fuelled the flame for some of those mps. and one nation tories who are not particularly aligned with boris johnson and his beliefs. there are multiple factions. one thing that has united these factions today is this defection by mp christian wakeford. surprisingly, ithink, having had this very hostile environment last night when the pm was looking very vulnerable indeed, i think today both some of these critical voices but also some boris johnson loyalists seem to have united behind the fact that this move by christian wakeford to defect to the labour party is sort of 1 step of disloyalty to far and interestingly feel pretty burned by the fact he has decided to make that move. ., , . , the fact he has decided to make that move. ., , , ., move. you will stay with us for outside source move. you will stay with us for outside source throughout - move. you will stay with us for outside source throughout the | move. you will stay with us for - outside source throughout the hour in downin
community? tell me about conversations community? tell me about conversations you - community? tell me about conversations you have i community? tell me about| conversations you have had community? tell me about i conversations you have had with people who voted conservative in 2019, how do they feel that they voted for a man who was representing the conservatives that now does not? lots of the people i spoke to who told me they were lifelong conservative voters actually expressed disappointment at the fact that he has crossed the line and moved over to the labour party, for example one or two of the women i spoke to said they had always vaulted conservative and despite liking him as an mp and saying in theirview he is liking him as an mp and saying in their view he is a good mp from a local perspective and very engaged in the local community, they said despite that they could not stomach voting for a labour candidate, a labour mp, given they have been lifelong tory voters. there was
to explain some of these issues then you know it s wrong. at the moment we have a party trying to defend the indefensible, and they are doing so badly. and they are doing so gladly. that s not right, it s not fair, and it doesn t respect the country or the office. we can speak to the last conservative mp for bury south who left in 1997 when the seat went to labour. what s your reaction to what happened earlier? to labour. what s your reaction to what happened earlier? happened earlier? to be honest i find it difficult happened earlier? to be honest i find it difficult to happened earlier? to be honest i find it difficult to take happened earlier? to be honest i find it difficult to take christian . find it difficult to take christian wakeford seriously. only a couple of days ago he was, as a conservative mp, putting in a letter to sir graham brady asking for a vote of no confidence in the prime ministerfor stop a few months ago i saw on bbc today he was speaking in the house
to the honourable lady across the aisle earlier on. of course, mr speaker, we must wait for the outcome of the enquiry. but i will review what i have said. our political correspondent is with me in downing street. where have we gone too on the maths? figs me in downing street. where have we gone too on the maths? me in downing street. where have we gone too on the maths? as ever these letters are something gone too on the maths? as ever these letters are something that gone too on the maths? as ever these letters are something that is - gone too on the maths? as ever these letters are something that is a - gone too on the maths? as ever these letters are something that is a bit - letters are something that is a bit shrouded in secrecy. we will never know until we know whether the threshold of 5a letters of no confidence in the prime minister has been reached. we do know a number of mps have said on record, publicly, that they have submitted a letter of no confidence. christian wa
some tory voters perhaps turning away from the party all feeling a bit of disappointment in how the prime minister has handled all the downing street parties and allegations, some of the voters i spoke to said that regardless of that, they would not be swayed and despite voting for christian wakeford in the 2019 election they would not be voting for him in any future ones. would not be voting for him in any future ones- would not be voting for him in any future ones. , , , future ones. very interesting. luxmy go al, future ones. very interesting. luxmy gopal, thank future ones. very interesting. luxmy gopal, thank you- future ones. very interesting. luxmy gopal, thank you. those future ones. very interesting. luxmy gopal, thank you. those of future ones. very interesting. luxmy gopal, thank you. those of you i gopal, thank you. those of you watching in the uk will know everybody votes for an mp who represents a party, an mp can switch from one party to another. those watching o