists.
Gove and Davis followed the Prime Minister, but they were heavily outnumbered in the Parliamentary Conservative Party. The Chief Whip abstained.
The Opposition, which instructed its MPs to abstain, split three ways on the question.
If this Prime Minister won’t or can’t sack them, her successor should. That is the only way to preserve the basis on which government functions.
Even if the headlines weren’t hogged by the ongoing Brexit votes, what could the Chancellor really announce?
Philip Davies, a famously long-standing and committed Brexiteer, is among their number.
There is more than one moving part in this complex day, and some could counteract one another.