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This week's guest on the Ways to Change the World podcast is @ChukaUmunna.

He talks to @krishgm about leaving Labour, what a new centrist party might look like and why he thinks Britain should stay in the EU.

Listen on Apple Podcasts: itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/way…
@ChukaUmunna @krishgm The podcast is also available on Spotify and other good apps: open.spotify.com/episode/1rxBO0…
@ChukaUmunna @krishgm You can also watch the full interview with Chuka Umunna on YouTube:
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"Being too fat, being too thin, being beautiful, not being beautiful.. having kids, not having kids."

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"I didn't change, the Labour Party did."

Chuka Umunna says he won't fight a by-election after leaving the Labour Party to become an Independent MP, and wants to "play the biggest role possible" in the new Independent Group.
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“I’m not sure sorry’s enough.”

Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, who served in David Cameron’s Cabinet, concedes that the promise of a Brexit referendum was not something the Conservatives thought they would have to deliver on, in the latest Ways to Change the World podcast.
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Matthew Goodwin
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A few reasons why I am very sceptical about a new centrist party, drawing on the now-classic Crewe & King book on the SDP

#Wednesdaythoughts
When they reflected back on why, despite polling 50%, taking millions of votes, the SDP did not work, one major reason was simply our electoral system: "In all countries at all times, the first-past-the-post electoral system is a formidable obstacle to fundamental change"
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THREAD: I think we need to talk about the lefts stance on Party rebirth, & the holier than thou attitude that #Labour has on #libdems & tuition Fees. Given the rise of the far right & how much we actually agree on we really should be working together, so lets try to clear this up
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Adam Payne
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Is there really going to be a new centrist party?

Talks are happening. However, they're at an early stage, vague, and more likely to produce a parliamentary bloc of breakaway MPs than a brand new party.

Here's the latest on *those* secret discussions. uk.businessinsider.com/politicians-br…
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gonna be on @talkRADIO at around 16:20 to talk about the prospect of a new centrist party
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