Tory MP defects to Labour Party..

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  1. Brush

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    Technically you're right Helen, but in Hemsworth back in the 70s and 80s (the constituency I grew up in) they would have voted for a Chimp if it wore a red rosette. Also an awful lot of people vote tactically, so they'll vote for whoever has a realistic chance of beating the party they really don't want to win - nothing to do with the candidates. It really is time our "democracy" moved on from the 16th century and into the modern world.
     
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    Having seen some of Wakeford's social media output (one where he called Labour the C word), I think Starmer was wrong to welcome him aboard and should definitely not allow him to stand at any future election.
     
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    I saw somewhere yesterday that the MP who defected to Labour did so because he was being blackmailed over funding.
     
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    He's done a few interviews today and confirmed it, think it specifically related to the building of a new school.
     
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    This is a good thread about funding and constituencies:

     
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    Changes to constituency boundaries should be abolished altogether. It's a means of trying to rig a vote.

    As should whips. MPs are put there by their constituents, and should be voting personally, and not per pressure be it peer or party

    It's all bo11ocks
     
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    I've just seen Johnson on TV saying that he's seen no evidence of this. Settles it for me.
     
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    Disgusting and corrupt behaviour by the tory cabal, looks like Angela Raynor was right in her description of tories
     
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    He’s carefully wording things at the minute. Not saying it isn’t happening, just saying that he hasn’t seen it happen.
     

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