"A significant number of absences would indicate the extent of disquiet over a policy that many rebels fear could lose the party votes, and which one MP described as a shitshow."
"Abstention is the new rebellion. It's a question of defining what dissent is, and it's probably better to do this than to jump off a cliff."
"Starmer made it plain that he was unlikely to tolerate open dissent... we're going into a vote. I'm glad we're having a vote, because I think it's very important for parliament to speak on this."
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