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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.
'I'm not gonna lie, but with this and Brexit we're actually f****d.'
The group now has the same number of MPs as the Liberal Democrats – and more than the DUP.
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They tore into Jeremy Corbyn's handling of Brexit and described Labour as "institutionally anti-Semitic".
It comes amid fresh speculation remainers are preparing to form a breakaway party.
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