Chuka Umunna takes up his first Liberal Democrat role
A quick update on new Liberal Democrat member, Chuka Umunna, who now has his first role in the party. … Read the full post »
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Chuka Umunna
Originally elected as a Labour MP, Chuka Umunna then left to help found The Independent Group before joining the Liberal Democrats in 2019.
+++ Chuka Umunna applies to join the Liberal Democrats
Former Labour MP and party leadership candidate Chuka Umunna has applied to join the Liberal Democrats. … Read the full post »
Lib Dems should give Chuka Umunna’s new idea a cautious welcome
Back in the early days of The Independent Group, I took some of their rhetoric at face value and speculated that they could morph into… … Read the full post »
First reactions of Liberal Democrats to 7 Labour MPs forming the Independent Group
Here are the initial reactions of a range of Liberal Democrats to the departure of seven MPs from Labour, creating The Independent Group. … Read the full post »
What do you make of the policy statement from the MPs who have quit Labour?
The newly formed Independent Group of seven Labour MPs has the following as their launch policy statement. What do you make of it? … Read the full post »
How anti-Brexit campaign groups are coming together
Business Insider has been looking at the coming together of several different pro-European groups to form a new, more effective push against Brexit. … Read the full post »
“Together, we must fight to keep Britain open, tolerant and united” – Tim Farron
Tim Farron’s approach was a mirror-image of Charles Kennedy’s approach early in the century, attacking the then opposition party for not being an effective opposition to the then government. … Read the full post »
Chuka Umunna starts using the Lib Dem slogan
Of course, it would be completely unfair to speculate that Chuka Umunna has decided to start using the Liberal Democrat fairer society, stronger economy slogan because… … Read the full post »
Chuka Umunna: Wikipedia editing is the least of it
Whether or not it was Chuka Umunna himself who edited Wikipedia to add in a comparison between himself and Barack Obama… … Read the full post »
Chuka Umunna: Labour would not reintroduce 50p rate, even if back in power today
Even if Labour somehow ended up in power today, with a new Budget introduced by Prime Minister Ed Miliband straight away, Labour would not reintroduce the 50p rate. … Read the full post »