Jeremy Corbyn confirms launch of new party, citing UK complicity in Israeli crimes
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.
Jeremy Corbyn confirms launch of new party, citing UK complicity in Israeli crimes
Jeremy Corbyn has confirmed that he has launched a new political party alongside fellow independent lawmaker Zarah Sultana.MEE staff (Middle East Eye)
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in reply to Peter Link • • •What's old is new. At one time, long ago, that was Labour.
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in reply to Peter Link • • •Yes, there needs to be a more leftist party in UK politics, but... for christ's sake don't make Gaza your primary messaging. There's a ton of shit going on in the UK right now and Reform are ahead in the polls. Guess what Reform are not talking about? It's Gaza, because it turns out the average twat from the run-down northern town with no job prospects and a dying welfare state doesn't actually give a shit enough to want his government's priorities to be on another nation state when HE'S getting fucked from all sides.
Start your messaging about un-fucking the UK first, and then mention Gaza when asked. It's about being seen as "We're here for YOU" and then when asked about Gaza going "Oh yes we care about that as well, but YOU are the priority", hence the name Your Party.
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in reply to SkyeStarfall • • •Israel is unpopular, but Israel is not the end-all be-all of British politics.
According to YouGov (admittedly from 2024 but the Gaza War had already kicked off by then), the top 3 issues people vote on are...
For Labour Voters:
When asked what the single most important thing is, the most said Cost of Living
For Conservative Voters:
When asked what the most important thing is, the most said Immigration
For Reform Voters:
When asked what the most important thing is, the most said Immigration.
For the Lib Dems:
When asked what the most important thing is, the most said Health.
There's nothing on the Green Party because they're so irrelevant nobody even counts them.
Of the entire population surveyed, the total percentage of people that considered Gaza to be their highest priority was 2%, and of those 2%, the most were in the 18-24 age bracket at 14%.
Admittedly I may be reading that data wrong, and it is from 2024, but this is more current, and on that list, Israel vs Palestine isn't even counted because it's so low in priority. While yes, Israel is unpopular, in the grand scheme of things and the issues facing the UK right now, nobody gives a shit about Gaza.
The most important issues facing the country
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in reply to Peter Link • • •The UK still has a fptp election system. Splitting the leftist vote, seems like a good way to move the UK further to the right again.
I thought that internal opposition within the Labour party, would have been the way forward. I had the impression that Starmer was very unpopular with Labour members, so why can't they get rid of him and his clique from within the party?
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in reply to ExLisper • • •I've done some reading and it turns out that Reform is now sometimes polling at a percentage equal to what Labour last won the elections with (~34%). Labour is polling as low as ~20%, the greens at ~10%. So yes, Reform and Tories are splitting the rightwing vote, but no, the left cannot afford to further split the left vote.
Because of fptp, that 34% result was enough to bring Labour to a 63% majority. Which apart from being ridiculously unrepresentative, also means that Reform could achieve the same result.
As an external observer who would rather not have Reform get in control of the UK, I see 2 possible solutions:
1) Get rid of fptp asap.
2) If that's not possible for reasons, then coordinate in between moderate parties to let the top moderate candidate run unopposed against Reform, the French way.
ExLisper
in reply to RunawayFixer • • •There are two ways to look at this and two strategies:
or
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.
acargitz
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in reply to RunawayFixer • • •Starmer just purges members that make too much trouble like Corbyn, and his majority is so big that he can't really be opposed.
There already is a major party that's actually left wing, the Greens. Its not clear where this new party actually differs from the greens in terms of policy.
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