He is mad

This is from today's Telegraph:

But the Prime Minister will only allow Government MPs opposed to the [embryo] bill to vote against the parts they have a moral or ethical objection to if it does not lead to its defeat in the House of Commons, the BBC said.

In other words, to allow Gordo to pretend he is responding to their moral and/or religious objections provided he still gets his way. I guarantee he will subsequently claim this was a 'free' vote.