CONSERVATIVE MP Crispin Blunt shamed Labour and Tory MPs who trooped together into the voting lobbies on Tuesday night to back Trident nuclear weapons.

Reigate MP Mr Blunt not only spoke out against Trident but joined 19 Labour rebels who voted against renewal of the submarine-based system.

A Commons motion against renewal of Trident was crushed by 364 votes to 35 after Tory and Labour front benches joined forces to back the weapons of mass destruction. A number of Labour MPs abstained.