"oh you don't get me I'm the end of the union": lol brexit is how we're all gonna die

will probably take more votes off the tories tbf

In before 200 concern trolls bemoaning the death of the Labour Party

at least poor old G Lineker won't be sleeping out on the streets anymore.

there isnt 200 that care

Looking forward to a detailed explanation of how this party is different to the Lib Dems

https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/elections/2018/04/it-s-tories-not-labour-who-should-fear-new-centrist-party

these principled idea politicians will be resigning their seats at the same time and putting their arguments to a by-election no doubt 🤔

At least most Tory "rebels" have the brains to realise people vote for the brand, not the particular nobhead representing it

My display name is disappointed they couldn't have waited until tomorrow tho

cdunt wait

Angela Smith’s seat is a marginal but all the rest are safe Labour seats. Idk what the benefit of such a small split is when they could easily be replaced by Corbyn loyalists? As said before and proved by Danczuk, there’s no such thing as a personal vote for most MPs. Berger is the only one who the party should be sorry to lose, imo. They’ve also done her a massive disservice wrt handling anti Semitism and they’ve done some disgraceful things(like concealing that threat against her).

Paul Flynn MP, the Labour MP for Newport West, died last night so that’s a by-election probably in May.

they’re going to abandon their constituents and target marginals at the next GE apparently

Lol wtfffff, I hadn’t read that? So much for being good constituency MPs.

it’s only a rumour at this point

Gossip I've heard on "imminent" #LabourSplit:

* There's a 10-year strategy for the new party
* Those leaving Lab will pledge not to stand for re-election in their current constituency & will instead target marginals.
* They sought advice from consultancy firms in Washington

— Rachel Wearmouth (@REWearmouth) February 17, 2019

Standing in marginals really only benefits the Tories, which is what they keep saying they don’t want.

I hope the party statement is even funnier than this one:

A spokesman for the party said: “Jeremy thanks John for his service to the Labour party.”

they sought advice from consultancy firms in washington

o shit these guys mean business

Any 10-year strategy written in the weeks before Brexit is fantasy bollocks, i can't believe these types would indulge in such

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington,_Tyne_and_Wear

lol

however will labour win a GE without bobson dugnutt

once you're committed to the fantasy of storming the ballot boxes with your irresistable centrist mandate, nothing is beyond the powers of your imagination i guess

never forget Chris Leslie's deep thinking on updating Mondeo Man/Worcester Woman - the Which magazine reading strata of UK society. Such a great mind allied to a finger on the pulse of the zeitgeist is a rarity in politics, RIP.

that’s that then

fs

Chris Leslie, MP for Nottingham East, is speaking now. He says it has not been an easy decision and that they have all been MPs for very many years. The Labour party they joined, campaigned for and believed in has been hijacked by the “machine politics of the hard left”, he says.

'oh noes my centre-right party has been inflitrated by people with actual political convictions'

He says it would be irresponsible to allow Jeremy Corbyn to be prime minister, which is something other Labour MPs will say privately. He accuses the leadership of having a “narrow and outdated ideology”. “To them the world divides between oppressor and oppressed, class enemies, when in truth the modern world is more complicated than this.”

i mean is it tho

They all have great careers ahead of them, not as MPs of course, but there's a comfortable life to be had as a token Labour apostate in the media, not to mention advisory roles in Tory governments, and the usual company directorships and consultancy work for privatizers, hedge funds etc.

Chris Leslie couldn't resist doing a "socialism = bad" bit could he?
If these people can't stick to their script on day one then not sure how they imagine this is going to pan out well.

It’s a real shame Labour will no longer represent the interests of the private water industry lobbyists and anti choicers.

I’m really glad to see Chris “hard left” Leslie remains as quotable as ever.

I’m afraaaaaaaid that is the nature of

the machine left

Feel sorry for anyone who has voted Labour in their constituency and ended up represented by one of these people

Now Angela Smith, MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge, says that she is from a Labour supporting working class family who were ambitious for her. “Most people are like my family. They do not want to be patronised by left wing intellectuals who think that being poor and working class is a state of grace.”

careful with that straw man, it looks v flammable

Lol Gavin Shuker says they don’t believe that

every problem in the world has been created by the west

xp some sort of quenching fluid will put that right out

finally, a business-friendly party for hardworking families who want to better themselves

The SDP would've thrown this lot out for being obvious tories

david steel in the hour of chaos

The Labour party they joined, campaigned for and believed in has been hijacked by the “machine politics of the hard left

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/AngryFeminineAmphibian-max-1mb.gif

Seven MPs is too low.

Berger is the only one who the party should be sorry to lose, imo.

Nope.

I wanted Neil Coyle to quit as well. Quite a few others but I can't remember their names rn.

and now, the sound of one lip flapping

Chuka Umunna, MP for Streatham, says that the current parties are part of the problem, not the solution. “It is time we dumped this country’s old fashioned politics,” he says. The UK needs a political party “fit for the hear and now” and the “first step in leaving the tribal politics behind”.

“You don’t join a political party to fight the people within it,” he says. The new group will have its first formal meeting in the coming days. Umunna says that the bottom line is: “Politics is broken. It doesn’t have to be this way. Let’s change it.”

- leave tribal politics behind
- join our tribe
- ????
- profit

they say they're not a political party but a company established to support independent MPs, don't have to abide by rules on funding parties but will do so, but also that they only "may" name those making a donation of £7500 or more https://t.co/mnU9unC7q2

— Dan Howdon (@danielhowdon) February 18, 2019

sure, sounds like just the sort of breath of fresh air this corrupted political system needs alright

Well, that’s not dodgy at all, is it? The PFI Group.

their website appears to have keeled over, presumably from the weight of rubberneckers desperate to clown them online politically homeless people desperate to set the controls for the heart of the centrism

"Look,..."

forgive my ignorance but what is stopping these ppl joining the lib dems

Nope.

Also, she’s related to Manny Shinwell, who famously crossed the floor to smack a Tory in the face after said Tory heckled him to “go back to Poland”.

xp plausible deniability

They've actually called themselves "The Independent Group" ffs

That’s like a name you come up with and (usually) discard after a few minutes’ thinking.

But really, the thing about the west is awfully dog whistley no?