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rjt · 13-12-2006, 10:06 AM

I am sorry but in 1993 there where two votes in the house of commons.

1) A Labour motion on the social chapter-the vote was tied and the speaker quite properly voted with the governement as the policy did not gain a majority.

2) The governement ammendment commending its Eurpoean policy was voted down.

At that point the PM called a vote of confidence in the governements handling of European policy for the following day.

Only one Tory-Allison.R voted against the governement all the rest supported the governement fearing they may lose their seats in an upcoming election.

I have already acknoledged that Goramn and Gill abstained on the European Finance vote, because they where too afraid to vote agiast. Knapman voted for it.

So when it was a choice of career versus country, we know what they did.

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rjt Uber Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Aldershot Posts: 5,481	I am sorry but in 1993 there where two votes in the house of commons. 1) A Labour motion on the social chapter-the vote was tied and the speaker quite properly voted with the governement as the policy did not gain a majority. 2) The governement ammendment commending its Eurpoean policy was voted down. At that point the PM called a vote of confidence in the governements handling of European policy for the following day. Only one Tory-Allison.R voted against the governement all the rest supported the governement fearing they may lose their seats in an upcoming election. I have already acknoledged that Goramn and Gill abstained on the European Finance vote, because they where too afraid to vote agiast. Knapman voted for it. So when it was a choice of career versus country, we know what they did.