The 8 pub yes votes freed up 8 rats to vote no and thus save themselves in their own districts.
.......and jeopardize those same 8 pubs in their districts. The best we can hope for is a strong pub candidate winning in a primary, in which case we lose the advantage of incumbency. If any of those 8 run as incumbents, the seat will likely go to the rat. Conservatives are in no mood to brook still more cowardly candidates.
So this weakness screwed up 16 seats. Rats should have been forced into voting for it as much as possible. These 8 pubs really set us back. They are a perfect example of what is wrong with pubs. COWARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I despise them.