that won't be to their credit when they're supporting eachother, people won't think "oh how lovely they're not beholden to a party" they'll think "why the feck is chuka in bed with that reactionary cnut" or "why is soubry in bed with that sjw bastard", their current support comes from single issue remain voters a base which will likely dissipate in 5 weeks time
1) I don’t think Brexit will be concluded in five weeks, and it will probably take decades for the political fallout to conclude.
2) All parties are broad churches - look at Kate Hoey in the Labour Party. I think Soubry therefore should be seen as the outlier of the group, rather than representing the norm for the new group/ party’s economic views. Though I imagine we’ll find this out in time... they’re not a party yet and need to have these debates before they become one. I think post-Brexit there would be little reason for Soubry to be in this group, though I doubt there’s a chasm between the political views of Heidi Allen and most of the Labour MPs in TIG.
Although I struggle to see the IG replicating any of that because figures like Jenkins were a lot more credible and respected than someone like Chuka.
I know he’s been hated by momentum types for a while, but I actually think Chuka is fairly popular with the man on the street. Judging by the ‘what do my friends/family/colleagues who don’t follow politics say about him’ test I think he’s on the more likeable end of politicians than May and Corbs. Clearly that’s a low bar, but if this ‘movement’ doesn’t blow up, I could see him having a Clegg-esque impact at a future election.
Admiteddly, it could be that the more people see of him the more they think he’s a smug wanker, but that never had too much of an impact on Cameron.