A lawmaker in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party defected to the opposition Labour Party on Wednesday, the second to do so in less than two weeks, criticising what she called the broken promises of a "tired and chaotic government".
Sir Keir welcomed her to the party, asking Mr Sunak "what is the point of this failed government staggering on" when "the Tory MP for Dover on the front line of small boats crisis
Natalie Elphicke said Rishi Sunak was not stopping the boats and was "letting the country down". Speaking after her defection from the Conservatives to Labour, she said her new party had changed under Sir Keir Starmer.
Natalie Elphicke dramatically switches benches to join Labour at the start of PMQs and delivers withering verdict on ‘incompetent’ government’ – but gleeful Keir Starmer faces left-wing backlash
This is the moment Tory MP Natalie Elphicke walks across the Commons floor to join the Labour party, just minutes before Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) on Wednesday 8 May. The Dover MP crossed the floor in the Commons as she hit out at the “broken promises of Rishi Sunak's tired and chaotic Government”.
Britain's ruling Conservatives on Wednesday suffered their second defection to the main opposition Labour party in as many weeks, piling pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.