Despite there being no question of Labour losing a vote on the issue given its majority of 174, parliamentarians said they were alarmed by the strength of warnings from whips about rebelling early in the parliament. The amendment failed by 363 votes to 103, a majority of 260 for Labour.
All seven have had the whip suspended for six months, when there will be a review.
Awful Guardian article in that they don't actually elaborate what "suspended" actually means.
The Westminster Parliamentary system is fake and gay in that you supposedly elect a local representative. But this same representative is then chided into voting along party lines 100% of the time, otherwise they are immediately punished and often cast out.
Which means that the person wearing the suit is irrelevant because like sports, you are only electing the colour of laundry to root for.
We don't have the political concept of "suspended" in Leafland.
MPs who vote against party lines immediately get removed from caucus and sit as independents.
But sitting as an independent is a death sentence for career politicians.
They lose all their perks that come from party membership in Parliament - committee appointments, allotted speaking time in Parliament, research resources, office space, etc.
Then they ultimately get demolished in the next election because NPCs only vote by colour.
Look at poor Andrew Bridgen in the UK election on July 4th. He had previously won his Tory seat with 50%+ support. Then he got booted from the Conservatives for being too based about the jab. He ran again as an independent and has single digit support.
Awful Guardian article in that they don't actually elaborate what "suspended" actually means.
The Westminster Parliamentary system is fake and gay in that you supposedly elect a local representative. But this same representative is then chided into voting along party lines 100% of the time, otherwise they are immediately punished and often cast out.
Which means that the person wearing the suit is irrelevant because like sports, you are only electing the colour of laundry to root for.
We don't have the political concept of "suspended" in Leafland.
MPs who vote against party lines immediately get removed from caucus and sit as independents.
But sitting as an independent is a death sentence for career politicians.
They lose all their perks that come from party membership in Parliament - committee appointments, allotted speaking time in Parliament, research resources, office space, etc.
Then they ultimately get demolished in the next election because NPCs only vote by colour.
Look at poor Andrew Bridgen in the UK election on July 4th. He had previously won his Tory seat with 50%+ support. Then he got booted from the Conservatives for being too based about the jab. He ran again as an independent and has single digit support.
Wonder if Farage having more of a stage thanks to being in Parliament now is making migration an issue too big to ignore.
I would also expect Starmer to do a full purge, if necessary, with the excuse of a 2nd antisemitism row