US EditionJeremy Corbyn May Lead Muslim Independent MPs in New Socialist Political Party
- Jeremy Corbyn, an independent MP since 2024, plans to launch a new socialist party with fellow Muslim independent MPs in 2025.
- Following his re-election, Corbyn established a group called the Independent Alliance, comprised of five progressive MPs elected as independents in 2024 on largely pro-Palestinian platforms, aiming to bring together alternative left-wing voices.
- The new party aims to address poverty, inequality, and promote a foreign policy based on peace, as Corbyn confirmed ongoing talks among independents.
- Corbyn said, “I’m here to work and serve the people” and insisted “there will be an alternative put there,” while acknowledging a public thirst for change.
- The new party challenges Labour’s centre-right shift under Starmer and could split the left vote, signaling rising dissent within the UK’s left-wing movement.
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Corbyn outlines plan for new political party and pledges he will ‘serve the people’
Jeremy Corbyn has outlined his plans for a new "alternative” political party, pledging he will “serve the people” as he has “always done”. Appearing on Peston on Wednesday (2 July), Mr Corbyn was questioned on whether he would turn The Independent Alliance, a parliamentary faction formed in September 2024, into a formal party. He said that the faction of five MPs “work very well together” and that they will “come together” to form an "alternativ…
Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn to found new political party
BREAKING: Zarah Sultana has announced she is setting up a new political party with the former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Sultana is a left wing MP who had the Labour whip suspended for voting for ending the two child benefit cap. She represents Coventry South. In a statement posted on social media, Sultana said: “Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party. Jeremy Corybn and I will co-leader the founding of a new party, with oth…
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