THE disaffected Labour and Tory politicians who dramatically resigned last week to form a LibDem tribute act (that joke was shamelessly stolen from our very own Wee Ginger Dug, apologies) has held their first meeting.
Despite being defined by everything they are against, managing to do a racism within hours of launching, and with very little shared policy direction, this was the opportunity for the eight former Labour and three former Tories to set the scene for where this self-proclaimed, new direction on the political landscape will take them – an alternative to the establishment politicians.
Instead, the group has decided that their first meeting should take place at One George Street in London, an Edwardian building in Westminster which has the antiquated appearance of the venues used by the the old-fashioned, out-of-touch political parties that they broke away from just last week.
Chris Leslie , Joan Ryan, Sarah Wollaston, Chuka Umunna, Heidi Allen, Gavin Shuker, Luciana Berger, Anna Soubry, Mike Gapes, Ann Coffey and Angela Smith, as the MPs in the new Independent Group hold their first meeting at One Great George Street in London. pic.twitter.com/bUMHSiLIp0
— Elliot Wagland (@elliotwagland) February 25, 2019
Very anti-establishment indeed. That'll show them.
Welcome to the new kind politics, just like the old kind of politics...
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