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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Lizzy Buchan & Aletha Adu

Tory MP Christian Wakeford defects to Labour saying Boris Johnson 'incapable of leadership'

A Conservative MP has sensationally defected to the Labour party moments before Boris Johnson took to the floor for Prime Minister's Questions.

Bury South MP Christian Wakeford, who was only elected in 2019, abandoned the Tories for Labour after Boris Johnson was accused of lying over a BYOB party in Downing Street.

He had been one of seven Tory MPs to publicly express no confidence in the PM - with dozens more sending letters secretly.

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