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"A lunchtime visit by the newly formed Independent Group MPs turned into a source of amused scrutiny: attendees included Chuka Umunna, Luciana Berger and Heidi Allen, and observers dissected what each ordered — Anna Soubry reportedly had chips and bottled water, Berger revealed a medium-hot pitta with pineapple plus corn on the cob and peri‑peri chips on the side, and Mike Gapes appeared to have had no dinner. There was also an entertaining mix-up when Umunna’s and Gapes’s 'sunset burgers' were swapped, and much of the chatter centered on which peri‑peri spice rating the group chose." - Guy Pewsey