Labour MPs in happier days (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images) On 16 July 2025, the Labour Party suspended the whip from a group of backbench MPs for their role in the welfare rebellion. Chris Hinchliff, the MP for North East Hertfordshire, and Neil Duncan-Jordan, the MP for Poole were among them. Sitting in Duncan-Jordan’s lively commons office, decorated with union posters, and vinyl records by The Beatles the pair tell me they “trauma bonded” during their time out in the wilderness; they were re-admitted to the party in November last year. They have since become close friends and colleagues, regularly discussing ideas and chewing the fat together. Today, they are launching the product of those discussions: Socialism 2026 , a new left-wing platform of 15 policies for the Labour movement to adopt.…