• THERE are those who believe an MP should represent the views of the majority of his or her constituents and vote accordingly.

Others insist he or she is not a delegate, but should vote on conscience according to what he or she believes best for the UK.

It would not have been hard for Camden’s MPs to satisfy both demands in the vote on the Lords’ amendment that the UK should remain in the European Economic Area when leaving the European Union.

Thankfully Tulip Siddiq did so, defying her party whip along with many of her Labour colleagues.

Sir Keir Starmer, on the other hand, chose a third route, to obey the dictate of his small-minded and unrepresentative leader.

In other words, to put party above principle. His abstention merely re­inforces the government’s hare-brained plan for a hard Brexit.

This, despite 75 per cent of his constituents (and even more of Jeremy Corbyn’s) having indicated they want to stay in the EU.

Their disregard for the people who voted them into parliament is shameful.

ROGER HUGHES
Canal Reach, N1