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		<title>Trident Followup</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 03:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Phil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Trident fiasco creates a major backbench rebellion, but not enough to defeat the funding bill
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<p>Well &#8211; yesterday&#8217;s vote on Trident went as expected, despite <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6452751.stm" title="BBC Article (opens in new window)" target="_blank">rebellion from 95 Labour MP&#8217;s</a>.</p>
<p>The <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6452315.stm" title="BBC Article (opens in new window)" target="_blank">labour rebels</a> can at least hold their heads high this morning. Even a political cynic like me (who always assumes that there is a fair degree of self-interest involved when MP&#8217;s rebel against the party line like this), can see that on this issue these men and women voted their conscience. Many thanks and well done.</p>
<p>Conversely, the Tory party support of the Government&#8217;s weak position clearly shows that all Cameron&#8217;s modernist rhetoric is just that &#8211; bullshit rhetoric.  The Tories haven&#8217;t changed one bit since they were last in power. They are largely still the same bunch of fat gits in nasty pinstripe suits.  And given their previous record in power all we could ever expect from them would be a long list of Quangos, several perjury trials, a couple of sex scandals and a huge amount of personal nest feathering (probably with a cones hotline for good measure).</p>
<p>No wonder voter turnout is so bloody low&#8230;</p>
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