Come and join Labour, Bob (From Echo)

Come and join Labour, Bob

I read with interest your article regarding the possible defection of Colchester MP Bob Russell to Labour, a prospect his agent dismisses.

There has been much speculation about which Lib Dem MPs may switch to Labour over the coming months.

Your article quite rightly reported Mr Russell has already been a member of the Labour Party. Indeed, he left Labour in 1981 to join the SDP, and then went into the Lib Dems.

Today, he sits in the Commons as a de-facto Tory.

If Mr Russell wishes to come home to Labour, then I have a membership form ready and waiting for him to sign.

However, he may wish to court the local Green Party or UKIP first, in order to add some more colours to the rainbow of his political career.

Jordan Newell
Chairman
Colchester Labour Party
Tufnell Way
Colchester