Labour MP Tulip Siddiq delays giving birth for Brexit vote

The staunch Remainer says she has no faith in Parliament’s ‘pairing’ system after Tory broke agreement

Tulip Siddiq
 Tulip Siddiq was advised to have a C-section after developing gestational diabetes
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A Labour MP has announced that she will delay the birth of her second child in order to vote against Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal tonight.

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