MPs voted by 267 to 246 in favour of the LibDem motion to extend an equal right of residence to all Gurkhas.
Who are the 246 that voted against this motion?
Here are the Labour MPs who did the right thing:
Dianne Abbott
Ian Cawsey
Harry Cohen
Jeremy Corbyn
Paul Farrelly
Mark Fisher
Neil Gerrard
Kate Hoey
Kelvin Hopkins
Joan Humble
Glenda Jackson
John McDonnell
Shona McIsaac
Andrew Macinlay
Gordon Marsden
Bob Marshall Andrews
Julie Morgan
Nick Palmer
Stephen Pound
Nick Rainsford
Andy Reed
Linda Riordan
Alan Simpson
Andrew Smith
Paul Truswell
Keith Vaz
Robert Wareing
Mike Wood
5 comments:
Why the hell didn't the Tories put forward the motion. there had better be a bloody good explanation.
I hear that Snotty doesn't consider the vote to be binding.
He'd better!
Theo,
The Tories have made it quite clear where they stand on the Gurkha issue. If you saw PMQs today you will have seen that. Clegg has been running with this and Cameron and the Tories decided to support his motion. There's no point having two motions asking for the same deal.
Cato,
Yes, he bloody better do.
Where were the British charities- Oxfam, Save the Children et al- in the debate about the Gurkhas? I would have thought that Oxfam would have had a lot to say about the Gurkhas, considering that these former soldiers come from one of the poorest countries in the world, and Nepal would benefit from having ex-Gurkhas living in the UK and sending remittances back home to their less well-off relatives and communities. But then these days the CEOs of these charities, Dame Barbara Stocking of Oxfam for example, are tight-lipped about criticising the Government, which may explain why they kept silent about the plight of Gurkha soldiers.
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