US EditionMP Zarah Sultana who was ousted from Labour announces she is starting new political party with Jeremy Corbyn
- Zarah Sultana resigned from Labour after 14 years to co-lead a new party with Jeremy Corbyn, supported by MPs and activists.
- Sultana resigned after being suspended for voting against policies like the two-child benefit cap and winter fuel payments, citing inequality and government involvement in genocide.
- Sultana criticizes Westminster as broken, citing that 50 families own more wealth than half the UK population and accusing the government of being an 'active participant in genocide' based on her statements.
- Markets reacted with a near 1% drop in the pound and rising borrowing costs after Sultana's resignation and new party support reached 10%, signaling political shifts.
- Sultana projects a stark 2029 choice between 'socialism or barbarism' as her new party aims to reform Westminster with support from MPs, advocates, and activists.
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Irish NewsEx-Labour MP says she will set up new party with Jeremy Corbyn
Zarah Sultana had the Labour whip suspended last year.
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Sultana quits Labour ‘to co-found new party with Corbyn’
New left party: Jeremy Corbyn and Zara Sultana. Coventry South MP Zara Sultana has announced her resignation from the Labour party, from which she has long been suspended for refusing to vote for Starmer’s continuation of the two-child benefit cap that has pushed millions of children into poverty – to launch a new party with former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and other independent MPs: Sultana’s comment only mentions other independent MPs, not s…
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