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Adrian Sanders MP writes: Hunt vote – we need to save our energy for the battles that really matter

By Adrian Sanders | Wed 13th June 2012 - 12:53 pm

The vote in the Commons today is the latest highlight of the long running Phone hacking-BSkyB-Leveson saga. It has been billed as an explosive vote that will tear the coalition asunder. The Parliamentary party has unanimously decided to abstain, a position I strongly support for very good reasons. We may well see traditional anti-Lib Dem rent-a-quotes like Peter Bone slamming us for betrayal but this is almost certainly a sign that we are doing the right thing. Indeed, given our rather shaky performance in how we conduct Government to date, this is a refreshing sign that we might be back …

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Posted in Op-eds | Also tagged bskyb, jeremy hunt, ministerial code and murdoch | 49 Comments

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