I'm not sure. I didn't care enough to look into it.
Change UK: Chuka Umunna resigns from Labour party and launches Independent Group
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belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
she's done some campaigning around there, before the euro's and at a couple of events. Surely too long a shot for someone of her 'stature.' I suppose they could hope she would pick up quite a few disaffected Tories as well, but it seems a rather lnog shot.
fakeplasticgirl
Keirleader
Bye Chucky! Never thought I’d be sad to see you leave streatham. And I was right!
So he’s been moved to a constituency where labour had a chance of winning and will split the vote so the tories might take it?
So he’s been moved to a constituency where labour had a chance of winning and will split the vote so the tories might take it?
agricola
a genuine importer of owls
Currently it has shrank itself, ready to float down the Effra. In a couple of weeks time it will emerge near Vauxhall Bridge and turn itself into a tree branch in order to cross the Thames.
elbows
Well-Known Member
From the BBCs live parliament updates thingy:
Independent Group for Change MP Anna Soubry asks Mr Gove whether Operation Yellowhammer - the government's no-deal plan - still exists.
Mr Gove says that it does and that Yellowhammer represents a "reasonable worst-case scenario". He says that Operation Kingfisher - a Treasury plan - also still exists.
He adds that Ms Soubry's suggestion of an Operation Dodo does not exist "though I can well understand why the Independent Group for Change would be interested in such an exercise".
Independent Group for Change MP Anna Soubry asks Mr Gove whether Operation Yellowhammer - the government's no-deal plan - still exists.
Mr Gove says that it does and that Yellowhammer represents a "reasonable worst-case scenario". He says that Operation Kingfisher - a Treasury plan - also still exists.
He adds that Ms Soubry's suggestion of an Operation Dodo does not exist "though I can well understand why the Independent Group for Change would be interested in such an exercise".
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
I'm rarely even half right about anything, so this makes a change.
Wolveryeti
Detty Pig
Will Chukkles now complete the grand slam and join the Tories now, I wonder?
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Or Labour leadership bid.
moochedit
I'm not feeding seagulls
He would first need to rejoin labour (if they let him) and then get back into parliament at a by election. Can't really see either of those happenning any time soon.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
since he will probably get a peerage for services to the conservative party, maybe
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
He did that on the back of remain voters, that one trick disappears next month.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
Quite possibly but I suspect that he is trying to convince the rest of him that it was due to him, I think it likely they will take a chance on him again.
The LibDems are still paying the price for going into coalition with Cameron and look where it's got them, the Tories have just have their biggest success in 4 decades and they are on the verge of extinction. They have no hope of recovering any relevance in UK politics until all trace of anyone involved in the Coalition has gone. It hasn't gone yet and it probably won't have gone by 2024 either/
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Where now sleater et al? Where now?
Dear Member,
As you know the Management Council convened today and we unanimously agreed to begin the process of closing down The Independent Group for Change. As you know more than anyone, we came together to form our party in response to the broken state of British politics. Last February, in order to do something about this, The Independent Group was formed.
...
Honesty and realism are at the core of our values, and we therefore must recognise that the political uncertainty of recent months has now given way to a settled pattern in Parliament for the next five years. So this is the right time for us to take stock.
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But I want to be very clear about what we did achieve. My former Labour colleagues shone a spotlight on the state of the Labour Party, exposing how it had moved to the hard left and was tolerating anti-semitism. I do not doubt Labour shifted its position to a confirmatory second referendum because of the courageous move made by Chris, Mike, Ann, Joan and others
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But as I say, we need to be realistic and therefore we have agreed to start the process of winding up the party. We have ended your monthly subscription and are beginning the process of closing down our office and organisation. We will contact the Electoral Commission to de-register as a political party.
Dear Member,
As you know the Management Council convened today and we unanimously agreed to begin the process of closing down The Independent Group for Change. As you know more than anyone, we came together to form our party in response to the broken state of British politics. Last February, in order to do something about this, The Independent Group was formed.
...
Honesty and realism are at the core of our values, and we therefore must recognise that the political uncertainty of recent months has now given way to a settled pattern in Parliament for the next five years. So this is the right time for us to take stock.
...
But I want to be very clear about what we did achieve. My former Labour colleagues shone a spotlight on the state of the Labour Party, exposing how it had moved to the hard left and was tolerating anti-semitism. I do not doubt Labour shifted its position to a confirmatory second referendum because of the courageous move made by Chris, Mike, Ann, Joan and others
...
But as I say, we need to be realistic and therefore we have agreed to start the process of winding up the party. We have ended your monthly subscription and are beginning the process of closing down our office and organisation. We will contact the Electoral Commission to de-register as a political party.
brogdale
Coming to terms with late onset Anarchism
Job done.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
edit: misread question
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Who knows, or cares?
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
Fuck all.
And, that went so bloody well, did't it?
Fucking bunch of muppets.
gosub
~#
Proper Tidy
Arsed
Seem to be taking credit for delivering a massive tory majority able to determine whatever shape of brexit it wants alongside enacting regressive unpopular policies to batter ordinary people and salt the earth of the ruins of any sort of social state, as well as reshaping of parliamentary constituencies to increase likelihood of further large majority tory govts in the future, great stuff, this is what success smells like. Liberal cunts.
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