three-line whip

noun

Etymology

From the triple underlining of very important votes on “the whip” — a document detailing upcoming business distributed weekly to British MPs by party managers.

Definitions

1
A directive to MPs from party leaders to vote in a particular way in parliament, despite…
A directive to MPs from party leaders to vote in a particular way in parliament, despite what the MP might believe or what his or her constituents might like.
- Deputy Chief Whip Craig Whittaker told them it will be a “100% hard” three-line whip, saying: “This is not a motion on fracking. This is a confidence motion in the Government.”
2
An imperative order.
- I have to go shopping with the wife, I'm afraid. She's given me a three-line whip.

The neighborhood

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