With reference to yesterday's post and Monday's debate it is interesting that Labour, who made such a fuss about Sunak and some other front-benchers abstaining, had well short of 100% turnout. They were right to make that attack, but it is a pity that more of their parliamentary party did not see how important making a statement backing the Privileges committee was. "Cowardice" was not the charge I would have levelled against those who implicitly sided with Johnson; more concern for their political futures if there is a likelihood of Johnson returning. They could be afraid of the Daily Mail, of course.
Some Labour MPs deprived of the whip, including local members Geraint Davies and Christina Rees, did not vote.
DUP motives are curious. Surely a party which sees itself as a participant in UK democracy ought to vote on an issue critical to parliamentary democracy? Or were they perversely showing their continued support for a PM who had badly let them down?
The only two parties with 100% support for the motion were Liberal Democrats and the one-member Green party.
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