Two Sandwell Conservative councillors defect to Labour with parting shots at 'weak' Rishi Sunak
Two Sandwell Conservative councillors have blasted their former party after crossing the floor to join Labour.
Councillors David Wilkes and Archer Williams, chair and deputy chair respectively of Tipton and Wednesbury Conservatives, have crossed the floor to join the Labour Party at Sandwell Council.
In a scathing attack on the national and local Tories, Councillor Wilkes said that the party are 'unfit to represent this brilliant part of the country'.
Councillor Williams said that his calls for local MPs Shaun Bailey and Nicola Richards to 'stand up to Rishi Sunak and give our communities what they deserve' had fallen on deaf ears.
Councillor Wilkes said: “I made this decision based on a simple question - could I tell my constituents to vote Conservative in the next general election? The answer was no.
