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| Melanie Onn - Boris Johnson ally? |
GRIMSBY'S Labour MP Melanie Onn is today poised to vote FOR the Government’s proposed Brexit deal.
It will mean defying the instructions of her own party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, and backing the Conservative prime minister, Boris Johnson.
Ms Onn always voted against the deals agreed with the EU by previous PM Theresa May, so what has changed?
She, herself, favours remaining in the EU - as best for constituency and country - but , as she is constantly reminded, the majority of her constituents voted Leave in the referendum.
She says the latest proposal could be the “last shot” at leaving with a deal - a far preferable option than, in her mind, the potential the chaos of leaving without a deal.
There is another calculation will have come into her thinking.
With the prime minister likely to call a General Election for before the end of the year, she faces the prospect of losing her seat if resentful voters turn against her for delaying Brexit.
Is there not a risk that she might face might face deselection by her own Labour constituency association if she defies the party leadership in today's Commons vote?
Ms Onn is confident this is unlikely.
Meanwhile, Cleethorpes and Immingham MP Martin Vickers (Conservative), a staunch Brexiteer, is today certain to vote with the Government.
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