Private Eye 1387 (6th-19th March) features a story of how Diana Coad, a Conservative councillor from Slough, has defected to UKIP.

It seems that Cllr Coad had a run-in with our own Chris Adams, whom she apparently verbally and physically abused after her husband lost his seat to Labour, supposedly due to UKIP splitting the Tory vote.

Clearly willing to forgive and forget, Chris was gracious enough to welcome his new colleague via Twitter. Unfortunately it was the “old” Chris who tweeted, so the original message was lost along with his account. Fortunately, a quote remains:

RT @_Chris_Adams: .@Conservatives #Slough Councillor has defected to .@UKIP this morning. Welcome to UKIP Cllr Diana Coad #anyonebutukip

— I don't believe it.. (@MightyOak1649) January 30, 2015

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