THE hard-right MP Natalie Elphicke is a “good, natural fit” for Labour, the party’s chair has said ...
It comes after Elphicke, who is known for her hardline stance on immigration and for trying to influence a judge overseeing the case of her sex offender ex-husband,just before Prime Minister’s Questions, and images of her and Labour leader Keir Starmer smiling and shaking hands were released later.
Elphicke ended the marriage after his conviction but supported his unsuccessful appeal, saying he had been “attractive, and attracted to women” and “an easy target for dirty politics and false allegations”. “Now, it’s quite right that there was a parliamentary process, as I say Natalie Elphicke has gone through that, and I believe that she has addressed this in Parliament and in public, and rightly so, because this is a very serious subject.”
Asked if she feared other Tory MPs could follow and defect, Keegan told Times Radio that she hoped most of her other colleagues were “more principled than that”.
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