shawn hubler. thank you very much indeed, from - well. shawn hubler.hubler. thank you l very much indeed, from the new york times. here in the uk, a conservative mp has defected to the opposition labour party. dan poulter has been the mp for central suffolk and north ipswich since the 2010 election. he combines his political career with practising medicine as an nhs hospital doctor on a part—time basis. in an interview with laura kuenssberg, he confirmed he was defecting to labour. the prime minister under pressure. the doctor departing the tory tribe. dan poulter has been a doctor and a conservative mp for 1h years, but in that rare move, a political defection, he's quit and is joining labour too. i found it increasingly difficult to look my nhs colleagues in the eye, my patients in the eye, and my constituents in the eye with good conscience. and ifeel that the nhs deserves better than it has at the moment in terms of how its run and governed. since 2010, though, constituents in your suffolk home have chosen you, sent you to westminster as a conserva