08-05-2024, 01:08 PM in response to #45312
Chris Mason sums up why Labour accepted her -
Defections are head-spinning for Westminster - such a tribal place.
They are a morale-lifting fillip for the party of the new arrival, and debilitating for the party the MP has left, particularly when it's from the governing to the main opposition party.
Why? They personify very starkly what an opposition party is seeking to do on a far wider scale - tempt people who recently backed the Conservatives to switch to backing Labour.
Defections are head-spinning for Westminster - such a tribal place.
They are a morale-lifting fillip for the party of the new arrival, and debilitating for the party the MP has left, particularly when it's from the governing to the main opposition party.
Why? They personify very starkly what an opposition party is seeking to do on a far wider scale - tempt people who recently backed the Conservatives to switch to backing Labour.