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The objective of that day a year ago was to say publicly what many would only say in private, former executive director of The Independent Group Nicola Murphy writes.
But the Tory and Labour defectors have not picked a formal leader.
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Westminster finally saw the splintering of the two main parties this week, with both Conservative and Labour MPs coming together to form the Independent Group. MP Gavin Shuker took the HuffPost UK Politics team behind the story.
Defecting Labour and Tory MPs could replace the DUP as confidence and supply partners.
The group now has the same number of MPs as the Liberal Democrats – and more than the DUP.
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