Sentences with phrase «whip against military»
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.
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For those who like to see not only those who voted against their party whip in the two crucial votes on possible military intervention in Syria yesterday, but also those who abstained or were absent, we have compiled a complete list.
To be sure, that government was high on impunity (more than any military government before it); and had a quaint idea of mechanical «discipline», in the whip - coerced queues its War Against Indiscipline (WAI) programme decreed.
In 2001, Marsden took on the Whips after the Chief Whip Hilary Armstrong tried to silence him over his strong views against the military action starting in Afghanistan.