Interview with Shadow Whip Thangam Debbonaire MP on Parliament's Brexit chaos, 2019-03-14
Scope and Contents
Debbonaire is the Labour MP for Bristol West, a shadow whip for her party with a special interest in DEFRA, the Environmental Food and Rural Affairs. During this week, Theresa May's Withdrawal Agreement had suffered another defeat - by one-hundred-and-forty-nine votes, and a day later, MPs ruled out a no-deal by a majority of forty-three. In all, thirteen government and cabinet ministers abstained on that vote to defy their own Prime Minister and whip while one minister resigned and voted for it. The pair also discuss the new Independent Group of break-away MPs, Philip Hammond's new money for Leave Towns and how she's campaigning for more education funding for schools. Debbonaire believes that Article 50 would have to be extended and that there should be another referendum.
Dates
- Creation: 2019-03-14
Creator
- From the Fonds: Sones, Barnard (Boni, b 1953, journalist) (Person)
Extent
1 item(s) : 12 minutes 35 seconds (Audio)
Language of Materials
English
External Documents
Finding aid date
2020-06-05 14:38:28+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 336087
archives@chu.cam.ac.uk