Quentin Who?

THERE'S been a considerable amount of froth generated over Quentin Davies MP's defection from the Conservatives to Labour.

The first thing I thought was "Quentin who?" and I bet you did as well.

The most surprising thing of all was that Labour actually allowed someone called Quentin to join their ranks... a most disturbing decision I must say.

In all honesty, the timing was all very convenient and while I have no reasonto doubt his reasons, it's clear that Team Gordon managed to capatlise on it very well.

So now Quentin Wotsisface has joined Labour he'll presumably be quite happy to stand for his cosy Tory seat of Grantham and Stamford at the next election on a Labour ticket? Well, not if his comments to Jeremy Paxman last night were anything to go by, mumbling on about not wanting to campaign against people who had supported him in the past... yeah, right.

Of course, when these stories come up there's always MPs lining up ready to snipe at their former colleague. But these two were the best I found:

"All I say is 'good riddance'." - Sir Nicholas Winterton (Conservative)

"This defection will raise the average standard of members on the Conservative side and lower it on the Labour side." - Tory peer Norman Tebbit (who else?)

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