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Here are the MPs in the new "independent group", and their statement about why they're quitting Labour: Independent Groupstatement
Dunno if it tells you how long this venture has been in the pipeline, but the new "Independent Group" is supported by a company incorporated on 16 January, with Gavin Shuker its sole director Gemini Aincorporated 16 January 2019
Also worth underlining that the new "Independent Group" is not (at least in its current guise) a new political party: donations policy
Doesn't sound like Edinburgh South's Ian Murray is joining the Independent Group at least in the immediacy - still talking about Labour as "our party", he says "the challenge is now for Jeremy Corbyn to listen and learn, and decide if he wants to keep the Labour Party together"
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