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Alistair Carmichael MP writes…Why I’ve put the whip away for the Equal Marriage vote

Everybody knows that the first rule of Fight Club is that you do not talk about Fight Club.

I am no Brad Pitt but the same is also true of the Whips’ Office.

It is not normally my practice to discuss whipping arrangements for the parliamentary party, nor to discuss publicly the process by which decisions are reached. Today, however, I am prepared (exceptionally) to do so and to explain the decision taken last night to allow Liberal Democrat MPs a free vote …

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  • User AvatarDavid 20th Jun - 3:42am
    I'd be interested -- in fact, fascinated -- by this whole debate if I thought that the question were really up for decision. Since, however,...
  • User AvatarIan Patterson 19th Jun - 11:37pm
    Quelle Horreur. Nearly choked when reading liberator article today. we do not need more millionaires in ranks in lords, however 'active' they have been in...
  • User AvatarTim13 19th Jun - 9:45pm
    Interested to hear a comment from candidates' Office at HQ on the numbers of PPCs in place. For the 2005 and 2010 the party made...
  • User AvatarRoland 19th Jun - 8:29pm
    @Keith - Actually, I overlooked a couple of important points: Firstly Caron did say 'qualifies' rather than 'receives' - so apologies to Caron if I...
  • User AvatarDavid Pollard 19th Jun - 8:22pm
    I still fail to see the point of the Labour party. It's funded by the Unions but it does not support the working man. It...
  • User AvatarDavid Pollard 19th Jun - 8:12pm
    Go for it. There is all to play for.
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