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Former health minister Dan Poulter said "chaos" in the NHS has led him to defect to Labour from the Conservative Party. The part-time GP said the Conservatives had become "a nationalist party of the right".
Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting says Dr Dan Poulter's switch to Labour just days before the local elections is a sign of the "disaffection and disillusionment felt by millions".
SIR – The most telling aspect of the defection of Dr Dan Poulter – the former Tory minister who crossed the floor on Saturday to join the Labour Party, mere days before the country votes in local elections – is that it demonstrates that there is now no difference between the Conservative and Labour parties. His judgment that Labour may be more competent and committed to these socialist policies is undoubtedly correct, but it does not disguise the bald truth that the Tories have abandoned Conserv
Former health minister Dan Poulter said "chaos" in the NHS has led him to defect to Labour from the Conservative Party. The part-time GP said the Conservatives had become "a nationalist party of the right".
Conservative MP and former health minister Dan Poulter has defected to Labour. The MP for Suffolk Central and Ipswich North, with a majority of 23,391...