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

I’m sure Rowling will weigh in at some point.

If all they ever achieve is to persuade Eddie Izzard to quit the Labour Party then they will have done a great thing. Fingers crossed.

'cho chang was trans! also i support chuka umunna in his fight against creeping stalinism in the labour party' xp

Berger is transparently there so that news can say "have left over concerns about Jeremy Corbyn and anti-semitism", but that's how things work, and the Labour Party have passed quite a few off-ramps on this road.

who is gordon maloney? CLP secretary ?

or is he some random doing a venezuela but

It is literally only 2 weeks since Streatham Labour narrowly voted in a particularly vicious fight, to change from a GC model to an AMM model for selecting our MP candidates. So this does seem a bit of a "you can't deselect me, I quit!" move on Chuka's part.

Chuka Umunna also defected from UK garage for "soulful house", when the MCs started to get involved, and that is all you need to know about him imho

— Dan Hancox (@danhancox) February 18, 2019

didn't Chuka once complain about vile w/c scum ruining some club he went to ?

Labour sources saying the seven should fight by-elections but softer words from Corbyn for @lucianaberger who has suffered horrific anti-Semitic abuse: “I'm saddened Luciana has resigned from the Party. I would like to thank her for her campaigning on mental health in particular”

— Beth Rigby (@BethRigby) February 18, 2019

Agree she didn't get the support - although I would respect her more if she had stood down over this single issue on her own (or others who felt like this) instead of standing around with the likes of Mike Gapes.

...is what I would say if he didn’t travel to Saudi Arabia on a fully funded fact finding mission not even a year ago.

well that's it you have people leaving because of left-wing intellectuals lol.

It could be perhaps more painful for her - but she should have left and fought a by-election and made AS an issue.

honestly I completely understand why she didn’t, the amount of abuse she gets is completely disgusting.

Gavin Shuker is also anti-abortion rights: for a time he was on the “pro-life” APPG, & he voted to allow dodgy religious groups to access to people seeking abortion in order to provide ‘counselling’ https://t.co/j76w35FzrL pic.twitter.com/TvZTEv2iji

— molly smith (@pastachips) February 18, 2019

member of parliament for the gay cure too iirc

basically was a right wing tory in all but party membership.

it can both be true that berger has been treated appallingly and is a bad local MP who does not represent the CLP (idk the details so correct me if I'm wrong)

ya you can dive and it still be a penalty

TBH I think this is a good thing, better that they honestly split and form a pressure group than continue carping from the sidelines (Berger is I think a special case here).

It does make things more difficult for Labour in the first place because they're drifting further and further behind the Tories in numbers, but things are completely messed up right across the board there.

Do any of these MPs represent Labour-Tory marginals?

Also if no MPs leave the Tory Party then these guys have been played.

xp Angela Smith does.

I guess the only reason they haven't joined Lib-Dems is that the Lib-Dem brand is so toxic following the coalition, but can't imagine there's any huge ideological difference between them.

why align yourself with a toxic brand when you can make a new toxic brand all of your own

I don't think "rebel" Soubz will walk, although their brand of empty posturing + not actually representing anything at all is just perfect for her.

did carswell and reckless resign their seats ?

I’m reminded of my favourite crap MP, the previous member for Islington North.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_O%27Halloran_(British_politician)

I thought these lot were such staunch democrats too. the party policy should reflect the membership... but you won’t resign your seat to seek a fresh mandate ? 🤭

it's almost like they're i dunno naked careerists in hock to corporate interests or something

It has been a great privilege and honour to serve my constituents for 27 years, I intend to continue to represent them as a member of the new Independent Group of Members of Parliament

Cheers, Mike, that's big of you.

Carswell and Reckless both resigned and got re-elected, yeah.

Angela Smith's the only one of the seven in a marginal.

they can’t fight a by election because they don’t stand for anything.

Is it true that they don't stand for anything? Other than opposing Brexit, it's more likely they're keeping quiet about what they stand for because they know it will be unpopular.

Carswell and Reckless both resigned and got re-elected, yeah.

― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 18 February 2019 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

This is not quite what's happening here.

'Soubz' has gone quiet, but I'm sure will hear from her by the end of the day.

yeah sorry you’re right matt- they stand for a politics that’s in retreat.

If the thing about them not being legally a political party, so they don’t need to name their donors, is true, it’s hilarious.

Blairism. That's what they stand for. Judging by what they've put out so far.

They’re giving a whole bunch of reasons for leaving and if it had been me, I wouldn’t have put in “Corbyn hates the left” and “the machine left have taken over” in with an actual issue of principle like opposing anti Semitism in the party. Makes some of these look...opportunistic and insincere.

Angela Smith, attempting to discuss race, just referred to “being black or a funny kind of tin...from the BME community” before giving up her attempt at speaking conceptually. I think she was going to say tinge. The woman’s a fuckwit. #laboursplit #PoliticsLive

— Tim Brannigan (@tim_brannigan) February 18, 2019

ya you can dive and it still be a penalty

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“lord sugar has challenged the apprentices to launch a new political party” pic.twitter.com/dgZP7AJhoY

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fs at that angela smith thing. not even half a day old this group...

Ah Angela Smith...not that long since she was standing g up in the House asking the PM if EU citizens would continue to receive benefits after Brexit.

dunno why we're surprised that the mp for penistone would act like a dick tbh

Deservedly getting rinsed.

I'm pretty confused about the timing. six weeks before the Brexit deadline?

these guys are skilled political operators, i'm sure their reasoning is evidence-based and sound, just like their policies

(*policy details tbc something something subs fill this in later thx)

will Angela Smith be talking about half-caste or those coloured West Indian folk there? Lol even committed racists don't even use that kind of speak any more.