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

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

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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

lol

lol Smith has issued an apology.

One question would be why Eagle, Owen Smith, etc. decided to stick around. I guess today's launch does answer it but they would totally gone along with it - you could've easily had another 25 Lab MPs.

clearly they lack the vision and drive of mike gapes

Probably less likely to get VONCed

when is owen “who?” smith leaving

Why aren't John Woodcock and Frank Field - who sit as independent MPs - members of the Independent Group? Are we already seeing a division between the People's Centrist Front and the People's Front of Centrism?

— David Osland (@David__Osland) February 18, 2019

guys they can't all be hard left machine sleeper agents

good screenname nv

Woodcock presumably because he is a sex pest, Field because they have to wait for a lightning storm to get enough juice to resurrect him.

field is ferociously pro-brexit, which osland must surely know

the moral of the SDP is that it was people who stayed who pulled labour SDP-wards in the 90s, so there's that

owen smith may not have noticed this was all going on

I can't believe people still listen to Gong.

Can’t believe how much talk there is here - and on 5LIve right now with Owen Jones - about Blair. Like those Japanese soldiers who don’t know the war’s ended. You might as well get angry about Stafford Cripps

— Stuart Maconie (@StuartMaconie) February 18, 2019

he hasn't even given any kind of interview trying to shape the Labour party to his own twisted ends in 15 years

Stafford Cripps still makes me incredibly angry cos he used to eat raw vegetables, so stfu macaroni!

There's a proper low bar for defecting politicians rushing out a new site and holding press-co's and making racist remarks on day one etc, but these magnificent seven are absolutely burying it.

Rip

I'm proud to have donated and offered my support to these brave MPs. https://t.co/9TbJOlfB6x

— Eddie Marsan (@eddiemarsan) February 18, 2019

we just need rachel riley to weigh in and my bingo card will be full

Who da fuq is Eddie marsan

Actor, apparently. One of those ppl like Frances Barber that are on some BBC movie shit and you get to know their names.

Frank Field is retiring isn't he? (I don't even want to look it up) Woodcock is finished.

But its the likes of Ian Austin, Neil Coyle, Lisa Nandy, Wes Streeting etc. I would even include Tom Watson but he has a career. I guess being pro-Brexit would disqualify you but I don't think that covers all of these ppl.

Yes if I didn't have to go out in a bit I'd be here all night shouting why haven't all of these ppl just pissed off.

To all those calling for the 7 MPs to hold by-elections now they’ve rejected this leadership’s hijacked version of Labour, this ⬇️⬇️⬇️ https://t.co/VpmwfCXlil

— Rachel Riley (@RachelRileyRR) February 18, 2019

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