| 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. |
| Usually when a minister's backbench committee opposes or has serious concerns about a plan, it triggers a rethink. |
| He appealed to the backbench country gentlemen, whose prejudices he shared. |
| Backbench dissidents feared for their political future due to the cavalier actions of some ministers. |
| 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. |
