BRITAIN-POLITICS-EU-BREXIT-CONSERVATIVES

Former Conservative Party and now Independent MPs (front L-R) Sarah Wollaston, Heidi Allen and Anna Soubry pose for a photograph with the former Labour Party members of The Independent Group of MPs, Joan Ryan (front row R), (middle row L-R) Angela Smith, Luciana Berger, Ann Coffey (top row L-R) Chris Leslie, Gavin Shuker, Chuka Umunna and Mike Gapes after a press conference in central London on February 20, 2019 following their resignation from the Conservative Party in a joint letter. - Three MPs, Anna Soubry, Heidi Allen and Sarah Wollaston, quit Britain's governing Conservatives on Wednesday over Brexit, saying the issue had "re-defined" the party and was "undoing all the efforts to modernise it". The trio added that they planned to sit in parliament alongside eight former Labour lawmakers who, also citing their opposition to Brexit, resigned from the main opposition party this week to form the new Independent Group. (Photo by Niklas HALLE'N / AFP) (Photo credit should read NIKLAS HALLE'N/AFP via Getty Images)