#to divide everything south of Scotland amongst the three of them

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it's been most of a year and i'm still unable to get past the weirdness of how The Raven Boys books ended.

it's not that it was a weak ending; those are common and it could have been worse, and the prose remained strong enough to almost get away with it. landing a novel series is tough. it was an extremely ambitious project to begin with. that's fine.

what i'm stuck on is how the way it was weak seemed so avoidable. there were all these really excellent themes built up in the intersection between Ganzey's quest and the other main characters' issues, and the magical drama, and the in-depth portrait of White People of Western Virginia that filled out so much of the first few books. there was a lot to work with! it was all making a visible effort to come together!

and all of it was dropped to wander off at a right angle and attempt to replace actual thematic resolution with last-minute high drama, a gay B-ship, and the divine right of kings.

Glyndwr isn't important because he was a king. there have been so many kings. and the highest rank he ever formally claimed was prince, and that was from an angle of aspiring to reconstruct a principality rather than receiving one intact. Glyndwr lingers as a narrative--was reconstructed as a narrative by 19th century nationalists--because he was the last. long after the last, really. he never truly reigned. he was a rebel. he led a revolt on the strength of his distant ties to a fallen throne. his fight started with a spat with his neighbor spiraling wildly out of control but became a large-scale uprising for Welsh independence.

he was metaphorically entombed with hope on his breast because his people were conquered by the English.

how do you put that person at 300% mythic capacity in fucking Virginia, ground zero of the English conquest of north america, make Virginia practically a main character it's so luxuriously present and linger on The Importance of Being A WASP (In Modern Virginia) and then just. absolutely refuse to engage with the existence of English colonialism despite every aspect of your narrative being conspicuously drenched in its legacy??

like. i own that i initially mistook the textual avoidance of the subject of the English following after Glyndwr 200 years later along the same path to shatter another nation there as setup for Ganzey's belated realization that

in all his frenetic compiling of every possible resource

it never fucking occurred to him to ask the still-extant tribes of what was once the Powhatan Confederacy if they had any oral history about such a bizarre fucking event as "a weird foreign boat comes in and then the people on the boat walk a hundred miles inland in an obsessively straight line ignoring or destroying all terrain obstacles, carrying a bier." because he'd been raised to think about pre-colonial Virginia in such a way that 'i wonder if anyone noticed Glyndwr's funeral procession' just. never came into his head.

i thought that was why the book was following his lead of treating 15th century Virginia as uninhabited! to set up that breakthrough, and the way it would tie into the major early theme of the flaws and blindnesses his being from a Best Family had put into him.

and then it wasn't.

so like. maybe stiefvater just sincerely shares Ganzey's hugenormous blind spots, despite the hugenormousness of them being such a major part of his explicit character?

but at the same time, Calla's last-minute absence from the ending of Blue Lily, Lily Blue after all the foreshadowing throughout the book from title onward suggested she would be central to the resolution was about the point at which threads really started visibly being dropped, and not picked up again.

(the point from which things started going downhill and never recovered was, in retrospect, after they got the mad tree witch out of the false tomb and then the story didn't actually know what to do with her, but the fact that there was no point to this character after the initial shock of her wasn't clear until things actually wrapped up and there hadn't been, while Calla's abrupt last-minute siloing to the car with the fake person was obvious as soon as it occurred.)

and having the whole narrative start to decay from around the point that the single black character in the whole story is conspicuously and inexplicably sidelined tends to suggest to me that there was a conscious choice to skirt a certain type of Controversy going on here, at the cost of authenticity, to the detriment of the entire enterprise.

which would make the series an object lesson to writers.

which is why it keeps returning to my mind.

