THE RESIGNATION of seven Labour MPs on Monday morning to form an 'Independent Group' was proof positive that British politics is in need of a totally new direction.

I, like millions of other voters, feel totally disenfranchised in the toxic political sludge we now find the country drowning in, sandwiched between a Conservative party dedicated to embarking on a campaign of national self-harm, purely to appease hardliners, and a Labour party which, pretending to be a party which prioritises workers rights, still supports a policy in Brexit which will hit the lowest-paid in our society hardest.

On the subject of Labour, the party has made its bed, and must now lie in it.

In her speech on Monday morning, Luciana Berger MP claimed the party was "Institutionally anti-Semitic" with her colleague Anne Coffey saying "Any criticism of the leadership is responded to with abuse and accusations of treachery."

For the party to become in any way electable, it must stop hanging itself with the rope of its own ideology.

As Mike Gapes MP said: "Jeremy Corbyn and those around him are on the wrong side on so many international issues: from Russia, to Syria, to Venezuela. A Corbyn Labour government would threaten our national security and international alliances.”

British politics needs a substantial shake-up. The born-to-rule elements of the Conservative Party and hijacking of Labour by the far-left have reduced our political system to a hollowed-out joke in which failure and incompetence are rewarded (Johnson, Grayling et al) and elections are reduced to simply choosing one of two cults and this shows no signs of changing any time soon.

The formation of the independent group gives me a small ray of hope that sensible, moderate politicians will take the helm and work in the best interests of the country and the public, not in the interests of shadowy lobby-groups or misguided dreams of a socialist utopia.

I do though recognise this is probably just a pipe dream, the sad reality being that the same old groups with the same old people will continue to pollute British politics and prevent us from fixing the deep structural problems which exist in British society.

I only hope I am wrong.