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Elphicke seems even further right than Farage IMO.
Hell, I don't remember Farage ever attacking rape victims.
Wes Streeting also ruled out Liz Truss joining.
Interesting question, though: would they accept Humza Yousaf? The people must be told!
Wrong skin pigment for Labour.
What?!?! Nigel, the Muscovite paid agent who drove the UK into ground thanks to BREXIT wants to join the Labour Party? As the Brits say, Sod off (loser)!
So Farage is in the same league as Corbyn then?
How is this even a story?
In what world is Farage ever going to want to join Labour?
What are the Labour Party principles?
How different are they to Farages or Truss?
To win.
Can't do dick if you're not in power.
We can kick off at them if they retain Tory policies.
Though at this point, less full tilt far-right & corrupt would be a massive fucking improvement.
I’d just like it if they’d come up with a manifesto and stick to it…
But we’ll see …
Same & doubt we're alone.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Ms Dodds told the Politics Hub with Sophy Ridge that she had not been contacted by anybody "to say they didn't want that decision to have been taken", following reports Sir Keir Starmer has faced a hostile response.
Ms Elphicke quit the Tories with a broadside against Rishi Sunak, saying that under his leadership the party had become "a byword for incompetence and division" and had abandoned the centre ground.
The defection comes after MP Dan Poulter's decision to leave the Tories for Labour in April and the dismal local election results for the Conservatives last week.
Speaking to LBC, the veteran left-winger said it "certainly is a stunt that damages the Tories", but added that Ms Elphicke has expressed views in the past that "I don't think the party should be associated with".
He cited her attacks on migrants and condemning England footballer Marcus Rashford when he missed a penalty at the Euros, suggesting he was too focused on his free school meals campaign.
She was elected as Dover's Conservative MP in 2019, taking over the seat which had been held by her disgraced then-husband Charlie, who was jailed for two years after being found guilty in 2020 of sexually assaulting two women.
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