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Study Of Ancient Civilizations

The Celts were a capable antiquated human progress that impacted all that they ruled militarily. They existed before the Roman Empire and around an indistinguishable time from the Greeks and Alexander the Great and Philip of Macedon. The Celts likewise existed before the Greeks and began their human progress on the Danube River. The Celts imparted numerous likenesses to the Indians from India. One is in their religious convictions and the Celts had confidence in Karma and rebirth and the Otherworld. Another likeness between the Celts and the Ancient Indians was their social levels. The Druids were a piece of Celtic culture, however the word Druidae was a Greek word used to portray the second level of Celtic culture. The second level comprised of the instructors, rationalists, judges, and so forth that made up the Celtic intellectual elite. This level in Celtic culture was underneath the pioneers of Celtic culture much like the Brahmins existed underneath the pioneers in antiquated India. They were exceptionally cutting-edge for their opporty. They started creating swords and lances and spears with iron and along these lines commanded every other person they battled. They additionally utilized iron purifying to manufacture devices to clear woods and construct streets. The antiquated Romans, noted for their street fabricating basically gained from the Celts and enhanced what they realized. Additionally, they had propelled mounted force strategies for their chance and ruled antiquated front lines with them. Alexander the Great framed a peace settlement with the Celts asserting that the Greeks were they equivalent and looked for peace. The Celts consented to peace with Alexander the Great which enabled Alexander to battle his triumphs in Asia and Persia. Upon Alexander the Great's passing, the Celts battled with the Greeks and vanquished Macedon and were going to attack the other city states like Athens when the Celtic pioneer Brennus murdered himself. Three Celtic armed forces at that point upheld off and vanished northward. The Celts additionally to a great extent battled the Romans and frequently vanquished them in fight, yet never made it as far south as Rome itself, they remained in northern Italy aside from when Hannibal sacked Rome with his compelling war elephants. Hannibal couldn't have gone through Celtic grounds without Celtic loyalty and the Celts alongside Hannibal sacked Rome. The Romans in any case, were determined and gained much from battling the Celts and embraced their strategies and weaponry and enhanced them and started crushing the Celts in Northern Italy and with Julius Caesar, in Gaul lastly into what is presently England. By Hadrian's opporty the Celts were left in Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. The Romans fabricated Hadrian's divider at the stature of their Empire and the Celts were on the northern side of the divider and the Romans on the southern. The Celts close to Hadrian's divider on the southern side frequently revolted and this was an inconvenience spot for the Romans.

The reason the Celts are regularly disregarded in history and that the Romans and Greeks and Egyptians are not is on account of the Romans and Greeks and Egyptians all composed and had their own particular composed letters in order. The Celts information was altogether passed down orally with the goal that others could never take in their ways. Taking everything into account, the Celts were a Michael Tsarion standout amongst the best human advancements of the old day and age. The Celts utilized iron purifying to manufacture propelled weaponry and utilized propelled strategies to overwhelm their Ancient enemies. The Romans, in the wake of gaining from the Celts and enhancing what they realized started vanquishing the Celts in fight and built up their own Empire with the fall of the Celts.

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The Ancient Civilizations

The Celts were a capable antiquated human progress that impacted all that they ruled militarily. They existed before the Roman Empire and around an indistinguishable time from the Greeks and Alexander the Great and Philip of Macedon. The Celts likewise existed before the Greeks and began their human progress on the Danube River. The Celts imparted numerous likenesses to the Indians from India. One is in their religious convictions and the Celts had confidence in Karma and rebirth and the Otherworld. Another likeness between the Celts and the Ancient Indians was their social levels. The Druids were a piece of Celtic culture, however the word Druidae was a Greek word used to portray the second level of Celtic culture. The second level comprised of the instructors, rationalists, judges, and so forth that made up the Celtic intellectual elite. This level in Celtic culture was underneath the pioneers of Celtic culture much like the Brahmins existed underneath the pioneers in antiquated India.

