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Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer with former Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke in his parliamentary office in the House of Commons, London, after it was announced she has defected to Labour.Advertisement
“I think she speaks for very many Tory voters in saying that the Tory Party has changed, it’s left the centre ground. But equally the Labour Party has changed and we are very clearly the party of the national interest.”on issues as diverse as immigration and Marcus Rashford’s school meal campaign which raised eyebrows, and could cause trouble for Starmer further down the line.
Momentum, no fans of Starmer it must be said, condemned the decision to accept Elphicke to the parliamentary Labour party.“She voted against Labour proposals to outlaw fire and rehire, while supporting a wide array of destructive and damaging Tory legislation,” the group said.
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