TWITTER BANS LABOUR ACTIVIST

The Labour activist who tweeted his delight at finding out Nadine Dorries had contracted Covid-19 has been banned from Twitter.

The platform took action minutes after his disgusting tweet was shared by Piers Morgan.  Will the Labour Party follow suit?  Don't hold your breath!

Lord Mann, formerly the Labour MP for Bassetlaw in Nottinghamshire, was already aware of Matthews.  Earlier today the peer referred to previous comments made by Matthews about Meghan Markle, although he does not expand further.  Unfortunately we can't check this out as Matthews' Twitter account has been removed.

Certainly there's no love lost between the pair as Matthews dedicates a lengthy Facebook post to attacking Mann labelling him the "epitome of a parasite Labour MP".

RED KEN IN DENIAL

Fresh from his recent 'foot in the train door' episode, Red Ken appeared on Good Morning Britain earlier in an ill-tempered clash with Piers Morgan over, yes you guessed it - anti-Semitism.  Trotting out the usual hard left denial that such a thing even exists in the Labour Party, Livingstone repeatedly accused Morgan of telling lies.  He denied saying Hitler was a Zionist, blaming former Labour MP John Mann for that 'smear'.  John Mann this morning retweeted Ken's interview, without comment.

JOHN MANN RESIGNS

John Mann has today resigned as an MP, clearing up any confusion that followed his comments towards the end of last week.  He will take a seat in the House of Lords and begin his new role as the government's 'anti-Semitism tsar'.  He has already adjusted his Twitter profile to reflect his new status (see below).  It appears that he won't take up the Labour whip in the Lords and will sit as a crossbench peer.

Asides from the loss of one more pro-Leave voice from the Commons it means that a by-election will take place in Bassetlaw, assuming that a general election is blocked from taking place this year.  Labour would be defending a majority of less than 5,000 in a strong pro-Leave seat.  However, if the Tories and Brexit Party both stand it doesn't take a genius to work out what will happen (as it did in both Peterborough and Brecon).  Boris, Nigel - it's time to talk and get a Leave Alliance up and running.

Bassetlaw general election 2017

John Mann (Lab) 27,467 (52.6%) +3.9%
Annette Simpson (Con) 22,615 (43.3%) +12.6%
Leon Duveen (Lib Dem) 1,154 (2.2%) −0.5%
Nigel Turner (Ind) 1,014 (1.9%) New

Bassetlaw general election 2015

John Mann (Lab) 23,965 (48.6%) -1.8%
Sarah Downes (Con) 15,122 (30.7%) -3.2%
Dave Scott (UKIP) 7,865 (16.0%) +12.4%
Leon Duveen (Lib Dem) 1,331 (2.7%) -8.5%
Kristopher Wragg (Green) 1,006 (2.0%) New

MANN'S REVENGE

Bassetlaw MP John Mann has announced he is leaving the House of Commons on Monday to take up his government role as their 'anti-Semitism tsar'.  It's not clear if this means he is standing down as an MP altogether, if so one of his final acts will be to vote in favour of a general election, defying the Labour whips one last time.  Hopefully he will be staying on for a wee bit longer, if only for Brexit debates where pro-Leave votes are hard to come by on the opposition benches.

When Mann takes up his new post he will probably appreciate the irony of being called a 'tsar', seeing as the original tsars were so vehemently opposed by the communists (hopefully he doesn't meet the same end as said tsars).  Having endured years of abuse from Corbyn supporters, he appears to be plotting as much damage as possible when he stands down.  In the last two days he has tweeted several times about exposing cases of sexual harassment and sexual assault he claims have been covered up by the party.

And of course one reason I know they have been sat on is that I personally raised them before, as did others, and on three complaints nothing has been done. https://t.co/S47HnVraG3

— John Mann (@JohnMannMP) October 25, 2019

Some people think they can get away with covering up sexual harassment and assault in their Party. These people are factually wrong.

— John Mann (@JohnMannMP) October 24, 2019

There are serious and credible allegations of sexual misconduct that have been sat on. I will be writing tomorrow to challenge those who have chosen to sit on them

— John Mann (@JohnMannMP) October 24, 2019

I will tomorrow be making a submission to the IIsca Enquiry on child abuse about Lambeth Council .

