Zarah Sultana MP resigns from Labour to lead new party with Jeremy Corbyn

https://www.lbc.co.uk/politics/uk-politics/zarah-sultana-mp-resigns-labour/

Posted by Unusual-State1827

28 comments

  1. ~~Labour’s~~ far left MPs, the gift that just keeps on giving… to Reform.

  2. “We’re not an island of strangers; we’re an island that’s suffering,” she said in a statement.

    Actually we are both.

  3. Watch Starmer swing left to try and head this off as he panics

  5. Nice to see serving MPs want to focus on and further the betterment of other countries before our own 😂

    At least they’re weeding themselves out.

  7. Good news, for once. Labour have been trying to deal with Labour Together for a while, to very little success. A collection of very well-liked MPs will be more than healthy.

  9. First time in modern history, the right wing vote is catastrophically split. 

    The left leadership: Hey you know how we are all fucking idiots right? 

  10. Ah…..old labour, great.

    The first of many defections hopefully, I know most midern MPs are just in parliament to make contacts & further their financial prospects, but surely some of those recently elected in tne labour landslide, know both that the policy’s are morally wrong & there is absolutely no chance of them retaining their seats at the next election

  11. A national, socialist party that hates the jews… I have a great idea for the logo.

  15. After 14 years of Conservative infighting, which ultimately handed Labour the chance to form a government, we’re now seeing the Left begin to fracture. Again.

    The Conservatives are in clear decline. Their support is collapsing, their leadership has been in chaos for years, and even many traditional Tory voters are looking elsewhere. This should be the moment when progressive politics builds a broad coalition and charts a path forward. Instead, we’re watching the Left split into smaller and smaller factions.

    One of the enduring problems in UK politics is that there are simply too many centre-left parties. That’s why the perceived wisdom has long been that Labour can only win power by occupying the centre ground. Like it or not, the right has mostly consolidated around the Conservatives. UKIP was always more of a protest party, essentially a racist version of the Monster Raving Loony Party, until Brexit weaponised them as a pressure group on the Tories.

    Meanwhile, the centre-left has had a plurality of options: Labour, the Lib Dems, the Greens, various nationalist parties, each pulling support in different directions and effectively gifting power to the Conservatives. This new party only adds to that fragmentation. And in doing so, it risks handing momentum, and possibly power, to Reform UK.

    This isn’t strategy. It’s political theatre. And it confirms what too many people already believe: that for some politicians, this is just a game while the rest of us watch our future being gambled away.

    If we don’t want to see the UK slide into the kind of inward-looking nationalism we’re seeing under Trump in the US, then we need to push for real reform. That means introducing some form of proportional representation, so every vote counts and people don’t feel forced to choose the least-worst option every election.

    I genuinely worry for the direction this country is heading.

  21. Yes Jeremy, love you mate, you are the best news for Reform, keep it up.

  22. Seeing a lot of people say that Labour are now a right-wing party of late and I disagree with that notion. I think the reality is that the Conservatives forced their hand into appearing so because of how badly damaged the economy is after such severe mismanagement for so long

    The interest repayments alone on the extra debt the Tories added to the economy comes to around £40bn a year. That’s not the full interest repayment just the bit added by the Tories

    Real wage growth is the lowest it’s been since the Napoleonic era

    Labour can’t scrap the triple lock or they lose the pensioner vote and Reform get in

    Disability spending is set to double in just 4 years, something needs doing about this immediately, but they can’t cut welfare because of political backlash – it needs complete reform which will take time

    A Wealth tax has as much chance of backfiring as it does of working (see France), and countries where it has worked (Brazil) see relatively small gains with increased inflation to offset it even further

    They can’t raise taxes, NI etc. because of election promises – would again further improve chances Reform get in

    Winter Fuel cuts were the best decision they made given that pensioners are still making more money than before that due to other pension increases, and the media has still managed to rip them to shreds over it

    Then on top of that, we have the fact that net immigration almost quadrupled under the Conservatives – we have the population of Birmingham migrating to the country every year and we’re not building the infrastructure fast enough to support it

    With all that being the case, what on Earth can they do? Where does the money come from?

    The reality is there is not a single political party that would be doing a better job than Labour at the moment. In a less severe economy I don’t think they would look anywhere near as right-wing as people are making out

  25. I support this, as I do the split of Lowe from Farage. Would like to see more small parties tbh.

    Also, it’s nice to see Sultana and Corbyn out of Labour and spinning their lunacy elsewhere.

  26. Reform are currently 7/5 on the bookies. Going to put £10,000 down. Guaranteed free money at this point.

  27. She’s forced corbyns hand as he hasn’t agreed to it yet, not a great start if true, probably a gift to Labour of they spin it right

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