didn't walk away from the whip these 21 mps, including is grandson of churchill, incruding excellent karkening, my former mp so they didn't walk away from it they had it withdrawn from them for voting against the government once. one mp put it to me, how many times did jacob reese mark vote against the government but never lose the whip when mrs. may was in power i think to your original point they would take the whip back gladly from the conservatives. they don't want to be in some form of rebel alliance they would much prefer to be in the tory ranks but they want the government to make its best efforts to find some form of deal i think just looking on the outside, all of this and tieg it together, the government would love to get a deal they would love to get a deal because then they can concentrate on all the other issues they're putting forward the education, then they could go to the country. this government is looking at its position in the polls. yes, if we had a deal as well as our position in the polls, my goodness me that might be very interesting electoral maths despite the fra