Parliamentary defections

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Nov 22, 2024 1:02:18 GMT john07 said:

Nov 20, 2024 22:55:02 GMT carolus said:

Wikipedia tells me it was Brian Sedgemore (Hackney South & Shoreditch), but that it happened after the dissolution of parliament before the 2005 general election, so he wasn't actually an MP at the time (and he didn't stand again).

I remember Sedgemore as a very hard-left and intransigent MP and frequent contributor to Tribune.

I bet he was really pleased with himself when Clegg and Laws led the move to the coalition with the Conservatives.

I always found it hard to believe that Sedgemore could be so naive