Paddy oconnell and henry zeffman. Newscast. Newscast from the bbc. Hello, its laura in the studio. Its paddy in the studio. And its henry in the studio. Hooray its so nice to have you here with us. Now, you tantalised us on the saturday episode that there was a scoop in the making. The scoop in the making ended up being a defection. Yes, defection, and defections are important because they are rare and defections are important because they really spook political parties. And in this case, a Conservative Mp until yesterday was dan poulter, a part time nhs doctor, who has decided that it is time for him to go from the Conservative Party. And he didntjust sort of say, because i think ive had enough and theyve gone in the wrong direction. He accused them of not caring about public services, about not caring about the nhs and of losing their compassion. So, defections are big news stories, even if, newscasters, i will say, the person in question is not someone who necessarily is a massive p
Episode of newscast, newscast. Newscast from the bbc. Hello, its laura in the studio. Its paddy in the studio. And its henry in the studio. Hooray its so nice to have you here with us. You tantalised us on the saturday episode that there was a scoop in the making. The scoop in the making ended up being a defection. Yes, defection and defections are important because they are rare and defections are important because they really spooked Political Parties and in this case, a Conservative Mp until yesterday, was dan poulter, a part time nhs doctor. He has decided that it is time for him to go from the Conservative Party and he didntjust sort of say, because i think ive had enough and theyve gone in the wrong direction. He accused them of not caring about public services, about not caring about the nhs and of losing their compassion. So, defections are big news stories, even if newscasters, i will say the person in question is not necessarily a massive politicalfigure. A bolt out of nowher