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Unabashed by their dismal failure as a party, the smooth-brained folk behind Change UK are mugging for cash – as Brexit consultants, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
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TWO of the leading people behind the biggest failed anti-Brexit centrist party are now offering corporations a “Brexit consultancy” service, showing a determination to find a financial silver lining in a big political cloud.
The Brexit service is offered by a new political consultancy called “Murphy and Burns.” According to its website, director Nicola Murphy was “CEO of the Independent Group and political executive director of new political party Change UK” – an appointment that caused controversy, as she is also married to Chris Leslie, who was one of the Change UK MPs.
Co-director Harry Burns was the “head of campaigns for the Independent Group” and, like Murphy, helped its short-lived life as “Change UK.” Murphy and Burns set up the consultancy last September, as resignations reduced Change UK to just three MPs, before the new party finally died by winning zero seats in the 2019 election.
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