Labour has restored the whip to 4 of the 7 MPs suspend for voting against the government regarding the two-child benefit cap. - Richard Burgon - Ian Byrne - Imran Hussain - Rebecca Long-Bailey The party now has 406 (+4) MPs, a majority of 160. electionmaps.uk/parliament - ThreadSky

electionmaps.uk • 23 days ago

Labour has restored the whip to 4 of the 7 MPs suspend for voting against the government regarding the two-child benefit cap.

- Richard Burgon
- Ian Byrne
- Imran Hussain
- Rebecca Long-Bailey

The party now has 406 (+4) MPs, a majority of 160.

https://electionmaps.uk/parliament

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brexitbin.bsky.social•23 days ago

A huge 160 seat majority that the government is apparently using to do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING of historical worth.
❌ No PR.
❌ No Leveson 2.
❌ No return to the Single Maket.
❌ No end to unfair austerity rules.
❌ No green transformation.
❌ No reversal of anti civil rights laws.

ramseya.bsky.social•22 days ago

It's a poison chalice, if they don't bring about growth there will be no one to blame.

Many labour voters are not traditional labour supporters, but people who wanted anyone else but the Tories.

Next election will be anyone else but Labour.

EU or bust

Liberal democrats are in with a chance.

alexphughes.bsky.social•23 days ago

Starmer is - to paraphrase Churchill - a disappointment wrapped inside a let-down inside a non-event.

At this rate Labour are going to be a one term government and then hand the keys to Number 10 to Farage, which is beyond terrifying.

donaldcoppen.bsky.social•23 days ago

And then in 4yrs, like the Democrats in the US today, they’ll wonder why rightwing populists win power based on demonstrable falsehoods & lies.

waynereynolds.bsky.social•23 days ago

I get that it's early days for this government, but they've GOT to give us some belief that they're actually going to do something different. Such a disappointment.

ghost-of.bsky.social•23 days ago

Why would
A) labour do that ? Nothing has changed
B) why would the MPs accept it back , nothing has changed

Strange one

dannysherms.bsky.social•23 days ago

The suspension was given as 6 months at the time so the party was always going to give them the option to rejoin, why the individual MPs decided to rejoin or not was up to them

alecjburrett.bsky.social•23 days ago

The three who haven't been let back in have been publicly sniping at the government. A certain bus fare petition and, grandstanding in parliament comes to mind.

philbixby.bsky.social•23 days ago

"a majority of 160". Can't help feeling now might be a good time to start really doing stuff with that majority of 160 instead of constantly reading The Telegraph.

robwilloe.bsky.social•23 days ago

Who were the other 3?

forensicdom.bsky.social•23 days ago

Apsana Begum, Zarah Sultana, and John McDonnell

sootysayer.bsky.social•23 days ago

still can't get used to the way that map looks

rodneymarques.bsky.social•22 days ago

I wouldn't bother

sootysayer.bsky.social•22 days ago

i dunno, four and a half years is a long time. for the last 10 years you could walk across almost the entire south coast and be in Tory seats the whole way for instance, and now this

rodneymarques.bsky.social•22 days ago

You'd be exhausted

mikeinsdevon.bsky.social•23 days ago

Surprised they've let Burgon back in tbh

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