#phillip lee

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Boris Johnson just lost his effective majority in parliament thanks to this letter.

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Phillip Lee walking over to Labour during Johnson’s speech was THE ULTIMATE POWER MOVE

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No majority? Lost control of parliament? Must be the Johnson administration.

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Boris Johnson loses majority after Tory MP defects during speech

Rebel Tory MP Philip Lee has dramatically defected to the Liberal Democrats – depriving Boris Johnson of his Commons majority. The pro-EU former minister walked across the Commons chamber, to sit with Jo Swinson’s party, meaning the prime minister now leads a minority government. (...)

The pro-EU former minister walked across the Commons chamber, to sit with Jo Swinson’s party, meaning the prime minister now leads a minority government – the first since 1996.“The party I joined in 1992 is not the party I am leaving today,” said Dr Lee, a supporter of a Final Say referendum on Brexit.“This Conservative government is aggressively pursuing a damaging Brexit in unprincipled ways. It is putting lives and livelihoods at risk unnecessarily and it is wantonly endangering the integrity of the United Kingdom.“More widely, it is undermining our country’s economy, democracy and role in the world. It is using political manipulation, bullying and lies. And it is doing these things in a deliberate and considered way.”

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The tories have lost their majority the tories have lost their majority the tories have lost their majority the tories have

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Phillip Lee quits Tories, leaving government without a majority | Politics | The Guardian

...  Lee follows the former Tory MP Sarah Wollaston and ex-Labour MP Chuka Umunna in joining the Lib Dems, who now have 15 MPs, wiping out Johnson’s working majority.

In his statement, Lee said: “This Conservative government is aggressively pursuing a damaging Brexit in unprincipled ways. It is putting lives and livelihoods at risk unnecessarily and it is wantonly endangering the integrity of the United Kingdom.

“More widely, it is undermining our country’s economy, democracy and role in the world. It is using political manipulation, bullying and lies. And it is doing these things in a deliberate and considered way.”

The Lib Dem leader, Jo Swinson, said she was delighted Lee was joining at such a crucial time in British politics.

She said: “He brings almost 10 years of parliamentary experience and decades of professional expertise. He shares our commitment to prevent a disastrous no-deal Brexit, and to stop Brexit altogether.”  ...

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That was fast.

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Phillip: I’ve been thinking, Brook. Maybe we should actually get married?