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by doc_holliday 3468 days ago
Do we know why this was? That he changed stance?
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ciaranm 3468 days ago
I don't think the cabinet is allowed to vote against the govt.
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d_theorist 3468 days ago
David Davis is the one who's now in the cabinet. Tom Watson is now Labour's deputy leader, and therefore quite decidedly not in the cabinet.
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ciaranm 3468 days ago
Ah, my apologies - I misread the parent comment.
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chippy 3468 days ago
Davis actually didn't vote on the issue.
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rosbrith 3468 days ago
Indeed. Handing out ministerial positions is a good way of quashing dissent in the party.
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