They were exceptionally cutting-edge for their opporty. They started creating swords and lances and spears with iron and along these lines commanded every other person they battled. They additionally utilized iron purifying to manufacture devices to clear woods and construct streets. The antiquated Unslaved Podcast Romans, noted for their street fabricating basically gained from the Celts and enhanced what they realized. Additionally, they had propelled mounted force strategies for their chance and ruled antiquated front lines with them. Alexander the Great framed a peace settlement with the Celts asserting that the Greeks were they equivalent and looked for peace. The Celts consented to peace with Alexander the Great which enabled Alexander to battle his triumphs in Asia and Persia. Upon Alexander the Great's passing, the Celts battled with the Greeks and vanquished Macedon and were going to attack the other city states like Athens when the Celtic pioneer Brennus murdered himself. Three Celtic armed forces at that point upheld off and vanished northward. The Celts additionally to a great extent battled the Romans and frequently vanquished them in fight, yet never made it as far south as Rome itself, they remained in northern Italy aside from when Hannibal sacked Rome with his compelling war elephants. Hannibal couldn't have gone through Celtic grounds without Celtic loyalty and the Celts alongside Hannibal sacked Rome. The Romans in any case, were determined and gained much from battling the Celts and embraced their strategies and weaponry and enhanced them and started crushing the Celts in Northern Italy and with Julius Caesar, in Gaul lastly into what is presently England. By Hadrian's opporty the Celts were left in Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. The Romans fabricated Hadrian's divider at the stature of their Empire and the Celts were on the northern side of the divider and the Romans on the southern. The Celts close to Hadrian's divider on the southern side frequently revolted and this was an inconvenience spot for the Romans. The reason the Celts are regularly disregarded in history and that the Romans and Greeks and Egyptians are not is on account of the Romans and Greeks and Egyptians all composed and had their own particular composed letters in order. The Celts information was altogether passed down orally with the goal that others could never take in their ways. Taking everything into account, the Celts were a standout amongst the best human advancements of the old day and age. The Celts utilized iron purifying to manufacture propelled weaponry and utilized propelled strategies to overwhelm their Ancient enemies. The Romans, in the wake of gaining from the Celts and enhancing what they realized started vanquishing the Celts in fight and built up their own Empire with the fall of the Celts.

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Skynews: Labour 'hopelessly divided' as Corbyn ally quits over Article 50

One of Jeremy Corbyn’s closest left-wing allies has walked out of the Shadow Cabinet as MPs overwhelmingly backed the Government’s Article 50 Bill.

Clive Lewis, tipped as a future Labour leader, resigned as Shadow Business Secretary minutes before defying the Labour leader and voting against the Bill.

Amid noisy scenes in the Commons, the Government had a massive majority of 372 as MPs voted by 494 votes to 122 for the Bill’s third reading.

After the Bill was passed, Mr Corbyn tweeted: “Real fight starts now. Over next two years Labour will use every opportunity to ensure Brexit protects jobs, living standards & the economy.”

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon quickly responded: “How? You’ve just handed the Tories a blank cheque. You didn’t win a single concession but still voted for the Bill. Pathetic.”

Image Caption: Clive Lewis is being tipped as a future leader of the Labour Party

Scottish National Party MPs whistled and sang the EU anthem Ode To Joy before being told off by Deputy Speaker Lindsay Hoyle.

Mr Lewis was one of 52 Labour rebels, including 14 junior front benchers, who defied Mr Corbyn’s orders to vote for the Bill giving Theresa May the authority to trigger Article 50.

After the vote, Brexit Secretary David Davis told Sky News the House of Lords, which begins debating the Bill a week on Monday, must now do its “patriotic duty” and pass it without amendments.

“We’ve seen a historic vote – a big majority for getting on with negotiating our exit from the EU and a strong, new partnership with its member states.

Video: Abbott: I voted for bill but Tory Brexit ‘will be quite disastrous’

“It has been a serious debate, a healthy debate, with contributions from MPs representing all parts of the UK, and I respect the strong views on all sides.”

Another Government source warned peers of serious consequences if they were to delay the Article 50 Bill’s progress through the House of Lords.

“The Lords will face an overwhelming public call to be abolished if they now try and frustrate this Bill – they must get on and deliver the will of the British people,” the source said.

Announcing his resignation, Mr Lewis said: “When I became the MP for Norwich South, I promised my constituents I would be ‘Norwich’s voice in Westminster, not Westminster’s voice in Norwich’.

“I therefore cannot, in all good conscience, vote for something I believe will ultimately harm the city I have the honour to represent, love and call home.

“It is therefore with a heavy heart that I have decided to resign from the shadow cabinet.”

Responding to Mr Lewis’s resignation, Mr Corbyn said he was an asset to the Labour Party, but he understood the difficulties for MPs representing constituencies that voted to remain in the EU.

“However, the Labour Party respects the outcome of the EU referendum, so we have asked all Labour MPs to vote for the Bill at its third reading,” Mr Corbyn said.

