Jesus lads, 'tis looking like BREXIT!

[Stacky]

Another Tory MP (Natalie Elphicke) has defected to Labour just before PMQs. Second to do so over the past 2 weeks.

She is a complete chancer and she was right-wing if I recall and now she is leaving a sinking ship.

 

[How bad boy]

She is a complete chancer and she was right-wing if I recall and now she is leaving a sinking ship.

I'm assuming she's standing down at the election. It's just a stunt to drive home the sense of failure. All good fun.

 

[Stacky]

There is no way that Labour would even want her to stand you would think?

 

[How bad boy]

There is no way that Labour would even want her to stand you would think?

I'd say anyone crossing the floor at this late point in the cycle is not going to get to stand at the election.

Maybe they'd make an exception for someone really high profile with a massive majority in their seat like Damien Green. He's the leader of the One Nation Conservatives caucus and has a 24k majority, getting 62% of the vote (vs Labour on 22% last time). He's in one of the safest seats in the country for the tories, so could imagine Labour letting him run.

Couldn't see many others though. It just wouldn't be worth it for Labour.

 

[an liathroid beag]

She is a complete chancer and she was right-wing if I recall and now she is leaving a sinking ship.

In her statement, Ms Elphicke said Mr Sunak's government "is failing to keep our borders safe and secure", with lives being lost in the Channel and small boat arrivals "at record levels".
On housing, she said the government was "failing to build the homes we need" and had "betrayed" renters and leaseholders by not delivering on promises to end no fault evictions and abolish ground rents.
"When I was elected in 2019, the Conservative Party occupied the centre ground of British politics," she said.

"Since then, many things have changed. The elected prime minister [Boris Johnson] was ousted in a coup led by the unelected Rishi Sunak.
"Under Rishi Sunak, the Conservatives have become a byword for incompetence and division. The centre ground has been abandoned and key pledges of the 2019 manifesto have been ditched."

 

[Stacky]

I'd say anyone crossing the floor at this late point in the cycle is not going to get to stand at the election.

Maybe they'd make an exception for someone really high profile with a massive majority in their seat like Damien Green. He's the leader of the One Nation Conservatives caucus and has a 24k majority, getting 62% of the vote (vs Labour on 22% last time). He's in one of the safest seats in the country for the tories, so could imagine Labour letting him run.

Couldn't see many others though. It just wouldn't be worth it for Labour.

Yes, she is not standing apparently and she knows that the Tories are toast and wants to protect her "legacy" of being on a winning side rather than teh nasty Tory party.

Johnathan Gullis looking around for her with his mouth open on his side in the Commons was a joy to behold.

He just could not figure it out where she went today for PMQ's

 

[Stacky]

In her statement, Ms Elphicke said Mr Sunak's government "is failing to keep our borders safe and secure", with lives being lost in the Channel and small boat arrivals "at record levels".
On housing, she said the government was "failing to build the homes we need" and had "betrayed" renters and leaseholders by not delivering on promises to end no fault evictions and abolish ground rents.
"When I was elected in 2019, the Conservative Party occupied the centre ground of British politics," she said.

"Since then, many things have changed. The elected prime minister [Boris Johnson] was ousted in a coup led by the unelected Rishi Sunak.
"Under Rishi Sunak, the Conservatives have become a byword for incompetence and division. The centre ground has been abandoned and key pledges of the 2019 manifesto have been ditched."

In 2019 the Tory Party was full-on batsh*t right-wing Brexit crazy.

 

[jams]

was she the one in joining in a chant in dover when she realised the chant was about herself?

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An MP joined in a disparaging chant with an angry crowd during a protest against P&O; – only, she didn’t realise it was aimed at her. Conservative MP Natalie Elphicke was heckled by members of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers union in Dover following the company's...

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IDK if this is excellent news for labour?

 

[Meridian]

That slow puncture is still making things worse :

 

[How bad boy]

In today's update on the benefits of Brexit:

Medicine shortages in England ‘beyond critical’, pharmacists warn

Survey has revealed challenges faced by pharmacists and risk of harm to patients as key drugs are unavailable

www.theguardian.com

"Drug shortages in England are now at such critical levels that patients are at risk of immediate harm and even death, pharmacists have warned.
...
While other western countries such as Italy and Germany were also being hit by disruptions to supply, “Brexit creates some extra obstacles for the UK because our market is now partly separated from the wider European pool of supplies,” Dayan added."

England’s rivers to remain in poor state as EU laws ignored post-Brexit, says watchdog

Government’s failure to match EU measures to improve condition of rivers, lakes and oceans called ‘deeply concerning’

www.theguardian.com

Shit still shit in the rivers
"While Britain was in the EU, a national chemical and ecological survey of rivers was conducted annually. After Brexit, the WFD was transposed into English law.

From 2016, the government decided to test water quality under WFD every three years rather than annually. This has now been delayed further; the government has said it does not intend to deliver a complete update until 2025, the latest permissible date under the new WFD."