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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Paul Byrne

MYSTERIOUS: Voters split over tory mp defector christian wakeford s decision to join labour - You Need To See This

A Conservative MP has defected to the Labour Party, accusing Boris Johnson of being "incapable of offering the leadership" the country deserves.

Bury South MP Christian Wakeford, who was elected in 2019, had been one of seven Tory MPs to publicly express no confidence in the Prime Minister.

In a letter, he wrote: "You and the Conservative Party as a whole have shown themselves incapable of offering the leadership and government this country deserves."

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