| Tuesday it was Lindsay Tanner's turn to spit the dummy and head for the backbench. |
| It seems to me that the way modern politics works, the Prime Minister of the day is very reliant on his ministers and backbench for policy support. |
| He appealed to the backbench country gentlemen, whose prejudices he shared. |
| The whip passes on to the party leadership the opinions of backbench members. |
| He is the undisputed backbench champion of the well-publicized empty gesture. |
| Mr Blunkett's whistle-stop tour of the country as Mr Blair's backbench envoy will see him visit eight regions between now and the end of March. |
