blair whip
RSS blair whipSort by: Relevance | Date
Leader: Don't be fooled by Blair's "cardboard" ID compromise
Leader That vote is, by all accounts, still too close to call - although if the Labour whip holds strong then enough MPs who voted against the bill last time around are expected to fall into line and save the government from... [10 Feb 2006]
Leader: ID card vote shames IT industry
Leader The bill scraped through by just 25 votes, largely on the back of a three-line whip to ensure that Labour MPs toed the party line and that Blair didn't suffer an embarrassing defeat on a flagship... [19 Oct 2005]
Rebel MPs fail to kill ID card bill
News A three-line party whip ensured the government's 66-seat majority was never under serious threat but the bill still only squeezed through by 25 votes and now moves to the House of Lords where it faces closer scrutiny and... [19 Oct 2005]
ID Cards on Trial: Blair warned by rebel MPs
News That still leaves rebels needing another 14 Labour MPs to vote against the party whip and join Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs, if Prime Minister Tony Blair's majority of 68 is to be overturned and... [24 Jun 2005]
