It's a long standing convention that matters of conscience are not whipped. The same would be true if a backbencher wanted to table an amendment to bring back the death penalty. There's a r… (View Post)

It's worth pointing out that there are two amendments to the Crime and Policing Bill that seems to be being bracketed together in people's minds. The Antoniazzi one is proposing that later … (View Post)

If by Labour you mean the government then they are not doing this. They are two backbench amendments to the Police and Crime Bill which the government have no power to stop. They have promised a free… (View Post)

No but decriminalising it doesn't imply the approval of the state. It's like how suicide was decriminalised, every authority will try to prevent you from doing it but it's recognised t… (View Post)

I think that's a disgusting comparison. No one rapes a child out of fear and desperation which is why the vast majority of women choose to abort their own foetus. The medical and legal authoriti… (View Post)