By Andrew Marr

It can be hard to keep up.

Tonight, we learn that Labour's leadership struggle gives us a by-election in Gorton and Denton as early as next month.

But a third Tory defection to Reform, today it was Suella Braverman, hasn't given us any by-election promises from the party that was, I think rightly, so angry about Labour postponing local elections...

In each case, what price democracy? Braverman's defection must count as one of the least surprising political stories of 2026 so far, but that doesn't mean it's meaningless.

After all, she was a contender to be Tory leader less than four years ago. She was one of the best-known and........

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