Many Labour MPs, together with Vince Cable (Lib Dem leader) and Caroline Lucas (Green) went out of their way in the House of Commons yesterday to condemn the weekend's abusive briefings against the prime minister. The nastiness was apparently anonymous but clearly emanated from MPs on her own side, people who she could have expected to support her. In the Q&A that followed Mrs May's report back from the European Council, Jeremy Corbyn and Yvette Cooper condemned the abuse, as did Jacob Rees-Mogg and one or two others on the Conservative benches.
Bill Cash, John Redwood, Justine Greening, Sammy Wilson (DUP), Sir Desmond Swayne, Sir Oliver Heald, Dr Sarah Wollaston, Sir Patrick McLoughlin, Heidi Allen, Nick Boles, James Duddridge, Anna Soubry, Greg Hands, Jonathan Djanogly, Dr Julian Lewis, Gillian Keegan, Alister Jack, Robert Neil, Sheryll Murray, Simon Hoare, Peter Bone, Alberto Costa, Richard Drax, Dr Caroline Johnson, Mark Pawsey, Kevin Foster, Rebecca Pow, Richard Graham, Philip Hollobone, James Morris, Helen Whately, Jim Shannon (DUP), Douglas Ross, Rachel Maclean, Andrew Bowie and Chris Philp did not waste their breath on the matter, no doubt mindful of Speaker Bercow's frequent admonitions to keep questions short.
Boris Johnson was not in the Chamber.
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