Re: How arrogant of Chuka Umunna.
Originally Posted by
Rainmaker
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Sometimes changing parties is the sign of a man of principle. Particularly if your party has departed from its core beliefs. as in Labour. I'm not convinced that that is the reason for Chuka Umunna's actions though.
However, I think perhaps Party Politics should banished with each MP being an independent and solely representing the interests of his constituents. Then we might get some parliamentary decisions which make sense and suit the people, rather than what the Party, Parliament or the Government think is good for us, but actually only suits them
Not in this case, he's doing what's best for him. By changing his allegiance to the Limp-Dems he's probably thinking that he can become one of their candidates and thus get himself elected so as to keep his overinflated salary.