UK Corbyn and Sultana Launch New Hard-Left Party to Challenge Labour

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Corbyn and Sultana Launch New Hard-Left Party to Challenge Labour

 

A fresh divide on the British Left has emerged with the announcement that Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana will co-lead a new hard-Left political party, directly challenging Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour across the country. The new group, still unnamed, marks a formal political rupture between Labour’s current leadership and the faction once at its heart.

 

 

Ms Sultana, who resigned from Labour on Thursday, revealed the plan in a message posted on X, formerly Twitter. “Jeremy and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country,” she wrote. She went on to highlight that her departure from Labour came after 14 years of membership.

 

 

The announcement follows years of tension between Labour’s Left and Starmer’s centrist leadership, and comes just five years after Mr Corbyn was expelled from the party. The new political movement aims to unite disaffected Labour supporters, independent MPs, and grassroots activists behind a revived socialist agenda.

 

Ms Sultana framed the upcoming general election as a fundamental crossroads, declaring it a choice between “socialism or barbarism.” Her stance positions the new party as a principled alternative to Labour’s perceived compromises under Starmer’s leadership.

 

The move also comes in the wake of a major policy backlash within Labour itself. Last week, Sir Keir faced a rebellion from 49 of his own MPs over proposed welfare reforms that would have reduced access to disability benefits. Facing pressure, the Labour leader was forced into a public U-turn. Ms Sultana indicated that such welfare policies were a core reason for her departure and a key issue for the new party’s campaign.

 

“A year ago I was suspended by the Labour Party for voting to abolish the two-child benefit cap and lift 400,000 children out of poverty. I’d do it again,” she wrote. “I voted against scrapping winter fuel payments for pensioners. I’d do it again. Now the Government wants to make disabled people suffer – they just can’t decide how much.”

 

Her comments suggest the new party will make benefit protections, anti-poverty measures, and expanded social care central to its platform. The formation of this new group is expected to further complicate Labour’s electoral path, particularly among younger and more left-leaning voters who once backed Corbyn in record numbers.

 

Although the party’s name and official platform have yet to be unveiled, the broader implications are already clear. A recent poll suggests that a new Left-wing force could capture up to 10 percent of the national vote—posing a serious threat to Labour’s chances of securing a clear majority. According to the same polling, if such a split occurs, Labour could find itself tied with the Conservatives at just 20 percent support each.

 

The dynamic echoes the split on the political Right, where Reform UK has drawn voters away from the Conservatives and reshaped electoral calculations. Corbyn and Sultana now appear poised to trigger a similar disruption on the Left, capitalising on discontent among Labour’s former base.

 

While Sir Keir Starmer has sought to reposition Labour closer to the political centre in a bid to win back power, the emergence of a new hard-Left alternative underscores the difficulty of uniting the party’s ideological wings—and the risks of leaving its traditional supporters behind.

 

  Adapted by ASEAN Now from The Telegraph  2025-07-05

 

 

[blaze master]

This will absolutely work...............not.

[The Cyclist]

3 hours ago, blaze master said:

This will absolutely work...............not.

 

Depends on your viewpoint 😀😀

 

Goodbye Labour at the next GE

 

Reform will stroll into No 10 at the next GE.

[lamyai3]

3 hours ago, Social Media said:

Corbyn and Sultana Launch New Hard-Left Party

 

If they need a name for the new party I guess they could call it Spotted Dick...