whips Flashcards

(4 cards)

1
Q

Boris Johnson hasn’t lost a major commons bill since his election w a majority of 80

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2
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limit on backbenchers influence as seen in 2019 when 21 MPs were expelled from the Conservative party

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confirming lord halishams idea that governments ultimately have an elective dictatorship

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3
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backbenchers can also be managed through the use of patronage

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giving or promising ministerial positions as a way of exercising control

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4
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William wragg a conservative MP claimed that tory whips were ‘ threatening to withhold imvestments from MPs constituencies that are funded from the public purse “ if he called for resignation of BJ

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bad
not allowed

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