An additional Labor MPs are abstained in another. blow to their leader. Labor MPs had been whipped to vote against the Brexit plan proposed by the Government.
They were Jon Cruddas, Sarah Champion, Rosie Cooper , Toby Perkins, Gramame Morris and Emma Lewell-Buck.
In total the Brexit bill passed by 358 votes to (******************************************************************.
This means Britain will leave the EU on January as Mr Johnson pledged during the election campaign.
Originally the UK had been due to depart on March but this was delayed repeatedly after MPs turned down Theresa May’s EU exit plan.
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Some of the Labor MPs who abstained from the bill had been given permission by Labor whips.
However according to the Daily Mail others had not, making their actions a rebellion against the wishes of the leadership.
Labor shadow cabinet members Jon Trickett and Ian Lavery were amongst those who abstained.
Nine Conservative MPs also failed to vote, but they received permission to do so from the Tory whips office.
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One of the Labor MPs who abstained, Charlotte Nichols, said she’d done so because her constituency voted ‘Leave’ in (***********************************************************.
She commented: “I did not feel I could follow the whip and vote against the bill having listened to my constituents wishes.
“I do not wish to frustrate the process, so I did not stand in its way.
“I could not, however, in good faith vote for the Withdrawal Agreement as amended since the election.”
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The Brexit bill was opposed by the remaining Labor MPs, SNP, Liberal Democrats, DUP and Plaid Cymru.
The unionist DUP, who fiercely support Northern Ireland’s place within the UK, argue Mr Johnson’s Brexit deal could undermine the British union.
This is because it could see new checks introduced between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.
The Liberal Democrats were attacked online after vowing to continue the fight against Brexit.
Britai n voted to leave the EU in June (Image: EXPRESS) **************************** On Twitter, the party wrote: “Liberal Democrats will continue to oppose Brexit and fight for the closest possible relationship with Europe, preventing tariffs and other trade barriers, protecting rights and security co-operation. ” One person replied:“ Problem you have, is everyone knows you don’t care about the opinions of the electorate. “This is terminal unless you embrace Brexit. ” I’d advise dropping the intersectional politics too. **********
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“Become LIBERAL, Become DEMOCRATIC.”
Another said: “You had every opportunity to do it in the run up to the election but you opted to support the Tories.
” Too late for whingeing protests now. ”
Mr Johnson’s Conservative Party thumped the Labor opposition in Thursday’s General Election.
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