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But former defence minister Alec Shelbrooke said it was "appalling" that Mr Hart had "destroyed the sanctity of the whips office" by publishing "very private information" in a book.

When late night sittings were more common, it would be packed with increasingly inebriated MPs and party whips, trying to keep them in line.

"Hey babe, I need you to come out here right now," she tells him as her hair whips in the fierce winds.

Some parliamentarians have been working as unofficial whips, pushing undecided MPs to back their cause, even in the final hours before Friday’s 14:30 GMT vote.

These groups often attempt to use the hunts' own tools against them - buying imitation horns and whips to try to distract the hounds.