But voters are liable simply to notice that the parties tell lies about one another.Most of the voters who abstain on June 7th will do so because they do not care about politics.
Smith said he would abstain on the plebiscite bill, but if it came down to one vote he "would not be able to support [it]".
He says he assumes Labour will abstain on his amendment.
Today the party high command agreed parliamentary private secretaries – ministers' aides – could abstain on the plan.
Harman ensured that Labour MPs were ordered to abstain on the main vote.
The UK has said it will abstain on the vote, which is tantamount to a no.
12.31pm GMT The Spectator's James Forsyth says the government will abstain on the Raab amendment.
But she stopped short of urging the crowd to follow her lead and abstain on Sunday.
That's why the coalition agreement gives the Lib Dems the right to abstain on this issue.
They say they worry about climate change, yet they abstain on a proposed ban on fracking".
From the Mirror's Jason Beattie Jason Beattie (@JBeattieMirror) The excellent @JGForsyth says Government to abstain on Raab amendment.
