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Stringer defends voting against Tory pro-EU rebels

MANCHESTER Labour MP Graham Stringer has defended his recent decision to vote against a Commons amendment to limit the ability of a future British government to reform VAT that was moved by Tory pro-EU rebels.

He told a well-attended People’s Brexit TUC fringe meeting yesterday evening: “Had the Tory government lost the vote on that amendment, a vote of no confidence would still be necessary in order to force its resignation and I will always be ready to help bring that about.”

The Blackley & Broughton MP  made clear his opposition to right-wing neoliberal policies whether they came from pro or anti-EU Tory MPs.

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