even the iraq war was a vickers tea party compared to this. be rebuffed again, albeit with a smaller number. you have said you will vote for two of the options. have you heard anything from mps and other parties about whether they will get a free vote on the options or not? there have been rumours that the government and the labour party would have a free vote, but i think those are in quotation marks, sadly people in the labour and tory parties are worried about deselection, they may feel constrained by the party line, even if it is not what they believe.” hope people are being creative and looking at other options, but that is not the mood at the moment. on monday, steve bryant, one of the conservative ministers who resigned to back one of these boats won votes, he said we are on a roundabout and we will not get a different answer. do you sense that todayis different answer. do you sense that today is a shift on that, beginning ofa today is a shift on that, beginning of a change in direction or a move a conclusion? yes, but i stress the word