i can see what he's going for until /8
er, no. Starmer isn't going to pick up anti-immigration Reform voters because of Elphicke. they'll want to see a hardline on immigration that Starmer wouldn't be near. this is trying desperately to make sence of something that doesn't make sence.
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might be her motivation, it doesn't explain Stamer's. seems it's gone down badly in his shadow cabinet and across the party, not just the left fringes. a peerage would make that worse, though post election might not matter much, would not look great.