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Even the Lib Dems voted against it
Four Lib Dem MPs voted against the bill at the second reading, which is what we're talking about, and one, Charles Kennedy, abstained from voting. There were eight LD MPs total in the 2015 parliament. Second reading is for debate and amendment. If MPs fail to amend the bill, they oppose at third reading.
I appreciate it's a much better soundbite to say TORY STARMER LOVES CUTS but it'd be more accurate to say that Labour had a generic policy of abstaining at second readings for opposition bills (Corbyn had the same policy and was dragged through the same political windmill for imposing whips to abstain on some of the more mad Brexit policies proposed by the Tories) which can be used for political ends by people who don't really understand the process by which a bill gets passed.
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Plenty of MPs voted against it. Some who can genuinely lay claim to being left wing, some actual real surprises too, fwiw.
I don't think I intimated TORY STARMER LOVES CUTS, but I would suggest if you want to use his record of voting as a clue to how much of a closet leftie he is, I probably wouldn't go for the welfare angle as a good example.
ketsbaia
Even the Lib Dems voted against it. So, you know, if you're trying to prove your left wing credentials, I'd suggest abstaining on the Bill would not be the way to go about it.