While Mr Lewis quit another Corbyn ally, Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott – who missed last week’s vote claiming she had a migraine – voted for the Article 50 Bill this time.

The 14 junior front benchers who rebelled were Rosena Allin-Khan, Kevin Brennan, Lyn Brown, Ruth Cadbury, Rupa Huq, Chi Onwurah, Stephen Pound, Andy Slaughter, Catherine West, Alan Whitehead and Daniel Zeichner.

Three Labour whips, who are supposed to enforce discipline – Thangam Debbonaire, Vicky Foxcroft and Jeff Smith – also rebelled.

The latest Labour mutiny came after three Shadow Cabinet ministers – Rachael Maskell, Jo Stevens and Daw Butler – quit last week to vote against the Bill at second reading.

Video: Salmond lashes out at ‘English Tory Brexiteers’

One Labour rebel, Mike Gapes, told Sky News he hoped Mr Corbyn would follow Tony Blair’s example and show tolerance towards the junior front benchers who rebelled and allow them to keep their jobs.

Responding to Mr Lewis quitting, a Conservative spokesman said: “This resignation shows that on Brexit, as with everything else, the Labour Party is hopelessly divided and can’t even agree amongst themselves, let alone speak for ordinary working people.”

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Skynews: Labour 'hopelessly divided' as Corbyn ally quits over Article 50

One of Jeremy Corbyn’s closest left-wing allies has walked out of the Shadow Cabinet as MPs overwhelmingly backed the Government’s Article 50 Bill.

Clive Lewis, tipped as a future Labour leader, resigned as Shadow Business Secretary minutes before defying the Labour leader and voting against the Bill.

Amid noisy scenes in the Commons, the Government had a massive majority of 372 as MPs voted by 494 votes to 122 for the Bill’s third reading.

After the Bill was passed, Mr Corbyn tweeted: “Real fight starts now. Over next two years Labour will use every opportunity to ensure Brexit protects jobs, living standards & the economy.”

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon quickly responded: “How? You’ve just handed the Tories a blank cheque. You didn’t win a single concession but still voted for the Bill. Pathetic.”

Image Caption: Clive Lewis is being tipped as a future leader of the Labour Party

Scottish National Party MPs whistled and sang the EU anthem Ode To Joy before being told off by Deputy Speaker Lindsay Hoyle.

Mr Lewis was one of 52 Labour rebels, including 14 junior front benchers, who defied Mr Corbyn’s orders to vote for the Bill giving Theresa May the authority to trigger Article 50.

After the vote, Brexit Secretary David Davis told Sky News the House of Lords, which begins debating the Bill a week on Monday, must now do its “patriotic duty” and pass it without amendments.

“We’ve seen a historic vote – a big majority for getting on with negotiating our exit from the EU and a strong, new partnership with its member states.

Video: Abbott: I voted for bill but Tory Brexit ‘will be quite disastrous’

“It has been a serious debate, a healthy debate, with contributions from MPs representing all parts of the UK, and I respect the strong views on all sides.”

Another Government source warned peers of serious consequences if they were to delay the Article 50 Bill’s progress through the House of Lords.

“The Lords will face an overwhelming public call to be abolished if they now try and frustrate this Bill – they must get on and deliver the will of the British people,” the source said.

Announcing his resignation, Mr Lewis said: “When I became the MP for Norwich South, I promised my constituents I would be ‘Norwich’s voice in Westminster, not Westminster’s voice in Norwich’.

“I therefore cannot, in all good conscience, vote for something I believe will ultimately harm the city I have the honour to represent, love and call home.

“It is therefore with a heavy heart that I have decided to resign from the shadow cabinet.”

Responding to Mr Lewis’s resignation, Mr Corbyn said he was an asset to the Labour Party, but he understood the difficulties for MPs representing constituencies that voted to remain in the EU.

“However, the Labour Party respects the outcome of the EU referendum, so we have asked all Labour MPs to vote for the Bill at its third reading,” Mr Corbyn said.

While Mr Lewis quit another Corbyn ally, Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott – who missed last week’s vote claiming she had a migraine – voted for the Article 50 Bill this time.