— John Mann (@JohnMannMP) October 24, 2019

If Mann has been aware of these cases over time then it does suggest that he too has been 'sitting on' the allegations, so he may not have the moral high ground here.  However, his decision to use this information to hurt the leadership is no great surprise, having been bombarded with abuse for the last three years from those who swear undying loyalty to the Great Leader.  Actions have consequences and former Labour MPs have been increasingly dishing out vengeance over the last year.

Ian Austin, Chris Leslie, Ivan Lewis and John Woodcock have become even more fierce in their condemnation of Corbyn since they left the party.  The recent speeches from Austin and Lewis were a joy to behold.  Woodcock, an otherwise hardcore Remainer, astonishingly voted with the government on several crucial Brexit votes last week.  His love for membership of the EU is clearly now outweighed by his hatred of Corbyn.  Luciana Berger will undoubtedly get her revenge by wrecking Labour's hopes to retake the Tory marginal of Finchley at the next election, while even Kate Hoey (still under the Labour whip) has not ruled out joining the Brexit Party and perhaps making a high profile stand against a big name Labour Remainer.  Diane Abbott's bizarre assertion yesterday that Hoey is "no longer a Labour MP" will undoubtedly have given Hoey that little bit of extra motivation to do so.  Kate Hoey versus Yvette Cooper (with Tory candidate stood down) - now that would be a very interesting contest!

LABOUR'S WITHDRAWAL 19

Boris Johnson enjoyed a rare victory on Tuesday as nineteen Labour rebels helped him to a majority of 30 on the Withdrawal Agreement Bill.

This was the vote where we finally uncovered those Labour MPs who had postured about supporting Brexit, but had yet to deliver.  They finally defied the whips and the hard left threats of McDonnell and Lansman.  The nineteen were as follows.

There were some surprises here, in particular the names of Mike Hill, Jo Platt and Lisa Nandy.  There were also some notable absences.  Despite flirting with the notion of a Brexit deal for months now, Stevie Kinnock backed out and voted against the bill.  Two-faced Lucy Powell also voted against the bill, while Justin Madders and Yvonne Fovargue abstained.  Hardcore Brexiteer Kate Hoey also abstained from the vote, but she never backed May's deal either and she is less likely to back Johnson's deal given her Protestant Northern Ireland background.  It's complicated.

Sadly, most of the 19 Labour rebels reverted back to form and voted down the timetable for the bill they had just voted for.  It won't spare them awful abuse from Remainers on social media though.  Only Barron, Fitzpatrick, Flint and Mann backed up their initial vote, with Kate Hoey providing the fifth Labour vote.

The PM has now put the bill on hold, for motives unknown, a decision that led Donald Tusk to announce his intention to extend Article 50 (collective groan).  Even die hard supporters of Boris Johnson are now beginning to ask serious questions about his apparent lack of countermeasures and the now strongly suspected absence of a masterplan that would have got us out next week.  A general election between now and the next Brexit deadline of January 31st is now inevitable.  The problem for Boris is that he is going into this election having failed to deliver Brexit and as such the Brexit Party will still be in play.  He simply has to swallow his pride (if he has any left) and cut a deal with Nigel Farage.  The Brexit Party can take out Labour MPs in the north of England, but it can only do so if the Tories stand aside.  The Brexit Party can then stand down elsewhere, in order to allow the Tories a free run in Labour marginals, particularly in the south of England.  It's a no brainer, but having seen the debacle of the last few weeks, we have to ask if there are any brains on either side of the Commons.

"IT'LL GET RID OF YOU"

When Anna Soubry spoke during Tuesday's debate she made clear her opposition to a general election.  It's no wonder considering she is history no matter what daft party name she dreams up.  A seemingly worse for wear John Mann was on hand to remind her of this precise scenario - "It'll get rid of you" he quips several times while laughing wildly.  He's partially obscured during the clip, but certainly appears to be off his tits...

Even Dave Lammy appears to find Soubry an amusement, but then he knows he will still be around in the next Parliament.  Soubry's Broxtowe constituency returned a 53% Leave vote and she has next to zero chance of being re-elected if she chooses to stand under her Independent Group For Change Remain Alliance Change UK Independent Group banner.

Broxtowe general election 2017

Anna Soubry (Con) 25,983 (46.8%) +1.6%
Greg Marshall (Lab) 25,120 (45.3%) +8.1%
Tim Hallam (Lib Dem) 2,247 (4.0%) +0.1%
Fran Loi (UKIP) 1,477 (2.7%) -8.0%
Pat Morton (Green) 681 (1.2%) -1.7%

THE LABOUR SIX

It's not clear at the moment what the next step will be.  Will the dreaded letter be sent and if not, what then?  What is clear is that despite various MPs arguing that this amendment is not about frustrating Brexit, one only has to look at the reaction of Remainers to it.

