Former Labour leader launches movement with Zarah Sultana, stating that current system is 'rigged'

By MEE staff Published date: 24 July 2025 13:49 BST

Jeremy Corbyn has confirmed that he has launched a new political party alongside fellow independent lawmaker Zarah Sultana.

In a joint statement published on X on Thursday, the two said that the system was “rigged” when the current government “says there is no money for the poor, but billions for war”.

The pair also cited UK complicity in Israel’s war on Gaza as reason for the need for an alternative party.

  • ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.netEnglish
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    2 days ago

    Reform and Tories are splitting the rightwing vote, but no, the left cannot afford to further split the left vote.

    There are two ways to look at this and two strategies:

    • Progressive party will split the left and it will get less MPs. We should play it safe, run moderate candidates and try to get some right leaning voters to vote for the left

    or

    • real Progressive party will motivate voters and will actually be able to beat Reform. We should abandon the idea of reaching out to right leaning voters and aim for young voters that are disillusioned by current state of affairs and get them to vote

    The first strategy usually fails because it legitimizes the right and demotivates the left. The second strategy tends to work but is not tried very often.