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The Tory MP for Broxtowe and outspoken Remainer used to prominently display her pride at being a “life long One Nation Tory” on her Twitter bio. However, Ms Soubry has removed all reference to her party from the bio section of her profile, referring to herself simply as ‘MP for Broxtowe’. The title echoes stylising employed by the seven breakaway Labour MPs who announced this morning they were quitting their party and forming the Independent Group of MPs.

Ms Soubry’s old profile read: “MP for Broxtowe and life long One Nation Tory.” The wording has now changed to: “Dunham on Trent, Clumber Park, Hartland Comp Worksop, Nottingham, MP for Broxtowe.” It is not clear exactly when Ms Soubry changed her profile and she has not publicly commented on the new parliamentary faction.

Anna Soubry has sparked rumours she could join Labour defectors after deleting a Tory Twitter slogan

However, as recently as yesterday she retweeted comments from Chuka Umunna. Mr Umunna is one of Ms Soubry’s key People’s Vote allies and a leading figures behind the splinter group that broke away from Labour. Political commentator and journalist Tom Harwood tweeted images of the changed profiles.

Ms Soubry is a key People's Vote ally of splinter group member Chuka Umunna

Mr Harwood said: “Soubs used to prominently feature the words 'One Nation Tory' in her Twitter bio. Now she doesn't. “I really hope she doesn't defect to the new Labour group of MPs over one policy disagreement with the Government (and one she committed to deliver at that). “It would be very sad.” Former Labour leadership candidate Chuka Umunna announced his decision to leave the party at a hushed press conference in Westminster this morning. The MP for Streatham spoke of the difficulty in deciding to leave Labour, blaming leader Jeremy Corbyn’s stance on Brexit and failure to address anti-Semitism in the party.

Anna Soubry's old profile (left) compared with the new (right) with One Nation Tory slogan deleted