Lee Anderson slaps down Labour for suggesting Nigel Farage could defect to them | Politics | News [Video]

Lee Anderson has poured cold water on Labour’s refusal to rule out allowing Nigel Farage to join Sir Keir Starmer’s party.

The absurd proposition emerged after PMQs, when Sir Keir championed his second Tory MP defection in two weeks.

Natalie Elphicke switched sides in the Commons despite being firmly on the right of the Conservative Party on immigration, the economy and culture war issues.

Pressed about whether there is a limit on who Labour would accept joining their party, Sir Keir Starmer’s spokesman rejected that Ms Elphicke’s defection is a “step too far”.

Asked if Labour expect any further defections, he said “you’ll have to wait and see on that”.

Asked if there’s any line the party wouldn’t cross, and whether Mr Farage would be allowed to join Labour, the spokesman responded: “Of course, we have conversations with all sorts of people who talk to us about wanting to come and support the party in …