Credit where it is due there were six Labour MPs who opposed this amendment.  They were:

Kevin Barron
Ronnie Campbell
Jim Fitzpatrick
Caroline Flint
Kate Hoey
John Mann

Former Labour MPs Ian Austin, Frank Field, Ivan Lewis and John Woodcock also opposed the amendment as did the currently suspended Kelvin Hopkins.

Four Labour MPs abstained, as follows:

Sarah Champion
Rosie Cooper
Melanie Onn
Derek Twigg

ODDS SHORTENING ON BREXIT DEAL

The bookies now have Boris Johnson's revised withdrawal agreement passing tomorrow as 'odds on'.  Ladbrokes and Coral have the ayes at 8/11, while Betfred and Paddy Power have 4/6.  There's clearly not much in it as the same bookies have the deal failing at evens (Ladbrokes/Coral), 11/10 (Paddy Power) and 6/5 (Betfred).  However, all major bookmakers report that odds of the deal passing are shortening and odds of it failing are drifting, albeit it's worth noting that this doesn't take into account potentially fatal amendments that would pave the way for another Brexit delay.

The shortening of odds may have something to do with the tiny trickle of Labour MPs voicing their support for the deal throughout the afternoon and into this evening.  With the DUP and every opposition party opposed to the deal, Boris will need as many Labour rebels as possible to get his deal through.  Labour MPs who have either indicated or are expected to vote in favour of the agreement are as follows:

Ronnie Campbell
Sarah Champion (expected)
Jim Fitzpatrick (expected)
Caroline Flint (expected)
John Mann
Melanie Onn

Others who are keeping their cards close to their chest include Kevin Barron, Gloria De Piero, Stevie Kinnock, Stephanie Peacock, Ruth Smeeth, Gareth Snell and Graham Stringer.

Several independents are also undeclared, but it's highly likely that Ian Austin, Frank Field and Kelvin Hopkins will back the government.

Threats such as this one will have no impact at all on the way that I vote.

But I do have a question for Jon, as a vocal supporter of local member led democracy, why did you think it was appropriate to not shortlist ANY local members for the upcoming selection in Rother Valley? https://t.co/og4o7kjtyM

— Kevin Barron MP (@KevinBarronMP) October 18, 2019

My constituent Graham Norman just came to my surgery. He is a lifelong Unite member who voted Leave. He begged me to vote for a deal tomorrow. I haven’t decided what I’ll do but when I look at some people’s comments on twitter calling people like him a Tory - I despair pic.twitter.com/D46z07KHwb

— Gloria De Piero (@GloriaDePiero) October 18, 2019

And here is Jason, another Ashfield Labour member who voted to Leave. He is just as much of a socialist as those Labour members who voted to Remain. https://t.co/UuAs53q73U

— Gloria De Piero (@GloriaDePiero) October 18, 2019

Every single one of these MPs have faced the full keyboard tapping fury of anti-Brexit Labour activists and Remainers at large.  The bile and hate that has spewed forth will hopefully toughen their resolve, but we don't have long to wait now.  One thing is for sure - if biased Bercow and his Remain Alliance have anything to do with it, proceedings will be far from simple.

LANSMAN THREATENS REBELS

Momentum chief Jon Lansman has tweeted a direct threat to Labour MPs thinking of supporting the revised withdrawal agreement tomorrow.  He has pinned the threat to the top of his Twitter feed.  Never one to miss an opportunity to purge moderates and replace them with Corbyn loyalists.

Meanwhile, Labour rebel John Mann appeared unfazed by suggestions that deal-backing MPs could lose the whip.  Mind you, he's standing down soon anyway to take up a government post, so it's no skin off his teeth.  Whether the threats will resonate with the likes of Caroline Flint, Stevie Kinnock and co is unclear, but we'll find out tomorrow.  Mann told Sky News he is backing the Brexit deal and took aim at John McDonnell in the process.  That hair though...

