Jeremy Corbyn is officially launching a new political party – and he’s not doing it alone.
The former Labour leader will co-lead the left-wing movement alongside independent MP Zarah Sultana, who announced her resignation from the Labour Party in a fiery statement on X.
✊ ‘We’re not going to take this any more’
Sultana, the MP for Coventry South, said the new party would bring together independent MPs, activists, and campaigners across the UK.
She said:
“Just 50 families now own more wealth than half the UK population. Poverty is growing, inequality is obscene and the two-party system offers nothing but managed decline and broken promises.”
First elected under Labour in 2019, Sultana lost the whip last year after voting to scrap the two-child benefit cap. Now, she says Labour has “completely failed to improve people’s lives”, leaving space for Reform UK to surge ahead.
🌹 Socialism or barbarism?
In a call to arms, Sultana said:
“In 2029 the choice will be stark: socialism or barbarism. Billionaires already have three parties fighting for them. It’s time the rest of us had one.”
She also slammed the current system, warning that Britain had become an “island that’s suffering,” where the working class face “rip-off bills” while the wealthy “bathe in cash”.
👀 Corbyn had already dropped hints
Corbyn gave the game away earlier this week on ITV’s Peston, suggesting a new political alignment was coming.
He said:
“That grouping [of independents] will come together, there will be an alternative.”
Now it’s confirmed: a new left-wing party is forming, and it’s gunning for both Labour and Reform at the next general election.
