[davidjay]

A word of advice to anyone who, like me, initially reacted with horror to the news of this defection, listen to the first half of James O'Brien's show today, he and some of his callers have eased my mind no end.

https://www.globalplayer.com/catchup/lb ... 8zKsw8nB8/

That's you second against the wall come the Glorious Day.

A firing squad of Corbynistas trying to hit a man tied to a post a few feet away? I think I'll be safe enough, I have every faith in their incompetence.

They'll be aiming at the man next to you. Or possibly against the next wall.

[Tubby Isaacs]

My gut instinct is that Elphicke is angling for the Kate Hoey berth of "I'm in the Labour Party and even I think this is mad" token "left winger" in the post-Election media landscape. Shitbird husband will probably get publicly jettisoned to shore up these credentials

That's distinctly possible, but I think she'll be largely forgotten by the time she gets round to that. She also seems to want consulting work on housing supply (which she seems qualified to give) so she'll be limited by that.

[The Weeping Angel]

Not good

[Abernathy]

Odd how this questionable lobbying by Ms Elphicke was somehow not revealed by Tory former Attorney General Robert Buckland when she was still a a Tory. I wonder why that might be?

[kreuzberger]

If there is one thing which I have learned on MW, and frankly there are many, it is that jumping to conclusions is a fool's errand. Hence, I have kept my fingers still in relation to this fundamentally dreadful human and her "defection" to the Labour Party.

The guiding principle needs to be, if the party is prepared to have one like this, then 300 more must be acceptable, too. Not 300? How about 299? Or 30? Still, no? Then there's your answer, Keir Starmer's answer.

This Buckland brouhaha is the leverage he needs to row back from this clumsy error. She is a liar, a fraud, a fascist and a cheat. Pap her out on her sorry arse and move on. And quickly.

[Oboogie]

The ever reliable Phil Moorhouse explains the Tories own goal.

[davidjay]

If there is one thing which I have learned on MW, and frankly there are many, it is that jumping to conclusions is a fool's errand. Hence, I have kept my fingers still in relation to this fundamentally dreadful human and her "defection" to the Labour Party.

The guiding principle needs to be, if the party is prepared to have one like this, then 300 more must be acceptable, too. Not 300? How about 299? Or 30? Still, no? Then there's your answer, Keir Starmer's answer.

This Buckland brouhaha is the leverage he needs to row back from this clumsy error. She is a liar, a fraud, a fascist and a cheat. Pap her out on her sorry arse and move on. And quickly.

I agree. Bringing her into the party won't bring the elction forward by a single day, it won't win us many votes and it will provide ammunition for everyone from Nigel Farage to damienfromlalaland.

[Tubby Isaacs]

Quite an irony in this, but anyway.

[Crabcakes]

Purpose served - she can fuck off now.