Before everyone gets too carried away with the excellent result for the Gurkhas last night (and an excellent result for human decency), it may be worth pausing for reflection on who exactly the Labour MP 'rebels' were that allowed the vote to pass by 21 votes:
(lifted from Tory Bear)
Diane Abbott (Hackney North & Stoke Newington), Ian Cawsey (Brigg & Goole), Harry Cohen (Leyton & Wanstead), Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North), Paul Farrelly (Newcastle-under-Lyme), Mark Fisher (Stoke-on-Trent Central), Neil Gerrard (Walthamstow), Kate Hoey (Vauxhall), Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North), Joan Humble (Blackpool North & Fleetwood), Glenda Jackson (Hampstead & Highgate), John McDonnell (Hayes & Harlington), Shona McIsaac (Cleethorpes), Andrew Mackinlay (Thurrock), Gordon Marsden (Blackpool South), Bob Marshall-Andrews (Medway), Julie Morgan (Cardiff North), Dr Nick Palmer (Broxtowe), Stephen Pound (Ealing North), Nick Raynsford (Greenwich & Woolwich), Andy Reed (Loughborough), Linda Riordan (Halifax), Alan Simpson (Nottingham South), Andrew Smith (Oxford East), Paul Truswell (Pudsey), Keith Vaz (Leicester East), Mike Wood (Batley & Spen)
Unless my eyes deceive me, not a single Scottish Labour MP amongst them.
I must admit to being surprised. Clearly the north of border loyalty to Gordon Brown is still strong enough to prevent them doing the right thing.
And let's not be in any doubt, allowing the Gurkhas to stay in the UK is the right thing.
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Aye Jeff, I mentioned this on the Beeb's Blether with Brian and on Brigadoon last night.
It's a shameful dereliction of duty. I wonder if the good people of, say, Glenrothes are proud of their MP this morning...
Scottish Labour have nothing to be proud of, for sure, but don't forget that it was a Lib Dem motion which was supported by Lib Dems, Conservatives and Scottish Nationalists so we Scots can be proud that many of our MPs stood up for the Gurkhas.
I agree totally with you. Disgusting. But of course our politicians (of every colour)are very career minded - that doesn't include service to their country without an expense account.
Thought at least Gavin Strang (Edinburgh East) would rebel, he's done it in the past and he is standing down. Shameful.
The Labour machine in scotland is going to be decimated come the election. Whats the betting that Brown resigns, stands down from parliament at the next election and the new Labour candidate gets roasted by the SNP.
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