The 14 junior front benchers who rebelled were Rosena Allin-Khan, Kevin Brennan, Lyn Brown, Ruth Cadbury, Rupa Huq, Chi Onwurah, Stephen Pound, Andy Slaughter, Catherine West, Alan Whitehead and Daniel Zeichner.

Three Labour whips, who are supposed to enforce discipline – Thangam Debbonaire, Vicky Foxcroft and Jeff Smith – also rebelled.

The latest Labour mutiny came after three Shadow Cabinet ministers – Rachael Maskell, Jo Stevens and Daw Butler – quit last week to vote against the Bill at second reading.

Video: Salmond lashes out at ‘English Tory Brexiteers’

One Labour rebel, Mike Gapes, told Sky News he hoped Mr Corbyn would follow Tony Blair’s example and show tolerance towards the junior front benchers who rebelled and allow them to keep their jobs.

Responding to Mr Lewis quitting, a Conservative spokesman said: “This resignation shows that on Brexit, as with everything else, the Labour Party is hopelessly divided and can’t even agree amongst themselves, let alone speak for ordinary working people.”

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Skynews: Labour 'hopelessly divided' as Corbyn ally quits over Article 50

One of Jeremy Corbyn’s closest left-wing allies has walked out of the Shadow Cabinet as MPs overwhelmingly backed the Government’s Article 50 Bill.

Clive Lewis, tipped as a future Labour leader, resigned as Shadow Business Secretary minutes before defying the Labour leader and voting against the Bill.

Amid noisy scenes in the Commons, the Government had a massive majority of 372 as MPs voted by 494 votes to 122 for the Bill’s third reading.

After the Bill was passed, Mr Corbyn tweeted: “Real fight starts now. Over next two years Labour will use every opportunity to ensure Brexit protects jobs, living standards & the economy.”

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon quickly responded: “How? You’ve just handed the Tories a blank cheque. You didn’t win a single concession but still voted for the Bill. Pathetic.”

Image Caption: Clive Lewis is being tipped as a future leader of the Labour Party

Scottish National Party MPs whistled and sang the EU anthem Ode To Joy before being told off by Deputy Speaker Lindsay Hoyle.

Mr Lewis was one of 52 Labour rebels, including 14 junior front benchers, who defied Mr Corbyn’s orders to vote for the Bill giving Theresa May the authority to trigger Article 50.

After the vote, Brexit Secretary David Davis told Sky News the House of Lords, which begins debating the Bill a week on Monday, must now do its “patriotic duty” and pass it without amendments.

“We’ve seen a historic vote – a big majority for getting on with negotiating our exit from the EU and a strong, new partnership with its member states.

Video: Abbott: I voted for bill but Tory Brexit ‘will be quite disastrous’

“It has been a serious debate, a healthy debate, with contributions from MPs representing all parts of the UK, and I respect the strong views on all sides.”

Another Government source warned peers of serious consequences if they were to delay the Article 50 Bill’s progress through the House of Lords.

“The Lords will face an overwhelming public call to be abolished if they now try and frustrate this Bill – they must get on and deliver the will of the British people,” the source said.

Announcing his resignation, Mr Lewis said: “When I became the MP for Norwich South, I promised my constituents I would be ‘Norwich’s voice in Westminster, not Westminster’s voice in Norwich’.

“I therefore cannot, in all good conscience, vote for something I believe will ultimately harm the city I have the honour to represent, love and call home.

“It is therefore with a heavy heart that I have decided to resign from the shadow cabinet.”

Responding to Mr Lewis’s resignation, Mr Corbyn said he was an asset to the Labour Party, but he understood the difficulties for MPs representing constituencies that voted to remain in the EU.

“However, the Labour Party respects the outcome of the EU referendum, so we have asked all Labour MPs to vote for the Bill at its third reading,” Mr Corbyn said.

While Mr Lewis quit another Corbyn ally, Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott – who missed last week’s vote claiming she had a migraine – voted for the Article 50 Bill this time.

The 14 junior front benchers who rebelled were Rosena Allin-Khan, Kevin Brennan, Lyn Brown, Ruth Cadbury, Rupa Huq, Chi Onwurah, Stephen Pound, Andy Slaughter, Catherine West, Alan Whitehead and Daniel Zeichner.