MANN WOULD PUT BREXIT FIRST

Labour's John Mann has confirmed that he would not support a vote of no confidence in the government if it is attached to a second referendum or revocation of Article 50.  If Mann were to be joined by some of his Labour colleagues this should cancel out those Remainer Tories thought to be planning to vote with Corbyn (or more likely abstain).  Independents could also be crucial if Corbyn initiates the vote.  Ian Austin (ex-Labour) will almost certainly vote with the government, given his intense hatred of Corbyn and support for the Leave mandate.  Lady Hermon (ex-UUP) is less clear.  Although she is a Remainer and Labour sympathiser, she indicated earlier this year that she would never support a Corbyn-led government, so would she vote with him or abstain?  It's all going to be very interesting as we approach Halloween.

WILLIAMSON RETURN CONDEMNED

Chris Williamson has been readmitted to the Labour Party following his suspension in February.  An ultra Corbyn loyalist and epitome of the 'loony left' this will come as no surprise to anyone.  Many Labour figures have expressed dismay at the decision to allow Williamson back, not least Corbyn critics Wes Streeting, Margaret Hodge and former Labour MP Ian Austin.  The Jewish Labour Movement are not best pleased either.

It beggars belief that Chris Williamson has been readmitted to the Labour Party given his pattern of behaviour on antisemitism. It doesn’t suggest that those taking decisions are taking the @EHRC investigation seriously. (1)

— Wes Streeting MP (@wesstreeting) June 26, 2019

The decision about whether the Labour whip is restored is a decision for @jeremycorbyn. Restoring the whip will be received as a punch in the stomach to many Jewish members who’ve stayed to fight antisemitism and will reinforce fears that he doesn’t take antisemitism seriously.

— Wes Streeting MP (@wesstreeting) June 26, 2019

Unbelievable. This shows that the complaints process is a complete sham. This is not zero tolerance. This is letting your political pals back in and turning a blind eye to Jew-hate.

Every decent Labour Party member must challenge this. https://t.co/13zOQJl5Sn

— Margaret Hodge (@margarethodge) June 26, 2019

The decision to let chris Williamson back into party in time for him to stand again as a labour candidate is best example yet of why we need an independent process for anti Semitism and sexual harassment complaints and not mates rates ... #EnoughIsEnough

— stellacreasy (@stellacreasy) June 26, 2019 

The Williamson fiasco will be the perfect case study for the EHRC to determine whether the Labour Party is institutionally racist.

— John Mann (@JohnMannMP) June 26, 2019

Clearer than ever, for today's 'anti-racist' Labour Party, it's who you know, not who you hate, that matters.

Zero tolerance? Don't make me laugh. https://t.co/lxRUiBwiwg

— Mike Katz (@mikekatz) June 26, 2019

It’s a disgrace that Chris Williamson is let off with a warning. It shows the extent to which a party which had a proud record on racism has been poisoned under Jeremy Corbyn. The only question is when decent Labour MPs will finally say enough is enough and do something about it. https://t.co/m6vgRyaZqd

— Ian Austin (@IanAustinMP) June 26, 2019

The Guardian reports that Williamson will face a re-selection battle in his Derby North constituency.  If he is deselected it will mark an ironic twist of fate for the man who earlier this year embarked on what he called his 'Democracy Roadshow'.  He toured the country calling for MPs to face mandatory re-selection, in other words a 'purge' of all those members seen as disloyal to the Great Leader.  That's a socialist's version of 'democracy'.

In one respect it would be a shame to see the back of Williamson.  His views are so extreme he is a liability to the party every time he opens his mouth.  There are no pretences with Williamson, he is an unapologetic Marxist.

Contrast this with the softly softly approach of the likes of Corbyn and McDonnell.  While they may appear in front of murals of Marx and Lenin on May Day, when confronted about their communism they plead innocence.  This is what makes Corbyn and McDonnell eminently more dangerous.  We can see red Williamson coming a mile off, but Corbyn and McDonnell play their Marxist cards a tad closer to their chests.  Until they are in power...

THE LABOUR 26

26 Labour MPs wrote to Corbyn today imploring him not to back a second referendum.  The letter (see below, click to enlarge) warns of the potential threat to Labour in Leave-voting seats, primarily from the Brexit Party.  The MPs explicitly state that "Brexit must happen.  The UK must leave..."

There are only two Brexiteers among the signatures (Mann, Skinner), the overwhelming majority being Remainers who are trying desperately to save their own Parliamentary skins.  How else to explain the presence of Stephen Kinnock, a man whose family made millions from being at the heart of the EU beast?  Having just seen the Brexit Party come from nowhere to almost snatch Peterborough, Stevie is clearly worried that the Brexit heartlands in south Wales are under threat from this new phenomenon.  Furthermore, he hasn't got thousands of Muslim postal votes to back him up either.

