Who is Luke Bozier?

At around 11pm (or thereabouts) on an otherwise quiet, uneventful Sunday evening, I logged onto Twitter to catch the odd bit of political/football/legal gossip before going to bed. Procrastination extends beyond the realms of academia for me and I’m loathe to go to bed early on a Sunday night as it leads quicker into the inevitability of a Monday Morning -  by far, my least favourite time of the week.
 
Unbeknownst to me, however, was that I was about to log into a “Twitter storm” as a relatively unknown (and I certainly don’t mean that in a disparaging sense) erstwhile Labour activist announced to his followers that he was leaving the Labour Party and joining the Conservatives.
 
Allow me, firstly, to qualify my use of the term “relatively unknown”. Amongst politicos like myself, he is well known, but take the name Luke Bozier outwith the realms of the neo-politico and you’ll likely be met with a blank face.
 
That is not to say, however, that this defection is any less significant. Looking at this objectively, I am forced to ask to what extent the reasoning of this intelligent man is reflected throughout the country. It is easy, as prove to be the case given the level of opprobrium brought upon him as a result of his announcement, to descend into mockery and abuse.
 
What purpose does that serve? Luke’s reasoning was sound, well articulated and by and large replicated my own feelings about how things are working out. It would be remiss to laugh off this defection as an isolated affair by a disgruntled, until now clandestine Conservative. The length and breadth of the country, potential voters are forming an opinion on the electability of Labour. Many are coming to the same conclusion as Luke and they have far more power than any of us.
 
History dictates that a party that has been in office for a mere 30 out of 110 years of existence cannot afford to lose its brightest and its best. Nor can it allow itself to dismiss a swathe of people on account of the fact they are “Blairites”. Labour is at its best and most electable when it is a genuine coalition of people, fighting on the centre ground of British politics and speaking the language of aspiration and wealth creation.
 
Yes, people may be entitled to ask “who is Luke Bozier”. However on an objective viewpoint that would miss the point. The question I am asking today is how many more people in the wider general public share the salient views expressed by Luke on his decision to leave, and how many are coming to the same conclusion?