Brexit and immigration hardliner surprises politicians from both sides with her defection
The look on Penny Mordaunt’s face was one of disbelief as she watched Natalie Elphicke, the Tory MP for Dover, take her seat for prime minister’s questions just behind
Stephen Hammond, a Tory MP who has known Elphicke for more than 20 years, said: “If there’s been someone who has done as much as anyone to drag my party away from the centre ground of British politics in the last five years, it’s been Natalie.” Female Labour MPs were particularly distressed by Elphicke joining their ranks due to her past comments about her ex-husband’sOne shadow minister attempted to defend the decision. “We’ve got to get out of our comfort zone and win over Tory voters if we’re going to win the election,” they said, before conceding that MPs across the party were unhappy.
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