Fifty-three Conservatives opposed the tiering plan last December, the largest Covid-related rebellion to date.
A single unitary authority in our county, is needed, as soon as possible, to help our communities to recover.
That’s the biggest Tory revolt so far on a virus-related division, and enough potentially to defeat the Government in future.
Those who voted in favour included Fysh, Pincher and Boris Johnson. Those against, Brady, Heaton-Harris and Walker.
“I have a response to the naysayers who say that it would be wrong to invest now. I say that it would be wrong to wait until the last moment.”
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Others applauded him for “straight-talking” and argued the proposal was about silencing concerns about immigration.
On the surface, this intake looks different from those that have preceded it – and is in some respects. But beneath it, this is in many ways a very traditional Tory group.
Four members from the 2019 intake make the top 50, beating longer-serving and higher-ranked colleagues.