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Zarah Sultana quits Labour to start new party with Jeremy Corbyn (www.middleeasteye.net)

submitted 23 hours ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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Zarah Sultana has resigned from the UK's Labour Party after 14 years to lead a new party with former Labour leader and independent MP Jeremy Corbyn.

"Today, after 14 years, I'm resigning from the Labour Party," she said in a statement on Thursday evening local time.

"Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country."

Sultana cited the Starmer government's support for Israel's war on Gaza as a reason for leaving, saying that "this government is an active participant in genocide. And the British people oppose it."

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[–] frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 5 points 22 hours ago (21 children)

Corbyn's already said he's not joining, amazing stuff.

[–] flamingos@feddit.uk -3 points 18 hours ago (5 children)

We really went from the Independent Group (anti-Corbyn) to the Independent Group (pro-Corbyn) and Corbyn somehow hates both. Corbyn truly is one of a kind, and I don't mean that in a good way.

[–] frankPodmore@slrpnk.net 1 points 14 hours ago (4 children)

Accidentally launching a party co-lead by someone who doesn't want to lead it is something only the British left could've accomplished.

[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Then there's people, like the Canary, who are trying to spin the reports of Corbyn hostility as a media smear.

Like, either those reports are true or Corbyn went radio silent on the announcement of his new party and let there be room for this speculation. You'd think someone who's been dealing with a hostile media for a decade would know better.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 6 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

Media will smear Corbyn for anything. I'd recommend watching the short clip where Corbyn talked about the party https://www.youtube.com/shorts/gQFc9OxR-_0

[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 0 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

It's amazing that to gage if Corbyn supports Sultana's party we have to read between the lines of an interview with ITV from a few days ago instead of Corbyn just stating he's with the initiative.

Either the reports are true, or this is a major comms failure on the yet-to-be-named party's part. Having the initial talk of your new party being if the supposed co-founder is involved isn't a good look. Corbyn has a lot to be rightfully mad at the media for, but this is one is on him.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

To be clear is this "the evidence that Corbyn is furious"? A writer for the right wing "The Sunday Times"? or am I missing something?

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