Can the Independent Group – or Change UK – really make a real difference when it comes to Brexit?

Brexit Explained: The TIGs make an interesting addition to the roiling Brexit cauldron but their impact may not be straightforward

On what should have been Brexit day, the MPs in the newly formed Independent Group have set out their stall.

Having jumped ship from their respective parties, the 11 former Conservative and Labour MPs sent shockwaves through Westminster with their promise of a different kind of politics.

Their move prompted huge interest, with anger from former colleagues jostling alongside curiosity from those left politically homeless by shifts in direction from both Labour and the Tories.