[feb]

According to the text in the votewatch report you linked, the European Peope party voted against the proposition from the left in order to get their version to pass : "However, to win on this issue, the EPP and ECR first had to reject the joint Motion for Resolution proposed by the centre-left. The EPP and ECR managed to win thanks to 11 defections from ALDE and 13 from S&D members (the entire British Labour delegation)."

[dan85]

I think you might be right. Anyway, my distrust for ALL politicians still remains.

The left-wing's MO is "think of the children" while the right-wing's is "we must fight terrorism". But in the end they all have the same goal.

[DannoHung]

Seriously? Maybe this is a European thing, but conservatives pull "TEH CHILDREN" just as much as anyone else.