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"the MPs in parliament - are predominantly remainers." The Conservatives have a majority and are there any Remainers left in that party - I thought most of the
by arethuza 6y ago
"the MPs in parliament - are predominantly remainers."
The Conservatives have a majority and are there any Remainers left in that party - I thought most of them had been purged before the last election?
- robin_reala 6y agoKen Clarke isn’t going anywhere.
- Nursie 6y agoYou know he's retired, right? Interesting guy, my opinion of him changed (for the better) when I found out he presented a regular Jazz show on the radio.
- robin_reala 6y agoWow, OK, I’ve been out of the UK for too long.
- Nursie 6y agoYeah, didn't stand for re-election last time around. He was the father of the house anyway, and at the age of 79, with the conservative party ripping the UK out of the EU I think he must have decided he was too old for this nonsense and didn't want to be part of it anyway.
- simonh 6y agoWe're talking about how the decision was made. At this point most of them have resigned themselves to the fact it's happened and we need to get on with it, as have I frankly.
- petercooper 6y agoMany flipped to the "winning" side. My MP still has posts on her blog about how ardently pro EU she was and how she believed staying in the EU was the best idea. Not long after the referendum and May coming in, she was fully behind Brexit and ready to do whatever it takes. A lot of Tory MPs will just go with the prevailing wind on everything and this is also how they stay in power because being progressive is not a vote winner in a broadly (small c) conservative country.
- M2Ys4U 6y ago> Many flipped to the "winning" side. And the ones that didn't were purged