FORMER SNP MP Dr Lisa Cameron, who defected to the Tories last week, said she had been forced into hiding with her family after receiving a…
last week, said she had been forced into hiding with her family after receiving a ‘’torrent of abuse’’ and threats.
But whatever criticisms Cameron has of her former party and former colleagues, it doesn’t detract from the fact her constituents are now left with an MP who represents a political party they didn’t vote for. Switching parties mid-term might be permissible but without that decision going back to voters through a by-election, it lacks legitimacy. The Conservatives haven’t won the support of an extra constituency in Scotland. Their numbers have been boosted because an MP seems to have changed her entire political outlook in a very short space of time.
The SNP have brushed off the bombshell defection, with some senior SNP figures branding Cameron’s claims of a toxic culture of the Westminster group “unsubstantiated’’. The First Minister said Cameron’s constituents would feel “deeply let down” by her actions and that she should resign. The party knows it faces an uphill battle as it fights to motivate its base ahead of a General Election. It must do all it can to re-invigorate apathetic voters, hone its offering to the public and dust itself off from the recent party discord.
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