Change UK: Chuka Umunna resigns from Labour party and launches Independent Group

[Puddy_Tat]

Are they dead yet?

no, they are resting...

 

[Dom Traynor]

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If Jo Swinson becomes Libdem leader then that will give the CHUKAs a great excuse to seek a proper relationship that will lead to merger.

From the article above maybe Soubry will pull a David Owen and lead a CHUK rump into the next election while Heidi becomes deputy leader of the Libdems. Assuming the Libs will have them of course.

 

[ruffneck23]

Change UK to hold make-or-break meeting over party's future as splits erupt

 

[Dogsauce]

I imagine the mundaneness of being subsumed into the Lib Dems might be a bit much for the egos of some of these bold counter-revolutionaries. Subordinate to Ed Davey, what a world.

 

[andysays]

Change UK to hold make-or-break meeting over party's future as splits erupt

Splitters gonna split...

 

[DotCommunist]

continuity chuckles

 

[cupid_stunt]

Change UK to hold make-or-break meeting over party's future as splits erupt

Some are said to be keen on joining the Lib Dems, but others insist there is still a future for Change UK as an independent political force

Deluded twats.

 

[kabbes]

Bunch of muppets

 

[eatmorecheese]

This whole malarkey cheers me up. Their politics is rotting and in their consternation is a lot of raw humour. More please

 

[Proper Tidy]

Mirror reporting that they've officially split... Six going as independent and five staying as Change UK. Lol

 

[Proper Tidy]

Change UK split - six return to being Independents but five stick with new party

Change UK split - six return to being Independents but five stick with new party

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

 

[Lord Camomile]

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

 

[Plumdaff]

Permanent Change UK.

What a bunch of absolute fucking twats

 

[Ted Striker]

Triggers

 

[TopCat]

Which ones jumped?

 

[Badgers]

£87,880 on Facebook advertising

 

[andysays]

Which ones jumped?

Mirror story doesn't have that detail. Has the story appeared anywhere else?

 

[DotCommunist]

started as the magnificent seven, reached a dirty dozen and now down to the famous five

 

[cupid_stunt]

started as the magnificent seven, reached a dirty dozen and now down to the famous five

Famous?

 

[Lord Camomile]

Which ones jumped?

Guardian has this roll call:

Change UK’s interim leader, Heidi Allen, and the former Labour MP Chuka Umunna, who is the group’s spokesman, have been advocating closer cooperation with the Liberal Democrats, and are among those thought to be considering defecting to the party.

Other MPs may also leave the party, potentially including the former Labour MP Luciana Berger, who was the face of Change UK’s launch event. The MPs are holding a meeting on Tuesday lunchtime and an announcement is expected later in the day.

Umunna conceded last week that the party had “made mistakes along the way”, and suggested pro-remain parties should “work together instead of competing”.

However, the Guardian understands a core of five Change UK MPs – out of the party’s 11 – including the former Labour MPs Joan Ryan, Chris Leslie, Mike Gapes and Ann Coffey, and the former Conservative MP Anna Soubry, are determined to continue as a separate party.

 

[Proper Tidy]

What's the betting the six potential independents will merge with/join the libdems? I reckon pretty likely

 

[Proper Tidy]

The Soubreyites, amazing stuff

 

[DotCommunist]

Famous?

fatuous five then

 

[cupid_stunt]

Guardian has this roll call:

former Labour MPs Joan Ryan, Chris Leslie, Mike Gapes and Ann Coffey, and the former Conservative MP Anna Soubry, are determined to continue as a separate party.

Fucking hell, four eejits want to stay with Soubry.

 

[Wilf]

Aren't the non-chuk independents mainly sex pests and gropers?

 

[strung out]

Presumably the ones leaving are going to be called The Independent Independent Group, or perhaps The Real Independent Group.

 

[editor]

Worra clusterfuck

Up to half of Change UK’s MPs are poised to leave the fledgling political party after its dismal performance in the European elections.

Change UK’s interim leader, Heidi Allen, and the former Labour MP Chuka Umunna, who is the group’s spokesman, have been advocating closer cooperation with the Liberal Democrats, and are among those thought to be considering defecting to the party.

Other MPs may also leave the party, potentially including the former Labour MP Luciana Berger, who was the face of Change UK’s launch event. The MPs are holding a meeting on Tuesday lunchtime and an announcement is expected later in the day.
Umunna conceded last week that the party had “made mistakes along the way”, and suggested pro-remain parties should “work together instead of competing”.

Change UK set to lose up to half its MPs

 

[kabbes]

Worra clusterfuck



Change UK set to lose up to half its MPs

Look seven posts up...

 

[cupid_stunt]

Presumably the ones leaving are going to be called The Independent Independent Group, or perhaps The Real Independent Group.

Provisional Independent Group, until they split and 3 or 4 join the LibDems, and the 2 or 3 left declare themselves as the Continuity Independent Group, until they split.