Tory MP's defection 'stinks' says top Labour official | LBC
With Natalie Elphicke's shock defection to Labour, the Party's National Executive Committee member Mish Rahman joins Tom Swarbrick to discuss his frustration, arguing her acceptance to the Party may drive voters away.
Ms Elphicke crossed the floor in the Commons just moments before Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday.
In a statement, Ms Elphicke said under Rishi Sunak, the Conservatives have become a "byword for incompetence and division," and hit out at a "tired and chaotic government".
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anyone jumping ship at this stage? shouldn't be tolerated by both partys nor voters, its shameless..
@Nick-fg4dq
Ай бұрын
Is that you rishi
@jasoncooper9391
Ай бұрын
It happened under John major
@pip1723
Ай бұрын
Shows what an inclusive party Labour are ...It's just Tory tears .
Where is SANGITA? Shame on LBC.
I'm 100% not voting for Labour in the next election and if they continue the way they are going now, I don't see myself voting Labour ever again.
@Dmanz67
Ай бұрын
Grow up. It's politics.
@adamhurd1560
Ай бұрын
@@Dmanz67 You're right, it is politics. Politics I don't agree with. Politics that harms people like me. The Labour party has proven again and again that they don't want my vote and so they shan't have it. If you're upset about that, you should change your politics so that it doesn't damage my way of life.
@dogzero1
Ай бұрын
Vote as usual for your wonderful Tory party then you muppet.
@dominicchallis2928
Ай бұрын
@@adamhurd1560Did they get your vote under Jeremy Corbyn?
@adamhurd1560
Ай бұрын
@@dominicchallis2928 yes and Ed Milliband.
"we don't have guilt by association" Labour does, Starmer sacked Driscoll for appearing with Ken Loach despite Starmer being on Newsnight with Loach himself.
Beware of taking people for granted don't assume that people will be loyal to a party that ignores them. It takes absolutely no effort to stay home or put the x in another box like the red wallers did. They became more important to Labour by not voting for Labour.
*And people have the nerve to say Labour aren't just Red Tories now.* Something something overton window, something something ratchet effect.
@ralphhathaway-coley5460
Ай бұрын
They maybe correct given that labour is no longer red or labour! With Smarmer they have gone so far right that rightwing Tories are happy to join them. I suspect that many are not going to bother to vote as there is very little difference between them.
@quillo2747
Ай бұрын
I think you'll find the tories were just blue Labour. The tories carried on and pushed even further all of Tony Blairs Labour policies.
She’s a clown and if labour let her join they should be embarrassed
I was once a member of the labour party. Yes I know, it is very embarrassing.
Tory Tom doesn't get it. There are plenty of people that would've voted Labour that now won't because of this.
She does not want to lose her job so she changes sides to the potential winners now to 😢meet her salary requirements
Nothing more than a shallow careerist and opportunist.
I won't be voting Labour. I'm an ex member btw.
@pip1723
Ай бұрын
Who you voting for then?
I agree with this man. 100%
@Nick-fg4dq
Ай бұрын
I find him despicable
@specialized500
Ай бұрын
@@Nick-fg4dq who ? And why?
@shabba182
Ай бұрын
There are two men in this video. Please clarify which one you agree with
@specialized500
Ай бұрын
@@shabba182 take a guess I bet you know ..
@pip1723
Ай бұрын
Tory tears .
When Starmer said he'd changed the Labour Party, do you really think ANYONE thought he meant it was changed in a way that allowed monsters like Elphicke to join?! Bring back decency. Bring back Corbyn.
Totally agree with him..
This station is so right wing! Pretending they really care about Natalie Elphicke defecting. Yeah, right! Pull the other one!😡
If I lived in Dover and she was on the ballot for Labour, I would not vote for her. The only way to deliver the message to both Conservatives and Labour is that it is the Tory ideology that is at fault, and you don't get to whitewash your track record by putting on a different rosette.
This presenter might just be the most smooth brained in LBC, looking at you for competition Nick.
@TheDropdeadZed
Ай бұрын
The ending bit, he was dripping with far too much smugness for someone so utterly thick. Yes mate, many WILL vote green. Did you not tune into the local elections? Of course politically involved people such as a high ranking Labour official will still vote Labour, but most people don't do a logical summation of "which party is the lesser evil".
@tryingmybest9819
Ай бұрын
@TheDropdeadZed There is a calculation in a tight seat where you might make a decision to vote tactically, but I'm living in an area that has been held by Labour since before I was born (although we've had a boundary change now and my MP will just see us as an add on to his old constituancy) so I can vote whoever. Starmer sutra has definitely made me think twice about Labour with his poll chasing.
I think sunak should should defect next...
This defection is horrendous. What is Starmer thinking...
Yet more proof that the uniparty is real..
That's it for me. I have quite my Labour Party membership. They've lost my vote.
Natalie Elphick suddenly becomes Labour? No, she's been gifted a peerage! Starmer will be embracing the politics of Enoch Powell next 😂😂😂
Sir Keir would recruit Thatcher to get the ermine
Well now you can vote tory or vote tory. No wonder we vote SNP up here.
@brettonsmith8534
Ай бұрын
The UK parties can really learn something from the well led SNP leadership.
@quillo2747
Ай бұрын
@@brettonsmith8534😂😂😂😂
@gw7624
Ай бұрын
You vote SNP because a sizable chunk of your country thinks it's still the 12th century and the thinly-veiled anti-English rhetoric spouted by the SNP strikes a chord.
@deanjames2476
Ай бұрын
And look where that got you the snp are a joke
@julianshepherd2038
Ай бұрын
How is Jeremy and Tony "war criminal" Blair and End to Boom And Bust Brown? @@brettonsmith8534
Labour is now called Tory Light.....
