Laura Kuenssberg Calls Out Minister As Tory MP Defects To Labour

A Tory minister clashed with Laura Kuenssberg this morning in the wake of one of the party’s MPs defecting to Labour.

Chris Philp was told that Dan Poulter’s decision to switch sides just days before Thursday’s local elections was “a sign of real rot” in the Conservatives.

Poulter, a doctor and former health minister, said the Tories no…