The launch of Jeremy Corbyn‘s new political party descended into farce today as his putative co-leader denied they had even chosen a new name for it.
Zarah Sultana, the former Labour MP who quit to link up with the septuagenarian leftwinger, today invited people to join them using a link sending them to a website called ‘Your Party’.
The website, which is run by a business controlled by Mr Corbyn, claims it is time for ‘a new kind of political party – one that belongs to you.’
However there was confusing over what it was even called, following the announcement.
After it was picked up by media Ms Sultana, 31, was forced to take to social media to say ‘Your Party’ was not its name.
However Mr Corbyn’s team told reporters it was an interim working title but will not be that which is registered with the Electoral Commission.
Her former Labour colleague Mike Tapp responded to her message with just a laughter emoji.
Zarah Sultana, the former Labour MP who quit to link up with the septuagenarian leftwinger, today invited people to join them using a link sending them to a website called ‘Your Party’.
However, after it was picked up by media she was forced to take to social media to say that this was not its name (below)
Adnan Hussain, the independent MP for Blackburn who was elected last summer, appeared to give his backing to the project, posting an image of Mr Corbyn’s and Ms Sultana’s statement on X adding ‘let’s do this’.
Mr Corbyn led the Labour Party from 2015 to 2020 before being suspended following a row over a report into antisemitism in the party.
He was expelled in 2024 and successfully contested the summer election as an Independent candidate.
Ms Sultana had the Labour whip withdrawn after rebelling against the Government to vote to scrap the two-child benefit cap shortly after the general election. She resigned her Labour membership in 2025.
An inaugural conference will take place for members to ‘decide the party’s direction, the model of leadership and the policies that are needed to transform society.’
As they gear up to form and potentially head a new socialist body some 18 per cent of Britons say they could back it.
Earlier this month Mr Corbyn, 76, said there was a ‘thirst’ among voters ‘for an alternative view to be put’ forward.
And one of his allies, Zarah Sultana, quit Labour saying she would co-leader a new party with him.
A poll by YouGov shows that more than half of people who voted Green in the general election last year would consider backing a new Corbyn party.
And in a sign of discontent with Labour under Sir Keir Starmer, almost a third (30 per cent) of those who backed the party last year would now think about backing his predecessor.
