and richard benyon, a former minster who voted against and has been thrown out of the tory party.audience how that happened, it is a text or a phone call or a tap on the shoulder? i'm meeting —— on meeting with the prime minister yesterday, he made it clear that if we voted the way i did it was inconsistent with being a member of the parliamentary party so i was not surprised when i got an apologetic telephone call from my very nice whip to say this was likely to happen. what words did they use? he said, i'm sure you know why i'm calling and i'm sure you're aware that if you vote against the government tonight you will have the whip withdrawn. that was an hour or so whip withdrawn. that was an hour or so before? yes, and then the chief whip rang me afterwards and said that i'd had the whip withdrawn. how do you feel about that? to be honest, i feel better today than i felt for the last few days when i've been in, i suppose, felt for the last few days when i've been in, isuppose, a felt for the last few days when i've been in, i suppose, a fair amount of turmoil. i'm not by nature

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the interests of the whole country sitting in front of soames was another conservative rebel richard benyon who was also sacked the next day he told me of his concerns about the direction the party he loved was being taken in the attitude of some of the people. who were around the prime minister not. coming to speak about it you know yes and you know i think they have a big responsibility for the size of the rebellion last night and some of the things that were said to colleagues of mine more extraordinary. the generally held view is that the johnson administration is now so terrified of nigel farage as breck's it party that despises the european union but it will no longer brook any dissent it was faraj who status in british politics forced the bracks referendum in the 1st place and now it seems he is driving the conservative party to adopt his views. consequently today's conservative party finds itself at war with the european union and with itself its legacy and relationship with its most famous son the irony isn't often any one that after the 2nd world war churchill gave all of his most

ago i spoke to one of the 21 conservative rebels who have sacrificed their own careers for this richard benyon and he gave a real sense of the absolute mental anguish it had to go through in coming to this decision and he's very real concerns about the direction of the conservative party now is what he said. now i certainly did did have to think long and hard i had. quite a few days of turmoil in my mind about what to do and wanted to do anything i could to avoid the wave action i took last night in the lobby so yeah it's a relief in a way when you do finally make your mind up. several because have to say that this morning the sense of the racial about it well yes i find. it here rebelling if that's the phrase very difficult it's not something i'm. naturally predisposed to do unlike some some members of the cabinet to rebel they were under times not in my nature and i didn't enjoy it and you know but i felt i had to but lawrence before it all kicks off there in a few hours in the house of commons behind you the u.k.'s brags that negotiating team they are not in london they're in brussels but w

richard benyon who was also sacked the next day he told me of his concerns about the direction the party he loved was being taken in the attitude of some of the people. who were around the prime minister not. coming to speak about it you know yes and you know i think they have a big responsibility for the size of the rebellion last night and some of things that were said to colleagues of mine more extraordinary. the generally held view is that the johnson administration is now so terrified of nigel farage as breck's it party that despises the european union but it will no longer brook any dissent it was faraj who status in british politics forced the bracks referendum in the 1st place and now it seems he is driving the conservative party to adopt his views. consequently today's conservative party finds itself at war with the european union and with itself its legacy and relationship with its most famous son the irony isn't lost on anyone that after the 2nd world war churchill gave all of his most famous speeches in which he called for the creation of a united states of europe and working

the interests of the whole country sitting in front of soames was another conservative rebel richard benyon who was also sacked the next day he told me of his concerns about the direction the party he loved was being taken in the attitude of some of the people. who were around the prime minister not . coming to speak about that yes and you know i think they have a big responsibility for the size of the rebellion last night and some of things that were said to colleagues of mine were extraordinary. the generally held view is that the johnson administration is now so terrified of nigel farage as breck's it party that despises the european union but it will no longer brook any dissent it was to status in british politics forced the bracks referendum in the 1st place and now it seems he is driving the conservative party to adopt his views.

just hearing that richard benyon has decided to step down as mp for newbury.ip withdrawn. we've seen a fairly steady trickle of mps who have decided the tory party is changing out of all recognition and they don't want to hang around. others seem to be thinking they can stand as independents and maybe it will seek the rebirth of quite a chunky block of independence. we heard from margotjames, of independence. we heard from margot james, another one who was saying she would like a new prime minister, someone who is less extreme than boris johnson minister, someone who is less extreme than borisjohnson orjeremy corbyn, she floated the idea of serving underjo swinson. lots of ideas kicking around amongst those who have been deselected, some will pack it in, others who think there are still in a way to go and they could be some middle ground beginning to form. on prospect of a deal on the talk being all ireland solution may be possible if there was to be north and south following the same rules on agriculture and food, is that they way around it, it has that been