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EMERGENCY POD: "A shambles, and a disgrace"

The News Agents

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The Conservative Party Is in a Fractious Position, and This Isn't Just About Fracking.

The Prime Minister is unable to control her MPs, says Lord Tebbit. The feeling within the Conservative Party is so bad that it just devolves into fractiousness of the highest order in Parliament. Chief Whip Wendy Morton and Deputy Chief Whip Craig Whittaker resigned because of as a result of the fracker in the House of Commons. And 40 conservative MPs didn't vote tonight - including the PM who seems to have been their vote in chaos. Louis Whitjom insists he was offering this information off the record when speaking with an unnamed cabinet minister.

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