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The comment in the Times this morning from Reeves that the rebellion will 'devastate' the government.

Maybe think of that before devastating disabled people's lives.

This itself is not a no confidence vote, however. Voting on/against the welfare bill does not constitute a vote of no confidence in the government. There would have to be a vote of no confidence explicitly levelled at the government in order for that to happen.

The Labour MPs opposing this bill have not necessarily opposed Starmer on other bills, and are not necessarily of the mind to call a vote of no confidence. They also have a good majority, so I think if it did come to that stage, Labour MPs would protect their own interests and vote against the motion.

This is scaremongering to try and frighten the rebels back into line. It's pretty disgusting but I don't suppose it will work if nothing else has.

The answer for Starmer is to back down and scrap the bill, engage with disabled people in a full consultation, invest in employment equality and then come back to the discussion in a year or two.

If there is an election, by the way, it is very bad news for us given Reform's surge in the polls and Farage's desire to eradicate the majority of the welfare state, as well as equality legislation. Labour even in their current state are a safer option because there are so many Labour MPs trying to change the rhetoric.

You’re so right Amaya, our best chance is unfortunately Labour . I hope this removes starmer and someone less hateful replaces him

If he accepts her offer he’s basically admitting imo that he’s actually more aligned with Tory policies than Labour . Maybe if they oust him he can join the Tory’s though I doubt they’d want him

In a useful nutshell: advice to MPs as to what to expect at the Second Reading:

Just now in the guardian

I think Mel stride is standing in for Kemi . According to the guardian Corbyn on the list to ask a question

Kendall didn’t look happy during questions