Guido isn’t sure every Labour MP is the biggest fan of defector Natalie Elphicke. Florence Eshalomi and Lloyd Russell-Moyle have got busy tweeting about how great the current Labour candidate for Dover is. Just in case Natalie tried to stand for Dover at the election…

Rosie Duffield jibes at Starmer: “At least one woman from Kent got a meeting!“. Staffers in Parliament report some Labour MPs’ extreme discomfort when asked about Elphicke. As for the Shadow Cabinet, Rachel Reeves had exactly two choice words for her new colleague in 2022: “F**k off“. Concise…

UPDATE: A Labour source gets in touch over the defection: “What’s the point?“