Sam G. Howard @samghoward.bsky.social

I think it's less imaginable with Starmer aiming towards the center; the likely defectors would be people like the Change UK group who defected from Labour (and the Tories) at the end of Corbyn's leadership. It's hard to imagine that repeating under Starmer unless he badly mishandles government.

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 04, 2024 at 18:43 UTC

I take it the question was about something like de facto *approved* party-switching just for the sake of kicking the Tories in the teeth, which is different from normal defection.

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