Christian Wakeford has been an enthusiastic supporter of the Tories’ assault on the poor but Keir Starmer has welcomed him with open arms
Keir Starmer’s Labour has gushed its welcome for Tory defector Christian Wakeford – including a huge dose of hypocrisy in not demanding he face a by-election – after the Bury South MP decided it suited him to ‘cross the floor’.
But Wakeford has been as much a part of the Tories’ class war against the poor and vulnerable as any other Conservative MP – and a year ago today, Bury South Labour was pointing it out:
Young Labour – one of the few remnants of genuine Labour in Starmer’s hollowed-out husk of what was recently a great party and therefore hated by the Labour right – nailed it when it pointed out Wakeford’s record. But the young activists also reminded everyone that Wakeford had also been a sponsor of a motion to force MPs to call by-elections if they want to switch party:
None of this, of course, has caused Keir Starmer a moment’s pause in his desperation to run out the red carpet for Wakeford and trumpet the defection, even though anyone genuinely interested in the wellbeing of the people wouldn’t countenance for a moment getting into bed with one of the architects of a war on the poor that has left millions – including millions of children – in hunger, poverty and despair.
If you’re of the betting persuasion, put money on Wakeford getting a front-bench berth pretty quickly. He and Starmer are clearly two peas in a two-faced pod.
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