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Tonight, the next flashpoint — a vote on fracking, drilling into the land to extract gas — was turned by downing street into a serious test of loyalty in the government itself. division, clear the lobby! compelling conservatives to back it will face being kicked out of the parliamentary party — a weak government attempting a show of strength and then seemingly changing its mind. in the voting lobbies, confusion, tory mps not even knowing the consequence for them of their vote. and afterwards, this extraordinary allegation from a labour mp. i saw members being physically manhandled into a...

Tonight, the next flashpoint — a vote on fracking, drilling into the land to extract gas — was turned by downing street into a serious test of loyalty in the government itself. division, clear the lobby! compelling conservatives to back it will face being kicked out of the parliamentary party — a weak government attempting a show of strength and then seemingly changing its mind. in the voting lobbies, confusion, tory mps not even knowing the consequence for them of their vote. and afterwards, this extraordinary allegation from a labour mp. i saw members being physically manhandled into a...

As home secretary. he stepped up after suella braverman stepped down, resigning over two data breaches. but have a look at her resignation letter. she wrote to the prime minister — "pretending we haven't made mistakes, carrying on as if everyone can't see that we have made them and hoping that things will magically come right is not serious politics. i have made a mistake. i accept responsibility. i resign. she was hinting at what some conservative mps were saying privately and publicly last night here in westminster, that the government has lost its authority and that they think liz truss s...

Hoyle said i remind members that the behaviour code applies to them as well as to other members of our parliamentary community. the shadow health secretary wes streeting appeared on bbc breakfast earlier on and he has been reflecting on the scenes in parliament last night. i think people have seen on the screen is the degree of chaos in parliament, the extent to which a stable government has broken down, and even at the height of some of the biggest political dramas, i�*ve beenin the biggest political dramas, i�*ve been in parliament since 2015, i haven�*t quite seen the kind of scenes w...

On what the situation is with the chief whip. there has been an element of confusion over whether the vote was a confidence vote or not. it was a great victory today. chief whip, great credit to her. but people being manhandled into the voting lobbies? - chief whip did a great job today. they both remain in post, seemingly with the backing of the deputy prime minister, who was on her way to a gathering of senior conservatives at a private member's club. but it's the prime minister's position that is looking increasingly vulnerable today, with some tory mps confirming they have sent letters of ...