BBCNEWS BBC July 2, 2024
confidence vote in technical terms so it does give some permission if you like for backbench mps to vote against the government without the consequence of losing the party whip but you're completely right to say that in reality this is of course about how much confidence the mps have in the prime minister. any rebellion on those benches would be damaging to rishi sunak, already robertjenrick wasn't resignation is damaging and this matters because the government has chosen to make this policy so symbolic, so totemic. they have set a lot of stall by this. rishi sunak was asked that if ...
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