Sir Nick Clegg says new political party is ‘highly likely’ as George Clooney’s British movie mogul friend prepares £50m En Marche-style group
- Simon Franks, 46, has gone to ground since the £50m political plan emerged
- Nick Clegg says it’s ‘highly likely’ new party will form to fill ‘gaping hole’ in centre
- He ruled out being leader with David Miliband also being touted as figurehead
- Mr Franks has had a string successful businesses and backed Labour in 2015
- But he is said to have grown unhappy with Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of party
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The millionaire founder of LoveFilm who is believed to have spent a year secretly working on a new ‘centrist’ party for Britain was today backed by Sir Nick Clegg.
Former investment banker Simon Franks, 46, has gone to ground since the £50million political plan emerged and he was not at his £3.5million London mansion today.
But former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Nick Clegg, who along with Tony Blair believes Brexit can still be stopped, has refused to rule out joining the new party himself.
He admitted it was now ‘highly likely’ a new centrist party could break off to fill a ‘gaping hole’ in politics.
And he said disaffected Tories, Labour supporters and Lib Dems should be ‘open to doing what they think is right and consistent with their values’ rather than stick to ‘tribalism’.
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