‘Like finding a new family’: young Tory defectors explore Lib Dems conference
Cody Butler, the 21-year-old former chair of the One Nation Conservative Network at the Lib Dems conference in Brighton on Sunday. Photograph: Alexandra Topping/The GuardianView image in fullscreenCody Butler, the 21-year-old former chair of the One Nation Conservative Network at the Lib Dems conference in Brighton on Sunday. A week ago, he joined the Lib Dems.“There is no easy way to describe joining a new political party, because it’s like finding a new family,” he said.
- ▪Cody Butler, the 21-year-old former chair of the One Nation Conservative Network at the Lib Dems conference in Brighton on Sunday.
- ▪Photograph: Alexandra Topping/The GuardianView image in fullscreenCody Butler, the 21-year-old former chair of the One Nation Conservative Network at the Lib Dems conference in Brighton on Sunday.
- ▪A week ago, he joined the Lib Dems.“There is no easy way to describe joining a new political party, because it’s like finding a new family,” he said.
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Cody Butler, the 21-year-old former chair of the One Nation Conservative Network at the Lib Dems conference in Brighton on Sunday. Photograph: Alexandra Topping/The GuardianView image in fullscreenCody Butler, the 21-year-old former chair of the One Nation Conservative Network at the Lib Dems conference in Brighton on Sunday. Photograph: Alexandra Topping/The GuardianLiberal Democrat conference‘Like finding a new family’: young Tory defectors explore Lib Dems conference Self-described moderates say they feel forced out of Kemi Badenoch’s party, and into the arms of Ed Davey’sAlexandra Topping Political correspondentSun 20 Sep 2026 14.04 EDTLast modified on Sun 20 Sep 2026 14.06 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleClimbing the party-branded stairs of the Brighton Centre with a Liberal…
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