Dan Poulter

Labour lefties hate Keir Starmer’s new friends. He doesn’t care. – POLITICO

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Such sentiments are not confined to the left, however. “She is no more a Labour MP now than she ever was,” another Labour MP on the right, granted anonymity to speak frankly, told POLITICO after Elphicke’s apology.  A third MP, who is a shadow minister, said: “Those who were already very unhappy about the defection … Read more

Tory Natalie Elphicke’s defection sparks backlash from Labour women – POLITICO

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Elphicke took over the seat from her former husband, Charlie, a Conservative MP who was convicted in 2020 of three counts of sexual assault and sent to prison. In an op-ed after his conviction, Natalie Elphicke wrote that he had been punished for being “charming, wealthy, charismatic and successful — attractive, and attracted to, women. … Read more