Three Labour whips, who are supposed to enforce discipline – Thangam Debbonaire, Vicky Foxcroft and Jeff Smith – also rebelled.

The latest Labour mutiny came after three Shadow Cabinet ministers – Rachael Maskell, Jo Stevens and Daw Butler – quit last week to vote against the Bill at second reading.

Video: Salmond lashes out at ‘English Tory Brexiteers’

One Labour rebel, Mike Gapes, told Sky News he hoped Mr Corbyn would follow Tony Blair’s example and show tolerance towards the junior front benchers who rebelled and allow them to keep their jobs.

Responding to Mr Lewis quitting, a Conservative spokesman said: “This resignation shows that on Brexit, as with everything else, the Labour Party is hopelessly divided and can’t even agree amongst themselves, let alone speak for ordinary working people.”

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Skynews: Labour 'hopelessly divided' as Corbyn ally quits over Article 50

One of Jeremy Corbyn’s closest left-wing allies has walked out of the Shadow Cabinet as MPs overwhelmingly backed the Government’s Article 50 Bill.

Clive Lewis, tipped as a future Labour leader, resigned as Shadow Business Secretary minutes before defying the Labour leader and voting against the Bill.

Amid noisy scenes in the Commons, the Government had a massive majority of 372 as MPs voted by 494 votes to 122 for the Bill’s third reading.

After the Bill was passed, Mr Corbyn tweeted: “Real fight starts now. Over next two years Labour will use every opportunity to ensure Brexit protects jobs, living standards & the economy.”

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon quickly responded: “How? You’ve just handed the Tories a blank cheque. You didn’t win a single concession but still voted for the Bill. Pathetic.”

Image Caption: Clive Lewis is being tipped as a future leader of the Labour Party

Scottish National Party MPs whistled and sang the EU anthem Ode To Joy before being told off by Deputy Speaker Lindsay Hoyle.

Mr Lewis was one of 52 Labour rebels, including 14 junior front benchers, who defied Mr Corbyn’s orders to vote for the Bill giving Theresa May the authority to trigger Article 50.

After the vote, Brexit Secretary David Davis told Sky News the House of Lords, which begins debating the Bill a week on Monday, must now do its “patriotic duty” and pass it without amendments.

“We’ve seen a historic vote – a big majority for getting on with negotiating our exit from the EU and a strong, new partnership with its member states.

Video: Abbott: I voted for bill but Tory Brexit ‘will be quite disastrous’

“It has been a serious debate, a healthy debate, with contributions from MPs representing all parts of the UK, and I respect the strong views on all sides.”

Another Government source warned peers of serious consequences if they were to delay the Article 50 Bill’s progress through the House of Lords.

“The Lords will face an overwhelming public call to be abolished if they now try and frustrate this Bill – they must get on and deliver the will of the British people,” the source said.

Announcing his resignation, Mr Lewis said: “When I became the MP for Norwich South, I promised my constituents I would be ‘Norwich’s voice in Westminster, not Westminster’s voice in Norwich’.

“I therefore cannot, in all good conscience, vote for something I believe will ultimately harm the city I have the honour to represent, love and call home.

“It is therefore with a heavy heart that I have decided to resign from the shadow cabinet.”

Responding to Mr Lewis’s resignation, Mr Corbyn said he was an asset to the Labour Party, but he understood the difficulties for MPs representing constituencies that voted to remain in the EU.

“However, the Labour Party respects the outcome of the EU referendum, so we have asked all Labour MPs to vote for the Bill at its third reading,” Mr Corbyn said.

While Mr Lewis quit another Corbyn ally, Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott – who missed last week’s vote claiming she had a migraine – voted for the Article 50 Bill this time.

The 14 junior front benchers who rebelled were Rosena Allin-Khan, Kevin Brennan, Lyn Brown, Ruth Cadbury, Rupa Huq, Chi Onwurah, Stephen Pound, Andy Slaughter, Catherine West, Alan Whitehead and Daniel Zeichner.

Three Labour whips, who are supposed to enforce discipline – Thangam Debbonaire, Vicky Foxcroft and Jeff Smith – also rebelled.

