# Labour/Tory MPs may resign the whip on 14 February **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 3, 2019, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labour-tory-mps-may-resign-the-whip-on-14-february/828902 "2019-02-03T20:09:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labour-tory-mps-may-resign-the-whip-on-14-february/828902/41 "2019-06-04T16:38:13Z")
Well, that didn’t last long. 5 of the Change UK MPs have now left that group, I assume they’ll join the Lib Dem’s. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labour-tory-mps-may-resign-the-whip-on-14-february/828902/42 "2019-06-04T18:20:58Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > Well, that didn’t last long. 5 of the Change UK MPs have now left that group, I assume they’ll join the Lib Dem’s. The report I saw said they’ll stay sitting as independents. I’m not sure that the Lib Dems would actually want them to join, at least some of the Change MPs are pretty unpopular in their constituencies. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2019, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labour-tory-mps-may-resign-the-whip-on-14-february/828902/43 "2019-06-10T01:35:25Z")
I’m not linking to the Daily Mail, but they’re reporting that Umunna is going to stand for the Lib Dem’s. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/labour-tory-mps-may-resign-the-whip-on-14-february/828902.md?page=2)