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Zarah Sultana and her new party

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Jeremy Corbyn confirms talks about forming new party with Zarah Sultana

Corbyn says ‘discussions are ongoing’ after MP’s surprise announcement but he is understood to be reluctant to take title of party leader
www.theguardian.com

Im all for a bigger left wing voice. But I do think this will just work for the likes of reform.
Zara and jezza might be better advised to infiltrate the Greens.

The bungled launch is typically Corbyn and quite endearing, Good luck to them.
 
I kinda feel like I saw this left split coming. The trouble with Corbyn is he’s a backbencher at his best and isn’t prepared to make a tough decision.
 
Corbyn would fit better in a small left wing party than in a big tent oarty like Labour.
 

Reform (or more to the point UKIP and it´s various incarnations) are actually a great example here. They have basically been the most influential party of the last decade given that Brexit has been the greatest change in national policy we have lived through. I see no reason that this can´t happen on the left.
 
StillBallin75 said:
Good, just like us y'all need an actual left-wing party that is actually pro working class, not xenophobic and anti genocide.
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Don't you mean pro-genocide, StillBallin75? Labour supports Israel to the hilt and designated a bunch of old ladies protesting on behalf of Palestinians as terrorists just as monstrous as ISIS.
 

The reason these things usually "can't happen on the left" is often down to money.

The ownership class are usually all too happy to sponsor right wing populist parties because they serve the purpose of furthering the divide-and-conquer class warfare strategy. That same dynamic does not exist on the populist left (see Zohran Mamdani).
 
Well Labour is mainly paid and owned by the Unions.
 

They won't have the American/Russian far right funding the Farage does, nor the disproportionate access to major broadcasters.
 
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Politico appears to summarise it:


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LONDON — A headache for Labour, a “nightmare” for the Greens — and an open goal for Nigel Farage. Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana may be about to hand Reform UK the gift it’s been waiting for.
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Corbyn’s comeback: A gift for Farage, ‘a bloody nightmare’ for the Greens

Polling shared with POLITICO shows a new party under Labour’s left-wing former leader could dent the governing party’s vote share — and take a big bite out of the Greens.
www.politico.eu
 
panic buyer said:
infiltrate the Greens.
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Well that would end the protest vote option for many who don't like where the Conservatives and Labour are now and who are not Reform supporters.


I'd say everything that @StillBallin75 said except for the class warfare part. Brexit was hugely backed by corporations looking to escape some of the corruption laws coming in.

The "Left" in the UK is not a simple homogenous mass either, many left leaning people I speak with in real life are just as much anti-immigration as some of the right wing people I meet. Whichever party can win or make real headroom with the public in this area will win the next election and right now - Reform is hoovering up these potential voters.
 
Yea there are many "anti-immigration" on the left as well... but many of them are "anti-immigration" because these immigrants supposedly lower wages and/or take jobs from locals. Of course there are also racist lefties, but my experience with "lefties" across Europe who are against mass immigration tend to be more against it on "labour" issues, not religious/racist issues.

Now on the right, it is 100% religious/racist issues.. the "they are different, hence bad" attitude. Case in point..

Denmark is giving out education visas to 300 students from the 3rd world/middle east because we lack workers in Denmark. The first comments from my right wing Danes was of course.. but but they are Muslim..and were against it of course, despite it was in part the right wing government parties that proposed it.. but hey!
 



Why did the government extend 300 visas just to middle east? Given a selection of say Han Chinese, non Mahometan sub Saharan Africans, central and south American Christians, a Dane may very well chose to take his chances with anything but Mahometan.
 
Juin said:
Why did the government extend 300 visas just to middle east? Given a selection of say Han Chinese, non Mahometan sub Saharan Africans, central and south American Christians, a Dane may very well chose to take his chances with anything but Mahometan.
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My bad.. was Africa. 230 per year students will get access to Danish universities. And what the **** is a Mahometan? Are we Christupid then?
 

That in a nutshell was the reason Brexit won. Hairdressers, joiners, carpenters, plumbers and builders were all unhappy at being undercut by Poles and other Eastern European workers who came here in the 2000's.
Of course there was the talk (you won't hear them talk about it anymore) from some that Brexit would allow the UK to offer work to people from outside the EU (i.e. Africans / Indians Brazilians etc) but when they did come - they were all the wrong colour for the right wing bunch of anti-immigration .



Have a read through this for a laugh

Why Vote Leave

Let's take back control on 23 June
www.voteleavetakecontrol.org
 
joluoto said:
Well Labour is mainly paid and owned by the Unions.
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How much influence have unions today in the UK? That traditional unions and other forms of grassroot organizations was a way for workers to successfully stand up to the economic and political power of the elite. While in many countries there have been a decline in unions and grassroot organizations. While also that left wing party leadership are starting to listen more to spin doctors instead of their members and grassroot organizations.

Today there are also oligarchs that make huge profits and promote theirs and theirs advertisers political interests by combining culture war issues for the masses with promoting economic policies that benefit the economic elite.

Power and scandal: how Murdoch drove the UK, US and Australia to the right

He built a global conservative media empire, but the phone-hacking scandal and Dominion libel action almost undid the divisive mogul
www.theguardian.com

Mapping Elon Musk's support for far-right politics across the world

The world’s richest man is trying to sway politics on six continents.
www.nbcnews.com

That hopefully can a new left wing party push the political debate and labour to the left. That both in UK and other countries are there public support for more left wing policies. While it will require also for example building of grassroot organizations.

Eurotrack: Corbyn’s policies popular in Europe and UK | YouGov

Even in the US most of nine Labour policies we put to people received majority backing
yougov.co.uk
 
Party is worthless until gorgeous George Galloway hops on board.
 

While the UK have seen an increase immigration. That the economic elite got the benefit of getting more non EU migrants that have less right and might also be in a more desperate situation. While also seeing less immigration from EU countries and removal of the rights freedom of movement led to for EU migrants.

Five key impacts of Brexit five years on

The UK left the European Union on 31 January 2020.
www.bbc.com

Just like Trump is targeting immigrantrs with legal status while also plan to allow companies to keep their undocumented immigrants.

Supreme Court allows Trump to revoke legal status for 500,000 migrants

The ruling means 530,000 migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela are at risk of being deported.
www.bbc.com

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/09/nx-s1-5440311/ice-raids-masked-agents

www.npr.org

https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/03/politics/trump-migrant-farmworkers-deportations

www.cnn.com
 
Also some Unions forgot who they are supposed to represent.
 
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