The only MP representing a Remain seat on the list is Jim Fitzpatrick, an MP who backed May's deal at the third time of asking.  Dan 'Two Jobs' Jarvis is also on the list, surely the gravy train robber is not looking to stand again at the next election?  Nothing would surprise in the shameless world of Westminster.

This is the full list of signatories, complete with their constituency referendum votes.

Kevin Barron (Rother Valley - 67% Leave)
Sarah Champion (Rotherham - 68% Leave)
Julie Cooper (Burnley - 67% Leave)
Rosie Cooper (West Lancs - 55% Leave)
Jon Cruddas (Dagenham & Rainham - 70% Leave)
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield - 70% Leave)
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar & Limehouse - 66% Remain)
Caroline Flint (Don Valley - 68% Leave)
Yvonne Fovargue (Makerfield - 65% Leave)
Mary Glindon (North Tyneside - 60% Leave)
Mike Hill (Hartlepool - 70% Leave)
Dan Jarvis (Barnsley Central - 68% Leave)
Stephen Kinnock (Aberavon - 60% Leave)
Emma Lewell-Buck (South Shields - 62% Leave)
Justin Madders (Ellesmere Port & Neston - 58% Leave)
John Mann (Bassetlaw - 68% Leave)
Jim McMahon (Oldham West & Royton - 61% Leave)
Grahame Morris (Easington - 66% Leave)
Lisa Nandy (Wigan - 63% Leave)
Melanie Onn (Great Grimsby - 71% Leave)
Stephanie Peacock (Barnsley East - 71% Leave)
Jo Platt (Leigh - 63% Leave)
Dennis Skinner (Bolsover - 70% Leave)
Laura Smith (Crewe & Nantwich - 60% Leave)
Ruth Smeeth (Stoke-on-Trent North - 72% Leave)
Gareth Snell (Stoke-on-Trent Central - 65% Leave)

FRESH BREXIT INFIGHTING ERUPTS

Tom Watson's ultra-Remain speech yesterday predictably unleashed a fresh wave of Brexit infighting in the Labour Party.  Watching Labour MPs at each other's throats is particularly amusing given the fact they've spent years mocking the Tories for doing precisely the same.  John Mann and Ian Lavery led the fightback against Watson's crusade, although some questioned whether Tom's motives were more about undermining the Great Leader rather than overturning the Leave mandate.

Many Labour MPs in the north of England continue to resist calls for a second referendum, including Tom Watson's own partner - Barnsley East MP Stephanie Peacock.  Interestingly, the Wikipedia entries for this couple no longer list them as an item.  Brexit is clearly dividing Labour, but did it really split up this rather mismatched pair?  Time will tell.

Meanwhile, here's John Mann demolishing Tom Watson's stance on the BBC today.

BREXIT BLOCKERS DEFEATED

The first attempt by Remainer MPs to stop Brexit from happening in October failed this evening.  The motion, supported by Labour, the SNP, Lib Dems, Plaid and Green MP Caroline Lucas, was defeated by 11 votes.

As the Tories cheered the result an angry Corbyn shouted across the chamber "You won't be cheering in September".  Quite what he meant by that is anyone's guess.  Perhaps he meant to say October, that would have made more sense.

Eight Labour MPs voted against the motion, crucially 17 abstained.  Several opponents of a second referendum were among the abstentions including Ruth Smeeth, Melanie Onn and Gareth Snell.  However, despite all her recent bluster, Lisa Nandy supported the motion.  Note to people of Wigan - remember this.

Ian Blackford was furious about Labour's rebels and abstentions, directly blaming them for the motion's defeat in a furious tweet.  "Unforgivable" he chuntered.  Thankfully all ten DUP members were present and duly voted against the motion.

The eight Labour rebels who opposed Labour's motion were:

Kevin Barron
Ronnie Campbell
Jim Fitzpatrick
Caroline Flint
Stephen Hepburn
Kate Hoey
John Mann
Graham Stringer

On the Tory benches there were ten rebels that supported Labour's motion.  All but three represent Leave-voting constituencies:

Guto Bebb - constituency voted Leave 52%
Ken Clarke
Jonathan Djanogly - constituency voted Leave 53%
Justine Greening
Dominic Grieve
Sam Gyimah - constituency voted Leave 54%
Phillip Lee - constituency voted Leave 53%
Oliver Letwin - constituency voted Leave 51%
Antoinette Sandbach - constituency voted Leave 52%
Caroline Spelman - constituency voted Leave 59%

Make no mistake, this won't be their last attempt to stop us leaving in October.  They will be back again soon with more of the same and the Speaker will be only too happy to oblige them...

