If Elphicke wants a spot in Labour's tent, then nobody can accuse Starmer of harbouring some secret lefty agenda! Yes, the received wisdom would be that a political party welcoming defections from its chief rival has a strong hand. It shows the game is truly up for its opponents. It should, in fact, be seen as a weakness in a democracy, where the difference between two main political parties has become so narrow that its representatives can glide between the two.
Nobody serious should believe she has changed her views: she just no longer believes that Labour challenges this venom. When she was heckled by union members at a local protest in support of sacked P&O staff, and was heckled for failing to vote against fire-and-rehire rules, she denounced militant unionism.
#political-defection #political-dynamics #conservative-to-labour #political-views #challenges-in-democracy
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