It might be the first some voters have heard of Lord Warner,but his much-trumpeted resignation of the whip is one of a long history of party defections
“Norman Warner Quits Labour Shock.” Oh dear. A politician few voters have heard of resigns his party’s whip and becomes an independent. Westminster gets excited, but the caravan moves on, or both sides generally happy of a divorce that ends what had become an uneasy marriage.
Lord Warner’s resignation over policy – in this case,Labour’s direction of travel under Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership – is only one cause of departure. Since the 2009 expenses scandal, the most common reason for MPs and peers of all parties to disappear (sometimes temporarily) from the ranks has been trouble with the law. The SNP’s Michelle Thomson, and facing commerce problems,was this parliament’s first such casualty.
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Source: theguardian.com