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    MPs ‘accidentally’ vote in favour of joining a customs union with the EU
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    MPs ‘accidentally’ vote in favour of joining a customs union with the EU

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    2. Georgist-Minarchist on

      if ed Davey wants to chainsaw regulation , how are you going to do that in EU with there rules forced on us without debate

    3. WheresWalldough on

      it’s no more significant than some students doing the same.

      certainly not “accidental”, moronic levels of reporting by the Metro

    4. seany1212 on

      Good, there needs to be adult conversations on Brexit and even if this didn’t mean much on the surface it might get the ball rolling. It is not the time to be isolationist, now more than ever.

    6. Loreki on

      The Deputy Speaker simply voted [in the conventional way ](https://erskinemay.parliament.uk/section/4830/principles-on-which-speaker-gives-casting-vote)to resolve a tie.

      Where the decision is a substantive one (to make an amendment to the law, permit something or block something) the Speaker will always vote for the “no change” option in a tie because no genuine majority exists in the Commons. Where a decision is to have further time for debate / another occasion for debate, the Speaker votes in favour in a tie, because the tie will never be properly resolved if the matter is closed.

    7. EditorRedditer on

      I like Caroline Nokes. That very rare item, a sane, smart Tory…

      Is it any wonder she’s never given any oxygen by the Tory press…?

    8. FeigenbaumC on

      Am I just being stupid for not being able to work out what the “accidentally” is supposed to refer to here?

      The MPs who voted for it purposefully voted for it, those who voted against it purposefully voted against it, and those who abstained purposefully abstained. Everyone also voted knowing it’s a ten-minute rule’ motion and isn’t going to actually change the law. There doesn’t seem to be any indication anyone fucked up their vote