If you're planning to jump ship to a new political party, you should probably choose one that you didn't say could never be trusted again...
One could be forgiven for wondering just how desperate the situation is that you'd be willing to put yourself in your own firing line.
Enter Chuku Umunna.
Clearly regretting his decision to condemn himself to political irrelevance in Change UK, Umunna now wants back into a party - any party - that'll have him. Unfortunately for him, and according to the Daily Mail, that appears to be the Liberal Democrats.
The problem for Umunna is that he previously said, not only that he could never forgive the Lib Dems, but that nobody could ever trust them again.
Lib Dems betrayed students when they broke their pledge not to raise fees and, as such, no one can ever trust what they say about fees again
— Chuka Umunna (@ChukaUmunna) 17 January 2013
1/2 Vince Cable talks about increasing the minimum wage, but you can't trust a word the Lib Dems say
— Chuka Umunna (@ChukaUmunna) 14 September 2013
The LibDems - in the form of Paul Burstow - have taken it to a new level today. How can anyone trust a word they say? #hospitalclosureclause
— Chuka Umunna (@ChukaUmunna) 11 March 2014
Whatever common ground we may have with LibDems & some Tories on Brexit I can't forgive what they've done to my area https://t.co/hMq7DEejah pic.twitter.com/vtvPzpBDE3
— Chuka Umunna (@ChukaUmunna) 24 April 2017
We can't wait to see THAT on the side of a billboard.
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