“Conservative MP Mark Reckless has announced that he is joining UKIP.”
I could not help but notice which side the government radio came down on, even in their headline.
I also noticed Mark Reckless resigned as an MP after making the party switch. Damn good move and if it is a law in England to do that, it would/could/should be a good thing to be emulated by a certain former colony.
Strictly speaking there is no law to say MP’s HAVE to resign if they shift parties, but it is regarded as “good form” to do so. Certainly all the MP’s who have defected to UKIP have chosen to do so.