The government won tonight’s vote on fracking but it truly was a Pyrrhic victory. On paper, the numbers involved – 315 ‘noes’ to ban fracking for shale gas versus 228 ‘ayes’ – might suggest a well-oiled whipping machine. But it was the carnage within the House of Commons that everyone was talking about tonight.
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