BREAKING Newscast: Conservative Defects! (Again)
Dover and Deal MP Natalie Elphicke joins Labour.
May 8, 2024
25 min
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May 8, 2024
BREAKING Newscast: Conservative Defects! (Again)
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<p>Today we look at the shock defection of another MP from the Tories to Labour.</p><p>Keir Starmer welcomed the MP for Dover and Deal Natalie Elphicke to his side of the house at Wednesday’s Prime Minister’s Questions. It’s the second defection from the Conservatives to Labour in the past fortnight after the MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich Dan Poulter also crossed the floor.</p><p>Adam and Chris are reunited for an emergency episode to explain what’s happened and what this means for both Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer.</p><p>You can join our Newscast online community here: https://tinyurl.com/newscastcommunityhere Newscast brings you daily analysis of the latest political news stories from the BBC.</p><p>It was presented by Adam Fleming. It was made by Chris Flynn with Gemma Roper and Sam McLaren. The technical producer was Adrian Bhargava. The assistant editor is Chris Gray. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.</p>
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