BORIS CLEARS OUT TORY DROSS.

Heidi Allen, Sam Gymah, Sarah Wollaston and Philip Lee, these former luminaries of the Conservative Party have now all joined the Liberal Democrats. Does this not tell us something about them ?

How can anyone change direction quite so dramatically ? Forget the Liberals own publicity which places them in the centre, in truth they are where the Labour Party stood under Tony Blair and are neither liberal nor democratic. The Liberals have moved to occupy the ground now vacated by the Labour Party's dramatic shift to the far left, a position it last occupied under the fanatical Michael Foot in the early 1980s.

Allen, Gymah, Wollaston and Lee can never have been Conservatives in the first place. They may claim that they can't support Brexit or that the Conservatives have moved too far to the right for their liking, but the Liberals haven't suddenly become an alternative right wing party, they have remained left of centre. The modern day 'Gang of Four' clearly now espouse left wing views and policies - either they are hypocrites of the first water, or they never were Conservatives. Perhaps they are both.

None of these four has had the decency to offer their constituents  the opportunity to decide whether they now want to be represented by a Liberal Democrat or would prefer to have the Conservative representation they voted for at the last general election. More hypocrisy. Add in Rory Stewart, a man obsessed with himself, and the appalling Anna Soubry, and it seems that Boris Johnson's actions are actually clearing out some of the left wing elements and other dross from his party.

Good on him !

UMUNNA ON THE MOVE AGAIN.

What a surprise !

Having failed to become leader of the Labour Party or, indeed, to make any lasting impact on it, and then failed in his bid to establish a new breakaway party, the mightily ambitious Chuka Umunna has now joined the Liberal Democrats. One is tempted to wonder exactly what are his political beliefs, if any; is he just an arch opportunist ?

It seems that Umunna is one of those politicos who actually have no firm beliefs, just a desire to get to the top, somehow, anyhow. He cares not what banner he waves, although in his case Brexit appears to be an over-riding issue, and will nail his colours to whatever flagpole is available. In reality, the Liberal Democrats are probably where he belongs, being a group of mildly left wing euro-fanatics whose policies and objectives are mainly focused on offering Nirvana to all and sundry at no cost to themselves. In other words, "pie in the sky"

With a return to the Labour Party all but impossible, Umunna may well have decided that his best chance of ever achieving any sort of high office is with Liberal Democrats who are also going through a time of change. The aged, arrogant and increasingly barmy Vince Cable is off to the funny farm and a leaden process to elect his replacement is underway; although Umunna cannot be a candidate on this occasion, what about next time ? At a mere 40 years of age, he must be well placed to get the job at a later date, when either Jo Swinson or Ed Davey receive their P45 from the party.

So there we are. A man who 4 years ago put himself forward as a candidate to lead the Labour Party, and withdrew 3 days later, is now positioning himself to become leader of the Liberal Democrats. What does that say about him or, indeed, both of those parties ?