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Good evening. Lord Kinnock has led a backlash against Sir Keir Starmer following Natalie Elphicke’s defection to Labour from the Conservative Party.
Elsewhere, Oxford dons have called for the university’s head of equality to quit after he signed an open letter in support of a pro-Palestinian protest camp at the university.
Plus: A special dispatch from Ambrose Evans-Pritchard.
Lord Kinnock leads backlash against Starmer over Tory defection
Ms Elphicke stunned Westminster at lunchtime as she crossed the floor immediately before Prime Minister’s Questions. The move was also poorly received by some Labour MPs, with one telling The Telegraph the MP for Dover’s defection was a “f—— joke” and had “gone down like a cup of hot sick”.
Henry Hill | Elphicke’s defection is an utter farce
