Defection fever has hit the Commons… and Keir Starmer should be delighted

The Independent

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Individual: Evgeny Lebedev

Defection fever has hit the Commons… and Keir Starmer should be delighted

MPs who cross the floor are a rare breed, so the growing clamour to swap parties ahead of a general election – coupled with rumours about who might be next – recalls the heady mood that heralded Tony Blair’s 1997 landslide, says John Rentoul