A single parliamentary session under Gordon Brown saw more rebellions than an entire Parliament under Tony Blair.
That was one of the findings of University of Nottingham Academic Philip Cowley in a study about Labour dissension that he co-authored.
Brown’s first complete parliamentary session as PM, Nov 6 2007 to Nov 27 2008, saw Labour MPs defy whips 103 times.
Under Blair’s first Parliament, between 1997 and 2001, Labour MPs voted against their whips 96 times.
To put it in context the ‘103’ figure is a greater number of rebellions in one session than under any Government in 30 years.
See Cowley’s full report here.
Friday, 5 December 2008
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The possibility of Gordon Brown's unpopularity could be because Labour has been in Goverment for the past ten years, not because of his policies or the way he conducts his party.
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