The Labour peer, appointed by the Conservative Party to lead a new infrastructure commission, will now sit as an Independent in the House of Lords after having been a Social Democrat councillor and Liberal Democrat election candidate before joining Labour.

Reminds me of one or two people in East Devon … REAL independents start that way and end that way and as a result are not trusted with majority party committee Chairmanships where a rogue vote could change policy nor are they admitted into their inner sanctums …