In October 2019, Heidi Allen defected to the Liberal Democrats, becoming the fourth ex-Conservative MP to do so, after Sam Gyimah, Sarah Wollaston and Philip Lee. [Editor’s note: expelled ex-Conservative MP Antoinette Sandbach has also defected to the Liberal Democrats on 31 October 2019 bringing the total number to five]. …
Read More »Don’t Expect The Independent Group To Rescue Britain’s Broken Politics
Chuka Umunna? Former choirboy, but most definitely not the Messiah… In my limited spare time since commencing law school, I have been attending a wonderful Bible study group for graduate students, organized by the university’s Catholic Student Center. Having plodded our way methodically through the New Testament, last week we …
Read More »Three Questions for the Tory TIGers
Anna Soubry, Heidi Allen, and Sarah Wollaston have all defected from the Conservative party to join the 8 ex-Labour MPs in The Independent Group. The Independent Group is a group of Anti-Brexit, Blairite, oops I mean *centrist*, MPs which are basically the Liberal Democrats but don’t want to be associated …
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