Tonia Antoniazzi and Helen Hayes among 36 Labour MPs who abstained from vote despite whip to back it
Three Labour MPs have resigned as junior frontbenchers after defying Keir Starmer and refusing to vote for Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal.
Within hours of the agreement being clinched on Christmas Eve, the Labour leader announced that he would whip his party to support it, despite criticising the substance of the deal as “thin”.
Continue reading…Tonia Antoniazzi and Helen Hayes among 36 Labour MPs who abstained from vote despite whip to back it Three Labour MPs have resigned as junior frontbenchers after defying Keir Starmer and refusing to vote for Boris Johnson’s Brexit deal.Within hours of the agreement being clinched on Christmas Eve, the Labour leader announced that he would whip his party to support it, despite criticising the substance of the deal as “thin”. Continue reading…