The latest Labour mutiny came after three Shadow Cabinet ministers – Rachael Maskell, Jo Stevens and Daw Butler – quit last week to vote against the Bill at second reading.

Video: Salmond lashes out at ‘English Tory Brexiteers’

One Labour rebel, Mike Gapes, told Sky News he hoped Mr Corbyn would follow Tony Blair’s example and show tolerance towards the junior front benchers who rebelled and allow them to keep their jobs.

Responding to Mr Lewis quitting, a Conservative spokesman said: “This resignation shows that on Brexit, as with everything else, the Labour Party is hopelessly divided and can’t even agree amongst themselves, let alone speak for ordinary working people.”

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Skynews: Labour 'hopelessly divided' as Corbyn ally quits over Article 50

One of Jeremy Corbyn’s closest left-wing allies has walked out of the Shadow Cabinet as MPs overwhelmingly backed the Government’s Article 50 Bill.

Clive Lewis, tipped as a future Labour leader, resigned as Shadow Business Secretary minutes before defying the Labour leader and voting against the Bill.

Amid noisy scenes in the Commons, the Government had a massive majority of 372 as MPs voted by 494 votes to 122 for the Bill’s third reading.

After the Bill was passed, Mr Corbyn tweeted: “Real fight starts now. Over next two years Labour will use every opportunity to ensure Brexit protects jobs, living standards & the economy.”

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon quickly responded: “How? You’ve just handed the Tories a blank cheque. You didn’t win a single concession but still voted for the Bill. Pathetic.”

Image Caption: Clive Lewis is being tipped as a future leader of the Labour Party

Scottish National Party MPs whistled and sang the EU anthem Ode To Joy before being told off by Deputy Speaker Lindsay Hoyle.

Mr Lewis was one of 52 Labour rebels, including 14 junior front benchers, who defied Mr Corbyn’s orders to vote for the Bill giving Theresa May the authority to trigger Article 50.

After the vote, Brexit Secretary David Davis told Sky News the House of Lords, which begins debating the Bill a week on Monday, must now do its “patriotic duty” and pass it without amendments.

“We’ve seen a historic vote – a big majority for getting on with negotiating our exit from the EU and a strong, new partnership with its member states.

Video: Abbott: I voted for bill but Tory Brexit ‘will be quite disastrous’

“It has been a serious debate, a healthy debate, with contributions from MPs representing all parts of the UK, and I respect the strong views on all sides.”

Another Government source warned peers of serious consequences if they were to delay the Article 50 Bill’s progress through the House of Lords.

“The Lords will face an overwhelming public call to be abolished if they now try and frustrate this Bill – they must get on and deliver the will of the British people,” the source said.

Announcing his resignation, Mr Lewis said: “When I became the MP for Norwich South, I promised my constituents I would be ‘Norwich’s voice in Westminster, not Westminster’s voice in Norwich’.

“I therefore cannot, in all good conscience, vote for something I believe will ultimately harm the city I have the honour to represent, love and call home.

“It is therefore with a heavy heart that I have decided to resign from the shadow cabinet.”

Responding to Mr Lewis’s resignation, Mr Corbyn said he was an asset to the Labour Party, but he understood the difficulties for MPs representing constituencies that voted to remain in the EU.

“However, the Labour Party respects the outcome of the EU referendum, so we have asked all Labour MPs to vote for the Bill at its third reading,” Mr Corbyn said.

While Mr Lewis quit another Corbyn ally, Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott – who missed last week’s vote claiming she had a migraine – voted for the Article 50 Bill this time.

The 14 junior front benchers who rebelled were Rosena Allin-Khan, Kevin Brennan, Lyn Brown, Ruth Cadbury, Rupa Huq, Chi Onwurah, Stephen Pound, Andy Slaughter, Catherine West, Alan Whitehead and Daniel Zeichner.

Three Labour whips, who are supposed to enforce discipline – Thangam Debbonaire, Vicky Foxcroft and Jeff Smith – also rebelled.

The latest Labour mutiny came after three Shadow Cabinet ministers – Rachael Maskell, Jo Stevens and Daw Butler – quit last week to vote against the Bill at second reading.

