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Luke Bozier: Britain's Top 5 Defectors

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The Huffington Post UK   Rizwan Syed First Posted: 16/01/12 12:07 Updated: 16/01/12 12:09

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Luke Bozier, a former senior Labour adviser and co-author of the Labour Business report, defected to the Conservatives on Monday. Bozier is the newest addition to a long line of people who have defected from their party to join the ranks of their former enemies.

Some MPs have come under fire for switching allegiances, but have subsequently gone on to do very well in their new parties. One or two have even made it into the Cabinet.

Here are the top five political defectors in British politics in recent years.


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Luke Bozier, a former senior Labour adviser and co-author of the Labour Business report, defected to the Conservatives on Monday. Bozier is the newest addition to a long line of people who have defect...
Luke Bozier, a former senior Labour adviser and co-author of the Labour Business report, defected to the Conservatives on Monday. Bozier is the newest addition to a long line of people who have defect...
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Mickey Mouse 1
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19:48 on 31/01/2012
What was that about "balanced" reporting? Lol
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figurewizard
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08:31 on 17/01/2012
Your top five show only Conservative defectors. There have however been plenty of Labour defectors in the past, so why were these not included?
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mrdailydigger
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04:58 on 19/01/2012
Yes not exactly fair is it.
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