The prime minister appeared to briefly lose his thread as his former colleague crossed the floor as he tried to address the House of Commons.
Conservative MP Phillip Lee has left his party and joined the Liberal Democrats in a dramatic move which strips Boris Johnson of his majority in parliament. Lee chose to desert the Conservatives in the most public way possible, crossing the floor while the prime minister was speaking after Parliament returned from summer recess. Opposition MPs were for a moment quiet before he took his seat next to Jo Swinson, the Liberal Democrat leader before cheers broke out.
Conservative MP Phillip Lee has left his party and joined the Liberal Democrats in a dramatic move which strips Boris Johnson of his majority in parliament. Lee chose to desert the Conservatives in the most public way possible, crossing the floor while the prime minister was speaking after Parliament returned from summer recess. Opposition MPs were for a moment quiet before he took his seat next to Jo Swinson, the Liberal Democrat leader before cheers broke out.
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