A couple of months ago I blogged about Early Day Motion 613, which at that time had attracted support from 45 potential Tory rebels. Just checked and that number has now risen to 61, which suggests things aren't exactly going to plan in the whips' office.
The rebels' main objection to the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituency Boundaries Bill is to do with the timetable for the referendum on changing the first-past-the-post system to Alternative Vote. The Electoral Commission has said that for the referendum to go ahead on 5th May, the Bill has to satisfy Parliament by 5th November - which at the moment seems highly unlikely without a guillotine.
I've no idea of how many of those potential rebels would go so far as to actually vote against the government - 38 or more and we are very close to "crisis," confidence votes and the possibility of an early general election. Which makes the contribution of Cornwall's MPs, on the Devonwall aspect of the Bill, even more interesting.
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