Will end with a vote which Downing Street has taken the unprecedented step of three-line whipping. Not the done thing with Commons business…
The Tories are pleased it has got this far. A candidate in the local elections said: “The best outcome for us is that every single Labour MP votes to cover this up. Each and every MP that votes with the government will gift us another constituency that we can bury in leaflets over the next few weeks.” MPs who apparently want to replace Starmer won’t even vote to have his claims investigated in parliament…
Red Wall Labour backbencher Jonathan Brash told GB News that Starmer should resign:
“I’m completely fed up about it, and I think it’s got to the point now where I genuinely think that, as far as the Prime Minister is concerned, it’s not a case of if, it’s when.”