| Comment | > The DUP was never part of the UK government. That's just factually incorrect.
Tomato/tomato, the confidence and supply agreement directly changed UK Government policy in several key areas away from their election manifesto.
> The UK has always had a tradition of designating issues like abortion as "conscience votes" for which MPs are not whipped.
And as we know a) the definition of what gets a free vote changes all the time and b) Parliamentary conventions have had a significant recent history of being ignored when convenient. Remember that Iain Duncan Smith instituted a 3-line whip against adoption by unmarried couples, and William Hague did the same against repeal of Section 28, both comparable 'conscience' issues. |
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