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In politics, a defector is a person who gives up allegiance to one state in exchange for allegiance to another, changing sides in a way which is considered illegitimate by the first state. [1] More broadly, defection involves abandoning a person, cause, or doctrine to which one is bound by some tie, as of allegiance or duty. [2] [3]
Though corruption was a global phenomenon, the Gandhi period saw the disruptive politics of defection become rampant in India. [7] With rising public opinion [citation needed] for an anti-defection law, immediately after securing a clear majority in 1984, Rajiv Gandhi proposed the new anti-defection
The defection of ex-Tory MP Marco Longhi to the Reform party is the latest stage in a struggle to the death between Nigel Farage and Kemi Badenoch.. Mr Longhi’s switch was announced by Farage in ...
Defection is defined as either voluntarily giving up the membership of his party or disobeying (abstaining or voting against) the directives (political whip) of the party leadership on a vote in legislature. Legislators can change their party without the risk of disqualification to merge with or into another party provided that at least two ...
The rise of Reform UK to its status as a political force that is able to pose a threat to the Conservatives ... Marco Longhi’s Friday night defection to the party. But the really big fish have ...
Politics. Science & Tech. Sports. ... Mr Farage announced the defection at a press conference in central London where he said she had become the 100,000th member of his party and will run to be ...
Defection is defined as either voluntarily giving up the membership of his party or disobeying (abstaining or voting against) the directives (political whip) of the party leadership on a vote in legislature. Legislators can change their party without the risk of disqualification to merge with or into another party provided that at least two ...
The defection of Tory MP Dr Dan Poulter to Labour features among a variety of stories on the front pages of Sunday’s newspapers. The Observer says Dr Poulter left the Conservatives because they ...