John Redwood: MPs who defect will find it harder to make a difference outside the Opposition

John Redwood: MPs who defect will find it harder to make a difference outside the Opposition

Sir John Redwood is a former MP for Wokingham and a former Secretary of State for Wales. He will soon join the House of Lords. Conservatives are doing a serious job of opposition. Under the leadership of Kemi Badenoch, the official Opposition have forced some changes to government policy and rhetoric. There have been u-turns of sorts on pensioner support, taxes on pubs, fuel costs, the Farms tax, anti-business employment laws, and others. It is …