Video: Salmond lashes out at ‘English Tory Brexiteers’

One Labour rebel, Mike Gapes, told Sky News he hoped Mr Corbyn would follow Tony Blair’s example and show tolerance towards the junior front benchers who rebelled and allow them to keep their jobs.

Responding to Mr Lewis quitting, a Conservative spokesman said: “This resignation shows that on Brexit, as with everything else, the Labour Party is hopelessly divided and can’t even agree amongst themselves, let alone speak for ordinary working people.”

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Skynews: Labour 'hopelessly divided' as Corbyn ally quits over Article 50

One of Jeremy Corbyn’s closest left-wing allies has walked out of the Shadow Cabinet as MPs overwhelmingly backed the Government’s Article 50 Bill.

Clive Lewis, tipped as a future Labour leader, resigned as Shadow Business Secretary minutes before defying the Labour leader and voting against the Bill.

Amid noisy scenes in the Commons, the Government had a massive majority of 372 as MPs voted by 494 votes to 122 for the Bill’s third reading.

After the Bill was passed, Mr Corbyn tweeted: “Real fight starts now. Over next two years Labour will use every opportunity to ensure Brexit protects jobs, living standards & the economy.”

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon quickly responded: “How? You’ve just handed the Tories a blank cheque. You didn’t win a single concession but still voted for the Bill. Pathetic.”

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Scottish National Party MPs whistled and sang the EU anthem Ode To Joy before being told off by Deputy Speaker Lindsay Hoyle.

Mr Lewis was one of 52 Labour rebels, including 14 junior front benchers, who defied Mr Corbyn’s orders to vote for the Bill giving Theresa May the authority to trigger Article 50.

After the vote, Brexit Secretary David Davis told Sky News the House of Lords, which begins debating the Bill a week on Monday, must now do its “patriotic duty” and pass it without amendments.

“We’ve seen a historic vote – a big majority for getting on with negotiating our exit from the EU and a strong, new partnership with its member states.

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“It has been a serious debate, a healthy debate, with contributions from MPs representing all parts of the UK, and I respect the strong views on all sides.”

Another Government source warned peers of serious consequences if they were to delay the Article 50 Bill’s progress through the House of Lords.

“The Lords will face an overwhelming public call to be abolished if they now try and frustrate this Bill – they must get on and deliver the will of the British people,” the source said.

Announcing his resignation, Mr Lewis said: “When I became the MP for Norwich South, I promised my constituents I would be ‘Norwich’s voice in Westminster, not Westminster’s voice in Norwich’.

“I therefore cannot, in all good conscience, vote for something I believe will ultimately harm the city I have the honour to represent, love and call home.

“It is therefore with a heavy heart that I have decided to resign from the shadow cabinet.”

Responding to Mr Lewis’s resignation, Mr Corbyn said he was an asset to the Labour Party, but he understood the difficulties for MPs representing constituencies that voted to remain in the EU.

“However, the Labour Party respects the outcome of the EU referendum, so we have asked all Labour MPs to vote for the Bill at its third reading,” Mr Corbyn said.

While Mr Lewis quit another Corbyn ally, Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott – who missed last week’s vote claiming she had a migraine – voted for the Article 50 Bill this time.

The 14 junior front benchers who rebelled were Rosena Allin-Khan, Kevin Brennan, Lyn Brown, Ruth Cadbury, Rupa Huq, Chi Onwurah, Stephen Pound, Andy Slaughter, Catherine West, Alan Whitehead and Daniel Zeichner.

Three Labour whips, who are supposed to enforce discipline – Thangam Debbonaire, Vicky Foxcroft and Jeff Smith – also rebelled.

The latest Labour mutiny came after three Shadow Cabinet ministers – Rachael Maskell, Jo Stevens and Daw Butler – quit last week to vote against the Bill at second reading.

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One Labour rebel, Mike Gapes, told Sky News he hoped Mr Corbyn would follow Tony Blair’s example and show tolerance towards the junior front benchers who rebelled and allow them to keep their jobs.

Responding to Mr Lewis quitting, a Conservative spokesman said: “This resignation shows that on Brexit, as with everything else, the Labour Party is hopelessly divided and can’t even agree amongst themselves, let alone speak for ordinary working people.”

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