The Guardian's Michael White looks at Brian Sedgemore's defection and the long career of rebellion and outspokenness that preceded it. His latest antics, White concludes, are
... "vintage Sedgemore. A clever working-class boy who got to Oxford and into the law, he never acquired the knack of political subtlety or a public tone of voice which was less than vituperative. In his last Commons speech, a despairing, melancholy occasion, he spoke of Labour's 'descent into hell'."
