paka, Starmer welcomes #FarRight Tory defector Natalie Elphicke to Labour
“And the reason that she’s given for joining the Labour Party is very, very important because I think she speaks for very many Tory voters,” Starmer said.
“In saying that the Tory party has changed, it’s left the centre ground. [WOT?!] But equally the Labour Party has changed and we are pretty clearly the party of the national interest, of country first, party second.”
https://www.thenational.scot/news/24306540.keir-starmer-welcomes-ex-tory-mp-natalie-elphicke-labour/