Neil Moors wrote:As this was only a second reading, you could be generous and give her the benefit of the doubt. If there is no amendment in Committee stage mind you, and government continues this approach - she would have to think very carefully.
Brexit matters to Dover and Deal probably more than people realise. If there is no deal chaos - it'll make her life impossibly difficult.
I'm not inclined to be generous in this instance, Neil. It's not a 'benefit of the doubt' issue, in my view. She could have abstained like the few remaining Tories of principle did. Her track record is that of a spineless sycophant prepared to follow the party line regardless. OK in normal times but we are facing difficult times exacerbated by the most incompetent govenrment in my lifetime.