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

Yes, legit can't see any of them being in Parliament post-election. They can target as many marginals as they want. A few will probably go down the D-Mili route of heading to consultancy work in the UK, the rest will disappear with a sense that they left on their own terms without the indignity of getting shunted.

In the US, even.

Do you get Loss Of Office payments if you are deselected?

do they fancy themselves kingmakers in a hung parliament?

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

Chuka's argument for not resigning their seats and standing in by-elections was that it's the wrong time to be having elections. Seriously. He's all about stability.

Out of interest, are The Independent Group signed up to the IHRA definition and examples yet, like Corbyn's Labour party are?

— Daniel Grigg (@Daniel_Grigg) February 18, 2019

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Time for the politics of aspiration. Mr & Mrs John Lewis shopper do not want to be spooked by talk of extreme poverty or climate catastrophe.

Going on and on about the extinction of all life on earth is exactly the sort of negative, non-aspirational thinking we want to avoid.

— Simon Hedges (@Orwell_Fan) February 18, 2019

Rebel Labour MPs considered asking Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson to lead the new movement, reports @chrisdeerin. https://t.co/nPI1Mfm4Rw

— George Eaton (@georgeeaton) February 18, 2019

it just keeps getting better

I was half wondering if "funny tinge" was some outdated racist term that was in actual common usage in 1970s Grimsby or whatever and she's just blurted it out, but no, it's original content. That's just how she talks about non-white people. Like, on TV, when she's trying to look good at her job and that. Cool

What, this Ruth Davidson? (xp)

https://www.scotsman.com/news/tories-and-ruth-davidson-under-fire-over-abhorrent-rape-clause-1-4720042

Genuinely shocked that it's only Ash Sarkar and Robin Di Angelo that react to that, would have expected more from (checks notes) Brendan O'Neill and Daniel Hannan.

going to be fun when ian murray joins the independence group

their (crashed) website has been registered in tax haven Panama as well. Nothing like bravely trying to beat a new path in politics etc.. yawn

Website registration and company registration are very different things, mind.

well, it certainly still inspires extra confidence in a company that doesn't want you to know who its donors are.

..sorry a political party..or pressure group or whatever these fuckwits think they are.

look we here at the independent group are committed to the highest ideals of transparency, and of course we have nothing to hide, but our hands are tied on this issue by gdpr rules

rest assured that we strive to represent a wide range of views and opinions, which is one of our greatest appeals to those who choose to support us

iirc their company registration address is above a Wetherspoons in Altrincham.

https://res.cloudinary.com/jpress/image/fetch/c_fill,f_auto,h_761,q_auto:eco,w_1117/https://inews.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/TimMartin.jpg

Labour splitters prepared for questions on ‘stodgy and mushy’ centrism

‘JK Rowling - are they behind this’

Wide brief for Chuka Umunna - ‘What is your policy on X’ pic.twitter.com/QFHCVB0Xa4

— Ross Kempsell (@rosskempsell) February 18, 2019

look we here at the independent group are people just like you, and we chose to register our business address above a wetherspoons in altrincham because we appreciate tim martin's no-nonsense approach to pragmatic politics, and also because wetherspoon's curry thursday events represent exactly the kind of multicultural melting-pot we recognise as vital to keeping the united kingdom not just culturally vibrant but also competitive on the world stage

"Why are you different?"

Just keep firing policy questions at him - can’t duck them all.

'chuka, what's your policy on jk rowling's recent assertion on twitter that hagrid is volcel?'

the extent to which the Indie Group have clowned their own movement already makes me suspect they are actually hard left sleeper agents about to wipe away centrism for a generation of hopeful hard-working untinged families

nothing but respect for my antifa supersoldier chuka umunna o7

they're just doing politics for themselves and if other people like it that's a bonus

This is pretty good on the various bits of cash around Umunna: https://tribunemag.co.uk/2019/02/yesterdays-man

Also has some punchy-kinda-lame stuff like this.

New Labour had strong appeal for many top journalists because it allowed them to feel socially conscious and modern without making them uncomfortable about second homes and public school fees. Umunna has a strong personal appeal for pundits who last felt truly alive in 1997, with Tony in number 10 and Shed Seven on the CD player.

Bad thing for Berger to have gone along with this - the specifics around her are totally getting lost and that's even before Smith's racism.

speaking of feeling alive in 1997, i just noticed that mike gapes' twitter bio concludes with a triumphant 'things can only get better' ffs

https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article8397292.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/Angela-Eagle-Challenges-Jeremy-Corbyn-For-The-Labour-Leadership.jpg

ONLY TWO YEARS AGO

(incidentally i am objectively pro-shed seven these days in solidarity against their half-assed deployment as a punchline)

finally an independent group that's all about nostalgia

that's the hottest take this thread has seen in weeks xp

steam rising off it!

shed seven caused brexit don't @ me

i'm not saying someone has a rising FP count but I'm not not saying it

i think the most hateful part of Shed Seven as punchline is it implies they were in some measurable way worse than any other Britpop act

I'm really sorry that I misspoke earlier on Politics Live - here's my statement. pic.twitter.com/7csM95TFLo

— Angela Smith MP (@angelasmithmp) February 18, 2019

would have more credibility if she'd tinged up

love it when my 18-second hostage-video style apologies start with a stumbling self-correction, the embarrassment of which could easily have been erased by a second take

wait o shit was actually this the best take of a series?

can somebody be expelled from the Indie Group y/n?

"I'm committed to fighting all racism - apart from my own dyed in the wool bigotry that my inbred constituents are perfectly fine with"

We have multiple people on multiple accounts spreading the awareness of our brand. However we are seeing some parody accounts popping. Be sure to DM us if you see any of these and we'll try our best at discussing the situation with PR. Thanks.

— The Independent Group (@IndGroup_UK) February 18, 2019

these guys are fkn crushing it today, the establishment has been rocked to its core

There has recently been a breach into our Twitter profile from an external source, but luckily our tech support have been very responsive in securing our brand. There were some changes to our Twitter profile that have since been fixed. Thanks to all that let us know.

— The Independent Group (@IndGroup_UK) February 18, 2019

fuck that's a parody account, now i am the one rocked to my core

SECURE THE BRAND

Angela Smith merely reflecting the public's legitimate concerns about tingeing. I will be disappointed if some newspaper doesn't report her regretful apology with the headline, 'Tinge of Sadness.

We must secure the existence of our brand and a future for untinged children