[Gayle]

There is such a thing as a party Whip. Basically, the decision is made as a group and then you have to go along with the Whip.

When I had my initial interview to see if I could be a candidate I was asked precisely the question that you asked Katie. My answer was that 'if the whip wanted me to vote in a way that I was completely opposed to then I would abstain from the vote rather than voting for or against'. This is one of the reasons that I really don't like politics and I feel like I had a very lucky escape by not being voted in. Politics is by it's very nature a case of wheeling and dealing and sometimes this means that you have to conceed something to get something else.

I think that Graham is waiting to see the true cost of the change over in monetary terms but also the potential cost in votes.