LABOUR BACK REMAIN

Seeing that John Bercow selected only Remain options tonight, it certainly wasn't his intention to see all of them defeated.  Hilarious scenes, though it's doubtful he saw the funny side.

A majority of Labour MPs voted in favour of each option, the breakdown as follows;

Clarke motion:  Remain in customs union - 230 Labour for, 10 against

Boles motion:  Remain in customs union and single market - 185 Labour for, 25 against

Kyle/Wilson motion:  Second referendum - 203 Labour for, 24 against

Cherry motion:  Revoke Article 50 - 121 Labour for, 18 against

Only five Labour MPs opposed all four motions.  Surely by now these names will be familiar...

Ronnie Campbell

Stephen Hepburn

Kate Hoey

John Mann

Graham Stringer

Compare this paltry figure with the number of Labour MPs who voted in favour of all four motions - a whopping 85!  Clearly these MPs were so desperate to overturn the referendum result they wanted a majority for at least one of the options.  Those representing Leave constituencies are in bold...

Rushanara Ali

Rosena Allin-Khan

Adrian Bailey - West Bromwich West 69% Leave

Roberta Blackman-Woods

Paul Blomfield

Ben Bradshaw

Kevin Brennan

Lyn Brown

Chris Bryant - Rhondda 60% Leave

Karen Buck

Richard Burden - Birmingham Northfield 62% Leave

Ruth Cadbury

Bambos Charalambous

Neil Coyle

Stella Creasy

Marsha De Cordova

Thangam Debbonaire

Emma Dent Coed

Anneliese Dodds

David Drew

Angela Eagle

Maria Eagle

Clive Efford - Eltham 52% Leave

Chris Elmore - Ogmore 59% Leave

Bill Esterson

Paul Farrelly - Newcastle-under-Lyme 62% Leave

Vicky Foxcroft

James Frith - Bury North 54% Leave

Hugh Gaffney

Ruth George - High Peak 51% Leave

Preet Kaur Gill

Roger Godsiff

Helen Goodman - Bishop Auckland 61% Leave

Kate Green

Lilian Greenwood

John Grogan - Keighley 53% Leave

Fabian Hamilton

Harriet Harman

Mark Hendrick - Preston 56% Leave

Rupa Huq

Sarah Jones - Croydon Central 50.3% Leave

Peter Kyle

Lesley Laird

Clive Lewis

Holly Lynch - Halifax 59% Leave

Steve McCabe

Conor McGinn - St Helens North 58% Leave

Alison McGovern

Shabana Mahmood

Sandy Martin - Ipswich 56% Leave

Rachael Maskell

Christian Matheson

Stephen Morgan - Portsmouth South 52% Leave

Ian Murray

Chi Onwurah

Kate Osamor

Albert Owen - Ynys Môn 51% Leave

Teresa Pearce - Erith & Thamesmead 55% Leave

Matthew Pennycook

Jess Phillips - Birmingham Yardley 60% Leave

Luke Pollard - Plymouth, Sutton & Devonport 54% Leave

Stephen Pound

Faisal Rashid - Warrington South 51% Leave

Steve Reed

Rachel Reeves - Leeds West 53% Leave

Matt Rodda

Danielle Rowley

Chris Ruane - Vale of Clwyd 57% Leave

Lloyd Russell-Moyle

Virendra Sharma

Barry Sheerman - Huddersfield 52% Leave

Andy Slaughter

Jeff Smith

Karin Smyth

Alex Sobel

Paul Sweeney

Gareth Thomas

Stephen Timms

Stephen Twigg

Keith Vaz - Leicester East 54% Leave

Matt Western

Alan Whitehead

Martin Whitfield

Phil Wilson - Sedgefield 59% Leave

Mohammed Yasin - Bedford 52% Leave

Bear in mind there is another list of Remainer MPs stemming from these votes.  They are so extreme that they cannot bring themselves to accept any motions that allow this country even to partially leave the EU - so the Clarke and Boles motions were a no-no for them.  They'll never vote for May's deal either, perhaps not even when staring no deal in the face!  There were only six of them, but that's still one more than there were Brexiteers.  They all voted in favour of a second referendum and revoking Article 50...

