Comments on: Postal voting http://bridgetfox.wordpress.com/2008/03/19/postal-voting/ Living a Lib Dem life Wed, 14 May 2008 17:28:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: bridgetfox http://bridgetfox.wordpress.com/2008/03/19/postal-voting/#comment-372 bridgetfox Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:54:16 +0000 http://bridgetfox.wordpress.com/?p=187#comment-372 A fair point about Jeremy Corbyn. So what do you make of last night's vote, where Jeremy and 19 other Labour MPs did rebel; and Emily Thornberry did not. Few MPs rebel on everything. Backbenchers can and do rebel on issues that are particularly important to them or to their constituency. Are we to conclude that Post Offices just aren't that important to Ms Thornberry? A fair point about Jeremy Corbyn. So what do you make of last night’s vote, where Jeremy and 19 other Labour MPs did rebel; and Emily Thornberry did not.

Few MPs rebel on everything. Backbenchers can and do rebel on issues that are particularly important to them or to their constituency. Are we to conclude that Post Offices just aren’t that important to Ms Thornberry?

]]> By: Bob http://bridgetfox.wordpress.com/2008/03/19/postal-voting/#comment-371 Bob Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:14:59 +0000 http://bridgetfox.wordpress.com/?p=187#comment-371 Come off it - this is completely misleading. Nobody save the most partisan observer could ever read this as a vote for post office closures. If it was, do you really think Jeremy Corbyn, who votes against the Government line as often as he votes for it, would have voted in favour? Come off it - this is completely misleading. Nobody save the most partisan observer could ever read this as a vote for post office closures. If it was, do you really think Jeremy Corbyn, who votes against the Government line as often as he votes for it, would have voted in favour?

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