Rishi Sunak wished the partygate report would go through 'on the nod' in order to hide the Tory divide within, but Labour seized the moment to ensure the division went ahead.
It was after The Daily Telegraph reported on Friday that only seven MPs were set to vote against the report that he"called off the dogs".
But 118 Conservative MPs voted to damn him, including several government ministers and senior backbenchers, led by former PM Theresa May and including 1922 Committee chairman Sir Graham Brady. The Johnson diehards were Sir Bill Cash, Nick Fletcher, Adam Holloway, Karl McCartney, Joy Morrissey, Sir Desmond Swayne and Heather Wheeler. But many of the former PM's cheerleaders did indeed abstain.
The stars of the debate were Mrs May and Harriet Harman, who made towering, blockbuster speeches early on.'We are all responsible for our actions'
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