| Plural | backbenches |
backbenchers
The prime minister give in to pressure from the backbencher .
Gordon Brown warned senior backbench MPs yesterday that western forces were facing a "new type of threat" in Afghanistan.
The story goes that during a debate in the Commons on what to call the bell, Sir Benjamin was about to give his ideas when a backbencher shouted, 'Let's call it Big Ben.
backbenchers
The prime minister give in to pressure from the backbencher .
Gordon Brown warned senior backbench MPs yesterday that western forces were facing a "new type of threat" in Afghanistan.
The story goes that during a debate in the Commons on what to call the bell, Sir Benjamin was about to give his ideas when a backbencher shouted, 'Let's call it Big Ben.
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