Why did Lisa Cameron defect to the Tories?

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🗓️ 12 October 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Lisa Cameron MP has quit the SNP to join the Conservative party, just days before the SNP holds its party conference in Aberdeen. What does this say about the state of the Scottish National Party under Humza Yousaf? James Heale talks to Isabel Hardman and Lucy Dunn.

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0:25.0	Hello and welcome to Coffee Have Shots. I'm James Seal and I'm joined today
0:28.2	by Lucy Dunn and Isabel Harman.
0:30.4	Now I think the big story in Westminster this week which of course is still in recess
0:33.6	until Monday is the news of a rather surprising defection from the S&P to the Tories.
0:38.4	It's the first time an MP is ever crossed the four in that particular direction.
0:42.2	Lucy Dunn tells all about this.
0:44.3	Yes so Lisa Cameron was the S&P MP for East Kilbride.
0:48.8	She has defected quite surprisingly to the Conservative Party
0:52.0	after accusing the S&P of toxic bullying and treatment towards her.
0:56.7	Lisa Cameron was facing desalection anyway after the candidate
1:00.4	Grant Castello was backed by her seat by MSPs in the party.
1:05.2	She has put a bit of a fight about this in recent weeks
1:08.6	and today has decided that she is no longer going to be part of the S&P.
1:12.4	She joined the Conservatives in quite a surprising move
1:15.6	citing the disgraced MP Patrick Greedy as being involved in her decision to step down
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