With the best will in the world, it is hard to see the defection of Natalie Elphicke MP to the Labour party as a noble deed. You could paper the walls with disobliging observations that Ms Elphicke has made about Sir Keir Starmer’s party, especially when it comes to her supposed driving mission to restore control and rigour to UK borders.
The Tory benches these days are far too full of careerist hacks prepared to put their grandmothers up for sale if the price is right
Comments such as this from 2022: ‘If Labour’s only policy is to rely on the French, then they are not serious about stopping small boats, tackling criminality, protecting people from smuggling gangs or saving lives in the Channel.’
Or what about this hymn of praise for Rishi Sunak from 2023: ‘The Prime Minister’s deal with Albania has shown amazing success – near collapse of entrants, down 90 per cent from last year.
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