Sentences with phrase «line whip against»

The dramatic move is aimed at avoiding a wave of frontbench resignations, which could have followed if he had imposed a three - line whip against military action.

Not exact matches

MILWAUKEE is 7 - 15 -LRB--9.9 Units) against the money line vs. an NL starting pitcher whose WHIP is 1.250 or better this season.

MILWAUKEE is 22 - 27 -LRB--10.2 Units) against the money line vs. a good bullpen whose WHIP is 1.350 or better this season.

Despite this difference, the House of Commons contains a similar proportion of rebels as the Lords, despite the whips» ultimate sanction against MPs of losing their jobs if they don't toe the party line.

He says he last voted against his party on a three - line whip in the 1970s - and when he did so, two years later Margaret Thatcher appointed him to her government.

Much of the wealthy within the US is generally against using their money to finance social constructs (healthcare is a big one here, but it's used against a pretty wide array of social programs) and a consistent tactic to whip up support is to use the lines «this is socialism, all socialism is communism, communism is evil, therefore «insert hot topic like universal healthcare» is evil.

The government then suffered its biggest Tory rebellion to date, in which one ministerial aide was sacked and one resigned as they joined colleagues to defy a three - line whip to vote against the second reading of the Lords reform bill.

It is difficult to imagine on what constitutional authority Corbyn could impose a three - line whip to make his MPs vote against intervention in Syria (though reports initially suggested this is what he had in mind).

«I think some of Mike's decisions in choosing to become a whip, when he couldn't vote against the party line... people see as rather odd.»

Meanwhile, the party leadership is still keeping quiet on what disciplinary action — if any — those 13 frontbenchers who rebelled against the three - line whip at second reading will face.

Some 15 members of the shadow ministerial team rebelled, including the farcical situation of three of the whips» office - Jeff Smith, Vicky Foxcroft and Thangam Debonnaire - voting against their own three - line whip.

Here is the full list of MPs who voted against the Article 50 bill at first reading in the Commons, including the shadow ministers who defied Labour's three - line whip.

A fifth of Labour MPs defied Jeremy Corbyn's three - line whip to vote against legislation granting Theresa May the power to trigger the UK's exit from the European Union.

Former culture secretary Ben Bradshaw said he would go against a three - line whip on a bill for the first time in nearly 20 years as an MP.

Read a full list of MPs who voted against the Article 50 bill, including the shadow ministers who defied Labour's three - line whip.

In July 2012 91 Conservative MPs voted against Lords reform, defying a three - line whip and kiboshing Nick Clegg's dream of reform to the upper chamber.

Jo Stevens, the Shadow Wales Secretary, who was also reported to be against the imposition of a three - line whip, was also unavailable when contacted.

The Chief Whip decided against a three line whip when it became clear that, if he did, he would face a sizeable rebellion from Climate Change Sceptics on the Tory bencWhip decided against a three line whip when it became clear that, if he did, he would face a sizeable rebellion from Climate Change Sceptics on the Tory bencwhip when it became clear that, if he did, he would face a sizeable rebellion from Climate Change Sceptics on the Tory benches.

Barrow and Furness MP Mr Woodcock pointed out that imposing a three - line whip to abstain would be forcing Labour MPs to vote against their own party policy, which is currently in favour of renewal.

In the Commons debate on intervention against ISIS in Iraq held on 26 September 2014, Bacon again voted against his own party, [4] becoming one of only 6 Conservatives to defy the three - line whip imposed on Conservative MPs.

As a first line of defense against bacterial pathogens, plant cells recognize and respond to tiny bacterial molecules, such as pieces of flagellin that slough off the whip - like flagella that help the bacteria move.