The very funny thing is Cates (who has much weaker ties to the Tory Party) would’ve been a more suitable defector from the Tory right. Not just morally but politically. Against Thatcherism, austerity and neoliberal economics. And has voted - even joined - Labour in the past.

Some defections are principled and make sense. Some are mixed with principle and opportunism. But others just stink of opportunism.

But One Big Club likes talking about One Big Club. What Emily Davison threw herself in front of the King’s horse for, apparently.

How many times have we heard this since John Reid’s “not fit for purpose”?

The funny thing is Wheeler was never a Tory but is more of a Brexiteer than Boris.

Very welcome, even if overdue, that the BBC is now highlighting the other side of the debate.

Boles’ predecessor in Grantham and Stamford defected to Labour the day before Brown took over. Partly over Europe as it happens.

I wonder what the FBPEs will make of this.

The Greens are funny. Before 2020, they were home for the pro-EU Centrist Dads (TIG endorsed the Greens, Soubry and Boles voted Green, Bob Ainsworth voted Green). Now they’re a home for the disaffected Corbynistas.