Keir Starmer welcomes Natalie Elphicke, a new recruit from the Tory party.
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Winston Churchill defected in his time, as did Oswald Mosley. In fact, a defection played a key part in the formation of the Conservative party.
Chuck Umunna and several other Labour MPs have quit the party.
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The Labour split may cause electoral problems, but it could also prompt fresh thinking.
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After voting no confidence in leader Jeremy Corbyn, angry MPs should think about forming an SDP-style alliance on the centre left.
Divided they fall.
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Labour and the Conservatives have faced crises in the past… Just not at the same time.
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Turmoil on the left led to a party split in 1983, and today’s circumstances look very familiar…