Rishi Sunak humiliated at PMQs after Labour defection | UK News [Video]

Keir Starmer lambasted Rishi Sunak for being ‘a dodgy salesman’ today as a Tory MP defected to Labour in the wake of disastrous local elections.

Dover MP Natalie Elphicke deserting the Tories moments before PMQs today was yet another humiliation for the Prime Minister, after the Conservatives lost more than 500 council seats at last week’s ballot box humiliation.

Elphicke said there were ‘two key deciding factors’ behind her move to Labour: the government’s record on housing and the safety and security of our borders.

It follows Dr Dan Poulter, Suffolk Central MP, quitting over NHS ’chaos’ and Sunak losing a string of mayoral races, including Andy Street’s in the West Midlands last Thursday.

Labour, meanwhile, won several councils and mayoralties, including London, York and North Yorkshire, which includes the PM’s own Richmond constituency.

And it all made for a brutal PMQs for Sunak on Wednesday.

Starmer opened the session by demanding: ‘If one week …