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minus-squareAutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThis is the best summary I could come up with: Former Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke has defected to the Labour Party, saying the Tories “have become a byword for incompetence and division”. In a statement released just as PMQs was starting, the MP for Dover said the key factors for her decision were housing and border security. She accused Rishi Sunak of “broken promises” and abandoning key pledges. It is the second defection to Labour for Rishi Sunak in less than two weeks, after Dan Poulter also quit the Tories. The original article contains 80 words, the summary contains 80 words. Saved 0%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Former Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke has defected to the Labour Party, saying the Tories “have become a byword for incompetence and division”.
In a statement released just as PMQs was starting, the MP for Dover said the key factors for her decision were housing and border security.
She accused Rishi Sunak of “broken promises” and abandoning key pledges.
It is the second defection to Labour for Rishi Sunak in less than two weeks, after Dan Poulter also quit the Tories.
The original article contains 80 words, the summary contains 80 words. Saved 0%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!