Tory MP Dan Poulter has defected to the Labour Birthday party within the original hammer-blow to Rishi Sunak’s authority.
The previous condition minister and physician mentioned he now not relied on the Conservatives with the NHS.
He additionally mentioned the Tories had “become a nationalist party of the right” since David Cameron abandon as chief 8 years in the past.
In an interview with the Eyewitness, Poulter, who was once elected MP for Central Suffolk and North Ipswich in 2010, mentioned his stories on greater than 20 strike and crisis ward night time shifts within the time time have been “truly life-changing”.
He mentioned: “I could not go on as part of that. I have to be able to look my NHS colleagues in the eye, my patients in the eye and my constituents in the eye.
“And I know that the Conservative government has been failing on the thing I care about most, which is the NHS and its patients.”
Poulter mentioned the Conservatves’ values “have changed” since Cameron stood i’m sick as top minister within the wake of the 2016 Brexit referendum.
He added: “It feels to me that the Tory party has gone from being a pragmatic, centrist, centre-right party which focused on and understood the importance of public service and the state to deliver certain things …and had a compassionate outlook on key issues.
“It has gone from that and feels like it has become a nationalist party of the right, much more of what we see in Europe.”
Labour chief Keir Starmer mentioned: “It’s fantastic to welcome Dr Dan Poulter MP to today’s changed Labour Party.
“It’s time to end the Conservative chaos, turn the page, and get Britain’s future back. I’m really pleased that Dan has decided to join us on this journey.”
Silhoutte condition secretary Wes Streeting mentioned he was once “proud” to welcome Poulter to Labour.
He mentioned: “As a frontline clinician, he’s seen the damage that 14 years of Conservative government have done to our NHS. Delighted to have his support and look forward to working with him, especially on mental health reform.”
Poulter’s defection to Labour comes forward of nearest Thursday’s native elections, by which the Conservatives are predicted to lose as much as 500 council seats.
It is going to accumulation additional power at the top minister, who already faces the warning of a possible problem to his management from nervous Tory MPs.
A Conservative Birthday party spokesperson mentioned: “For the people of Central Suffolk and North Ipswich this will be disappointing news.
“What Dan says is wrong as Sir Keir Starmer has no plan for our NHS. Under the Conservatives we are raising NHS funding to a record £165 billion a year, helping it recover from the effects of the pandemic and driving forward its first ever long term workforce plan so that we train the doctors and nurses we need for the future in our country.”
