Labour Party UK
The former Militant member suggested Luciana Berger "went before she was pushed".
Westminster shaken up as seven MPs quit party because 'politics is broken'.
Who are they, and why did they leave the party?
"We are losing members and now losing MPs."
Nick Boles declines to rule out joining The Independent Group.
Analysis: HuffPost UK's political editor on why cold logic rather than hot emotion is what drives today's divorce.
Seven Labour MPs split from the Labour party in a dramatic stand against the party’s policies. Naming themselves ‘The Independent Group’, Chuka Umunna, Mike Gapes, Luciana Berger, Ann Coffey, Chris Leslie, Gavin Shuker and Angela Smith explained in a press conference why they were leaving the Labour party.
The group now has the same number of MPs as the Liberal Democrats – and more than the DUP.