Not voting Labour anymore
None of these party's are worth a toss !! it all just seems to be the same stuff, whoever gets in at the next election, nothing is gonna change.
@martindornan1667
Ай бұрын
Red and blue Tories.
Tories know a tory when they smell one even if their red
She clearly thinks Starmer has moved so far to the right that Labour is now the party for her. And she’s right!
both parties are 2 cheeks of the same backside, labour can kick rocks
Any mp should not be allowed to change parties they should stand down and have a by election the people did not vote labour they voted her in as a tory, she is protecting her position as she believes labour will get in I hope they don't and tories get back in will she swap back.
@deanjames2476
Ай бұрын
Why should the taxpayer have to pay out nearly a million pounds just because she decides to cross the floor she should resign her seat with immediate effect no payoff no severance pay here your p45 goodbye
Up and down the country, Labour will lose votes to Greens and independents. In Scotland, the SNP and Wales PC. The Lib Dems will also gain. It may not be a mass movement, and may result in the loss of just a few seats, but it could be the start of Labour’s problems when it forms the next government.
I am very likely to just vote with a spoiled ballot at this point. I was on the verge of giving labour my vote against after the nationalising decision. However, if they allow her to stand as a labour candidate then what's the point, they're showing their stripes properly
Hope they’re going to field someone different down there for election because the woman is a danger
Simply, Big NO to *Laboratory Party* in General election!!
Labour doesn’t have any inside back-biting to contend with.
First time I have heard from this member but I kinda like him....very direct!
might even be more right wing than Starmer. Can't the party have a set of principles that have to be signed upto before you join?
Ultimately this could hurt Labour in power because of ideological differences. It will be harder to get consensus on decisions with people like her.
The writing is on the wall for the Tories and they know it.
Sangita ?
Ahh more far right stuff. A sort of folly phenomena these days. Come out far right, wherever you are 😅
It's ridiculous.What's going to be next Russia applying to join NATO.
We do have guilt by association actually
Tom Swarbrick is one of the few remaining voices on LBC worth listening to. I don’t always agree with his views, but he always has the details so is able to challenge his guests and callers. Bring back Sangita!
Well said, sir 👏
Breaking news ... Kane gone on a month's loan to Real.
I'm not a Labour voter. But to a certain extent I agree with Mish. This defection stinks. A treacherous act by a woman who isn't a real conservative. Mish lets himself down by regurgitating the banal 'far right' mantra.
Sir Keir Starmer is a tory... Who would have guess..
@michaelmcginley7930
Ай бұрын
Correct he makes a great point about accepting this right wing tory and banning dianna abbot
@inspectortanzi
Ай бұрын
I would have. New Labour were never anything but Tories.
@quillo2747
Ай бұрын
And the tories are a continuation of Tony Blairs labour
@andyquelch5754
Ай бұрын
Starmer is Blair's puppet.
@martindornan1667
Ай бұрын
Red and blue Tories.
Calm down bru ……
Given she isn't sticking around and won't be allowed near anything regarding immigration or Brexit, I'll live with it.
Where is sangita ❤
Nothing wrong with being right wing my friends. It is not the slur you think it is!
She is sleeper cell of Sunak. Starmer has no idea what he is doing? But British people are going to reward him at the ballot box. So carry on Starmer. Thank to Sunak for transforming labour fortune.
If u come to the UK illegally. Deportation should be the only option with the added distinction that you can never apply through the proper channels. Should reduce the boats somewhat. Australia is the example.
@Fightforyourdreams2024
Ай бұрын
I agree! Britain is far to soft on the illegals. Besides Australia taking a stand, so is Poland. Plus Germany are arresting many of the antisemitic pro hamas supporters.
Both her and her pervert ex husband have been a nightmare for Dover and Deal!1
Looks like she might give Labour some kudos. No one wants Labour. It’s just that nobody wants the Tories more 😂😂
I like it how people underestimate the green party
@tenniskinsella7768
Ай бұрын
Green party ugh
@ovidiumiinea5462
Ай бұрын
@tenniskinsella7768 because Labour and Conservatives are great right?
@YoutubeMadeMePickHandle
Ай бұрын
In what respect?
@tonyrobson6457
Ай бұрын
@@ovidiumiinea5462 I agree the green party would be great! Obviously not for this country but in gaza😂
@quillo2747
Ай бұрын
Do you like it that the green party are now selecting Islamists as their candidates?
Except she isn’t going to stand for election at the next election. Her interest and education are in housing policy and she wrote a paper on housing portions for the young and homeless and will she has excepted a job as a policy advisor in housing for Labour and she does have sound views on that though everything other view she holds are despicable.
According to LBC, anyone, including a second generation indian woman, who wants any kind of immigration control is, "right wing" 😂
Better to be ideologically pure than win people over from the other side right, Mish?
These are the guys who should be dominant in Labour party
I will vote for the party who can stop the boats and return the illegals.
@seanfindlay1521
Ай бұрын
Lowering the 1m legal immigration wouldn't go a miss either
@alexritchie4586
Ай бұрын
Feel free to vote for Canute.
@mickeysmouse4800
Ай бұрын
Well Rishi’s stopping the votes quite well if that helps?
Absolute clown this guy. It's politics. Grow up.
Oh stop moaning everyone ... just enjoy the Tories pain and stop whining endlessly if Starmer doesn't do EXACTLY what YOU would.
I totally disagree i dont like Lbc
She should join reform labour will do absolutely nothing to stop small boats and our country will suffer even more cost to look after these battalions of young men turning up illegally on our shores . All goverment are letting us down by letting these people arrive here
Nothing wrong with being right wing my friends. It is not the slur you think it is!