We are in a time when parliamentary scrutiny means “vote whichever way your party whips tell you under any circumstances”. This is no doubt partly owing to the

We are in a time when parliamentary scrutiny means “vote whichever way your party whips tell you under any circumstances”. This is no doubt partly owing to the generally low abilities of contemporary members of Parliament, but also because it’s almost always the case that a majority government can get whatever it wants through parliament by definition of the numbers.