Could there be another SDP in UK politics?
Vince Cable has put forward the idea of centre left politicians coming together to form a "fully fledged political party" who could link up with unhappy MPs walking out of Labour after the election of Jeremy Corbyn.
After looking back to the 1980s and the formation of the SDP, which later merged with the Liberals, Jo Coburn heard from Guardian journalist Polly Toynbee who was in the SDP, and Mr Cable who left Labour to link up with the Liberals, and lately served as business secretary in the coalition government.
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