JEREMY Corbyn and Zarah Sultana today confirmed the launch of a new pro-Gaza party to take on Sir Keir Starmer from the left.
The ex-Labour lefties declared their “movement” would call for a “mass redistribution of wealth and power“.
Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana today confirmed the launch of a new party, which doesn’t currently have a name
However, the pair left voters baffled over the absence of an official name for their socialist project.
While the public was invited to sign up for “Your Party”, Corbyn and Sultana were embarrassingly forced to clarify that this was not, in fact, the official name of their new movement.
The ex-Labour leader said: “It’s your party. We’re going to decide when we’ve had all the responses, and so far the response rate has been massive.
“They’ve been coming in at 500 a minute wanting to support and join the new party.”
He added: “I want it to be something that inclusive, effective to mobilise people and bring people in.”
In a joint statement, the pair declared: “The great dividers want you to think that the problems in our society are caused by migrants or refugees.
“They’re not. They are caused by an economic system that protects the interests of corporations and billionaires.”
Sultana, the MP for Coventry South, resigned from Labour earlier this month, though she had been suspended from the party whip since July last year.
Comrade Corbyn, meanwhile, was suspended by Sir Keir in October 2020 and completely parted ways with Labour in May 2024 to stand as an independent MP.
Taking to X, the pair urged supporters to sign up and be “part of the founding process” of Your Party.
The fledgling left-wing initiative has already suffered a chaotic debut, with Sultana’s initial announcement of her Labour departure catching Corbyn off guard.
But the pair are now insisting that founding members will have the opportunity to “decide the party’s direction, the model of leadership and the policies that are needed to transform society”.
Final decisions are expected to be made at an “inaugural conference”.
Mr Corbyn insisted he and Sultana are now “working absolutely together on this”.
He said: “She happens to be, as far as I know at this moment in Coventry.
“I was in touch with her just a few moments ago.
“So it’s all fine. We’re working very well together, all of us.”
Responding to the launch, Labour MP Josh Fenton-Glynn blasted: “Ironic that a party called ‘your party’ has been set up by two people who furiously believe it to be their party!”
It comes as polling conducted by YouGov this week revealed Nigel Farage‘s Reform Party is surging ahead, commanding 27 per cent of the vote, followed by Labour on 22 per cent and the Conservatives trailing at 17 per cent.
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