‘Minnesotans gathered in downtown #Minneapolis to sing songs encouraging #ICE agents to #defect and quit their jobs.
"We don't expect the ICE agents to walk out of their hotels and join us," says one of the #SingingResistance organizers, "this is about getting the idea of #defection into the zeitgeist." Residents practiced the songs together inside Westminster Presbyterian Church in Loring.’ https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1Bqb6hUuQe/?mibextid=wwXIfr
#defection
This is my favourite photograph of the day - subtitled, Farage swallows another failed tory.
photographer Dzulfikri
#Farage #FrogFace #Reform #FailedTory #defection #snack
Morgen Morland explains Braverman’s logic
“Reform UK does like one kind of immigrant”
by Another Angry Voice on Substack
“#ReformUK [Ltd] welcome Nadim #Zahawi with open arms. [..] The #UK #establishment order is obviously more than willing to allow people of immigrant backgrounds to rise to the top, as long as they play along with all the #greed, #corruption, #dishonesty, #classwarfare against ordinary Brits, and anti-immigrant rabble rousing”
https://open.substack.com/pub/anotherangryvoice/p/reform-uk-does-like-one-kind-of-immigrant
I see another rat is leaving the sinking ship. Zahawi believe that Reform can deliver! He never did (except to his pocket).
And before someone kindly points it out, I know lemmings are not the stupid animals they are portrayed as in popular myth. Zahawi is though
#Zahawi #Tories #Reform #Lemmings #Defection #Advantage #SoldOut
“London Labour councillors defect en masse to Green Party”
by Skwawkbox with The Canary
@thecanaryuk
@UKLabour
@uk_politics
“Five sitting councillors in the North London borough of Brent have defected en masse from Labour to the Greens with a blast at Starmer’s party that it is ‘no longer serving the principles it once championed’”
https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2025/12/16/green-party-surge/
#Press #UK #London #Labour #Councillors #Defection #Greens #Starmer
Shame on you!
You give in - you lose.
Former Carmarthenshire Labour leader defects to Green Party
Cllr Robert James, who represents the Lliedi ward in Llanelli, was announced as the party’s newest councillor at the Wales Green Party conference in Cardiff.
Cllr James had led the opposition group at Carmarthenshire Council for nearly six years before being suspended by Labour in 2024. He had been sitting as an independent councillor since then. At the time of his suspension he said he would contest the decision, but Welsh Labour did not comment.
Announcing his move to the Greens, Cllr James said:
“During a time when our communities are the most divided in decades and the struggles our residents face continue to grow, I have joined a party that puts people and this planet first – by tackling crippling inequality, protecting public services and safeguarding the future of our environment.”
He added:
“As a Green councillor I will continue to fight for the interests of those living in Lliedi and Carmarthenshire more widely, to get the changes we desperately need.”
Cllr James has previously led campaigns to divest pension funds from fossil fuels, for a locally owned bus company for school pupils, and against cuts to local public services.
Green Party deputy leader Zack Polanski welcomed the defection, saying:
“I know this will be the first of many councillors who we will be welcoming to the Wales Green Party.I’m delighted to be welcoming Robert in person at this historic Wales conference where members are planning how to break through into the Senedd in the elections in 2026.
This defection of a county councillor shows that the momentum is building and more breakthroughs will follow. Rob is a pioneer – he was the youngest Labour group leader in Wales, and now the first councillor in Wales to join the Green Party from Labour. He won’t be the last – I know there are many more weighing up their decision.”
Wales Green Party leader Anthony Slaughter said the move showed “the political tectonic plates are shifting in Wales,” noting that the party’s membership had nearly tripled in two months to close in on 6,000.
The announcement came as the party met in Cardiff to plan its strategy for the 2026 Senedd elections.
The Greens also highlighted that former Caerphilly Council leader Sean Morgan has joined the party, having quit Labour in September after four decades of membership.
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#CllrRobJames #Defection #GreenParty #GreenPartyConference #Llanelli #Lleidi #politics #WelshLabour
“Another Reform councillor jumps ship – are the Farage fascists falling apart?”
by Skwawkbox with The Canary @thecanaryuk @UKLabour @uk_politics
“Dartford Borough Reform ‘party‘ councillor James Buchan has defected to the Tories, just three months after winning election in Stone House ward as a Reform candidate”
https://www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/2025/10/31/reform-councillor-quits-to-join-tories/
#Press #UK #UKPol #Reform #Councillor #Defection #Dartford #Labour #Implosion
🚨BREAKING | Two Labour Councillors defect to the Greens Tom Butcher and Repi Begum who are Councillors on Swindon Borough Council will sit as Greens until the end of their terms in May 2026. Cllr Ian Edwards made the same move last week. #defection #GreenParty
A North Korean soldier was taken into custody by the South after he voluntarily crossed the heavily fortified land border separating the two Koreas on Sunday, Seoul's military said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/19/world/north-korean-soldier-crosses-dmz/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #northkorea #southkorea #dmz #defection
All these Tories showing that their principles are more... flexible than others. #defection #politics #UKPol
Conservative MP Danny Kruger joins Reform UK, citing the decline of the Conservative Party
Backstabbing? More like jumping ship before it sinks completely. The Tories are a mess, and Kruger's just trying to get on the right side of history. Reform UK might be the only option left for those who want actual change.
Conservative MP Danny Kruger joins Reform UK, citing the decline of the Conservative Party
Yeah, sure, blame conspiracy theories. Kruger jumped ship because Tories are falling apart, not because he suddenly cares about Labour. Stop sanitizing chaos.
Conservative MP Danny Kruger joins Reform UK, citing the decline of the Conservative Party
Kruger jumping parties proves Tories crumble, stop denying reality.
Conservative MP Danny Kruger joins Reform UK, citing the decline of the Conservative Party
Danny Kruger switching to Reform UK is far from some Labour Party plot. The man's just recognizing the Conservative Party's irrelevance. Reform UK's the only game in town for actual change, not the same tired politics. Get real.
Conservative MP Danny Kruger joins Reform UK, citing the decline of the Conservative Party
Come on, this sounds like straight-up nonsense. Kruger left the Tories because they’re a mess, not to buddy up with Labour. People love twisting stories to stir panic about conspiracies.
Conservative MP Danny Kruger joins Reform UK, citing the decline of the Conservative Party
Typical Tory backstabbing again
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