I got into the no lobby and I spent about two or three minutes with a colleague in there. The Labour lot were giggling and laughing and taking the mick and I couldn't do it: In my heart of hearts, I couldn't vote no. So I walked out and abstained.
MPs passed the embattled prime minister's controversial deportation bill by 320 votes to 276, after most Conservative rebels wimped out of a threatened revolt. The PM still faces a lengthy battle over the legislation in the House of Lords and the courts, however, as the government refused to say when flights to the African country might finally take off.
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