Tobias Ellwood MP stripped of Conservative party whip
 

https://www.itv.com/news/2022-07-19/...ive-party-whip


He was in an important EU meeting
could not get to the vote in time




This is a miss understanding


So he will be like Corbyn

Crikey.
He's one of the more decent of Con MPs.

Wonder if he was supporting Mordaunt.
I think he was actually.

there is no excuse short of being laid up unwell for someone to miss a confidence vote. There is much more to this than meets the eye

Seems harsh given he was actually in Moldova and there was obvious problems with transport yesterday. He has been highly critical of the gov though so they must think his missing the vote was deliberate

Yes impossible to get to a Vote


It is a Miss Understanding


Give it back to him.
Stupid Johnson

It’s incredible, all the things Tory mps have done recently and over the past couple of years and they’ve had to be pressured into removing whips and this guy has his removed instantly for being late to a meeting

Yes,
Tobias is a Good MP


There is no Concorde flight
he could catch

the new leader can easily give him the whip back, it's no big deal

Yes now -1
Confirmed

oh, so he can't vote in the tory election? That puts a different spin on it entirely. Thats nasty

Yes Johnson must
reverse this

oh God they want Truss so much it is embarrassing, they will be out at the next GE must be what they want :shrug:

Johnson is out of luck

at least we know now why penny dropped a vote last night, it was because he was away

This Great MP
was on SkyNewsHD speaking from Ukraine
he said the runways were melting
no way could he fly back, in time