BREAKING: Tory MPs have given Liz Truss a glimmer of hope as they voted against a Labour motion on fracking on a tumultuous day for the Prime Minister. The government had told Tory MPs to see the vote as a confidence motion.
MPs were ordered to oppose the Labour move to ban fracking to show their loyalty to Liz Truss, or face expulsion from the parliamentary party.Labour tried to use a vote in the Commons this evening to force the introduction of a draft law banning the extraction of shale gas.The Labour motion on fracking was opposed by MPs Labours vote was defeated with a majority of 96
Ruth Edwards, the Conservative MP for Rushcliffe did not say she would vote against the Government, saying: ‘I don’t support fracking, but I am even less keen on the idea of letting the Labour Party play at being in government for the day.’ ‘They should take a look at the faces of colleagues behind them, colleagues who have fracking sites in their constituencies, and they should hang their heads in shame.
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