Originally elected as a Labour MP, Chuka Umunna then left to help found The Independent Group before joining the Liberal Democrats in 2019.
Alongside key staff appointments, Jo Swinson has also now revealed her first Shadow Cabinet line-up. Good to see both former leaders Tim Farron and Vince Cable take up substantive roles. … Read the full post »
As a fundraiser for Siobhan Benita, new Liberal Democrat MP Chuka Umunna talked about joining the party, including how in fact the Lib Dems were the first party he joined. … Read the full post »
A quick update on new Liberal Democrat member, Chuka Umunna, who now has his first role in the party. … Read the full post »
Former Labour MP and party leadership candidate Chuka Umunna has applied to join the Liberal Democrats. … Read the full post »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »