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NL888 Posted 12 years ago
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Does "Say sorry or lose whip" mean "apologise or lose your leadership"?

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Say sorry or lose whip, Rennard told



More than 100 grassroots Lib Dems write letter saying peer must apologise over alleged harassment
  

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NL888Does "Say sorry or lose whip" mean "apologise or lose your leadership"?
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Hi

If you represent a main political party in the UK then, by and large, you have to obey the rules of that party when you act as their representative. Each of the parties has 'whips' who are officials who maintain these rules. If you go against the rules very seriously then you are said to 'lose the whip' and that means you are no longer considered to be a representative of your party

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