Eurgh. Don't want any Tories at all, but 2019 Tories are particularly detestable
strawberry float off.
I suspect the deal was to let her join or she wouldn't leave the Tories, and Starmer simply couldn't resist the forbidden fruit. To be fair, it is a big blow to a PM and government focusing so much energy on 'Stop The Boats' for the Dover MP to do this. All they've got left is laws about toilets.
But still...
eurgh strawberry float off!Edit - actually, I'm struggling to believe she would have made that ultimatum. He probably just couldn't resit the symbolism of the direct 'from them to us'.