Dave Lammy - abstained on Clarke/Boles

Owen Smith - voted against Clarke/Boles

Jo Stevens - voted against Clarke/Boles

Wes Streeting - abstained on Clarke/Boles - Ilford North 53% Leave 

Paul Williams - voted against Clark/Boles - Stockton South 58% Leave

Daniel Zeichner - abstained on Clarke, voted against Boles

Labour's behaviour during this process continues its truly shameful trajectory.

JOHN MANN HUMILIATES REMOANER

Pro-Brexit Labour MP John Mann had the perfect response for a remoaner who tweeted him with a 'People's Vote' demand.  Turns out the remoaner is the Lib Dem candidate who stood against him in 2015 and 2017.  Oh dear...

Mann's Bassetlaw constituency backed his Brexit stance in 2016 by returning a hefty 68% Leave vote.  That's the same Leave percentage as West Bromwich East, but the MP there sings a different tune...

LABOUR THREESOME

Just three Labour MPs backed May's withdrawal deal in the vote tonight.  Caroline Flint switched her vote from opposition to support, while Kevin Barron and John Mann maintained their support from the first vote.  Former Labour MPs Frank Field and Ian Austin also supported the deal.

Disgraced MP Fiona Onasanya made the trip to Parliament to vote against May's deal.

YOU CAN'T PLEASE ALL THE PEOPLE...

The Spectator reports that a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) earlier tonight wasn't as plain sailing as perhaps Jeremy Corbyn had envisaged.  It appears that with this latest massive u-turn he can't even please hardcore remoaners like Owen Smith.  Smith is reported to have asked Corbyn 23 times whether 'Remain' would be on the ballot paper of this proposed second referendum.  23 times Corbyn evaded the question.

Still, Owen was cock-a-hoop on Twitter at the prospect of his beloved so-called 'People's Vote' receiving the support of the leadership...

Of course it would be Keir Starmer that Owen chose to retweet, Sir Keir being the most influential frontbench remoaner in the PLP.  The great irony of his appointment as Shadow Brexit Secretary is that in government the only thing he would never negotiate is to leave the EU.  This is a fact not lost on Labour Brexiteer John Mann...

At the time of writing Mann has tweeted four times about the u-turn.  This was his finest...

Meanwhile, 11 losers gathered around a table in Nando's...

Smith and Soubry don't look happy.  Tensions already?

DESELECT! DESELECT! DESELECT!

In what has become a familiar and entirely predictable response, the hate campaigners of the left have been laying into the 'Labour 14' ie. those rebels who defied the party whips to reject the Cooper amendment.  John Mann and Ian Austin have received particular attention because earlier this month they voted for May's Brexit deal and as we know anyone who dares to side with the government is earmarked a 'traitor' and put on the watch list.

According to some Corbynistas socialism is not compatible with Brexit.  Clearly George Galloway didn't get this message, or Dennis Skinner.  Neither did the Socialist Party of England and Wales, or the Communist Party of Britain, or the Socialist Workers Party - all of which campaigned for a Leave vote.  Paul Mason, the loony leftie freelance journalist formerly of both the BBC and Channel 4, went one step further and accused the rebels of being 'xenophobes'.  Bet he wouldn't say that to Skinner's face.

Her Majesty's call for 'common ground' is clearly falling on deaf ears in the Labour ranks!

THE LABOUR REBELS WHO HELPED DEFEAT COOPER

There were 14 Labour MPs who defied their party whips and voted against the Yvette Cooper amendment.  Here they are with constituency and referendum vote in brackets.

Ian Austin (Dudley North, 71% Leave)
Kevin Barron (Rother Valley, 67% Leave)
Ronnie Campbell (Blyth Valley, 60% Leave)
Rosie Cooper (West Lancashire, 55% Leave)
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar & Limehouse, 66% Remain)
Caroline Flint (Don Valley, 68% Leave)
Roger Godsiff (Birmingham Hall Green, 66% Remain)
Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow, 62% Leave)
Kate Hoey (Vauxhall, 78% Remain)
John Mann (Bassetlaw, 68% Leave)
Dennis Skinner (Bolsover, 70% Leave)
Laura Smith (Crewe & Nantwich, 60% Leave)
Gareth Snell (Stoke-on-Trent Central, 65% Leave)
Graham Stringer (Blackley & Broughton, 50.04% Leave)