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Tory Rebel MPs - "they have accepted the whip"
The Brits have a way with words.
Conservative party restores whip to 10 MPs
(snip) the Tory party has welcomed back 10 rebel MPs. The prime minister was said to have told them he always wanted to find a way for them to rejoin the party and the 10 MPs accepted his offer to be readmitted. A party spokesman said:
They have had the whip offered back to them, they have accepted the whip: they are Conservative Members of Parliament with the Tory whip.
He said the decision was not a comment on those who have not had the whip restored. The former Tory chancellors, Philip Hammond and Ken Clarke, along with former justice secretary, David Gauke, are among those not to have been welcomed back.
They have had the whip offered back to them, they have accepted the whip: they are Conservative Members of Parliament with the Tory whip.
He said the decision was not a comment on those who have not had the whip restored. The former Tory chancellors, Philip Hammond and Ken Clarke, along with former justice secretary, David Gauke, are among those not to have been welcomed back.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2019/oct/29/brexit-latest-news-general-election-debate-boris-johnson-faces-backlash-from-tories-over-plan-to-hold-election-before-passing-withdrawal-bill-live-news
