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Thread #165570 Message #4006916
Posted By: Steve Shaw
02-Sep-19 - 05:47 AM
Thread Name: BS: Brexit #3: A futile gesture?
Subject: RE: BS: Brexit #3: A futile gesture?
From the Guardian website:
Here is a Press Association list of members of the cabinet who have defied the government whip this year - sustaining Philip Hammond’s claim that Boris Johnson is being “staggeringly hypocritical”.
Boris Johnson, prime minister: Voted against Theresa May’s Brexit deal in first two votes
Dominic Raab, foreign secretary: Voted against May’s Brexit deal in first two votes
Priti Patel, home secretary: Voted against May’s Brexit deal in all three votes
Grant Shapps, transport secretary: Voted against May’s Brexit deal in first two votes
Theresa Villiers, environment secretary: Voted against May’s Brexit deal in all three votes
Esther McVey, housing minister: Voted against May’s Brexit deal twice
Amber Rudd, work and pensions secretary: Abstained in vote on ruling out no-deal Brexit in all circumstances in March, despite government MPs being under orders to vote against
Jacob Rees-Mogg, leader of the Commons: Voted against May’s Brexit deal in first two votes
So what was OK in Tory ranks then isn't going to be OK now. Wow.