FORMER LABOUR LEADER Jeremy Corbyn has revealed the name of a new political party he has co-founded with Zarah Sultana.
Earlier this month, former Labour MP Sultana announced that she was resigning from the party and that she would “co-lead the founding of a new party” with the ex-Labour leader.
In a statement posted on X, Sultana said that the project would also involve “other independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country”.
However, there had been reports that Corbyn wasn’t fully briefed on Sultana’s announcement and in a statement the day after, Corbyn said “discussions are ongoing” around the founding of a new party.
In a post this afternoon on X, Corbyn shared a joint statement with Sultana that said it is “time for a new kind of political party”.
The new party is called ‘Your Party’ and he has called on supporters to sign up ahead of an inaugural conference at some point in the future.
“At this conference, you will decide the party’s direction, the model of leadership and the policies that are needed to transform society,” said the statement shared by Corbyn.
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The statement added that the “system is rigged” and noted that 4.5 million children live in relative poverty in the UK.
“We cannot accept these injustices – and neither should you,” said the statement.
The new party promises to “fix the crises in our society with a mass redistribution of wealth and power” by “taxing the very richest in our society”.
The statement also remarks that “millions of people are horrified by the UK Government’s complicity in crimes against humanity”.
“This is why we will keep demanding an end to all arms sales to Israel, and for the only path to peace: a free and independent Palestine.”
Corbyn led Labour from 2015 to April 2020, stepping down after the party’s loss at the 2019 general election.
He was suspended from Labour in 2020 after he refused to fully accept the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s findings that the party broke equality law when he was in charge, and said antisemitism had been “dramatically overstated for political reasons”.
Sultana meanwhile has attacked the UK Government’s policies on welfare and Gaza.
She was one of seven MPs who had the Labour whip suspended last summer when they supported an amendment to the King’s Speech which related to the two-child benefit cap.
Four of the seven had the whip restored earlier this year but Sultana was not among them.
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