U.K. Member of Parliament Zarah Sultana has left the Labour Party and is now looking to create a new political party with former party leader Jeremy Corbyn.
“Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party,” Sultana announced. “Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country. Join us. The time is now.”
Sultana’s statement declared that “Westminster is broken but the real crisis is deeper,” going on to describe that “just 50 families own more wealth than half the U.K. population.
“Meanwhile, a billionaire-backed grifter is leading the polls, because Labour has completely failed to improve people’s lives,” she said. “And across the political establishment, from Farage to Starmer, they smear people of conscience trying to stop a genocide in Gaza as terrorists.”
“But the truth is clear,” Sultana added, “this government is an active participant in genocide. And the British people oppose it.”
“In 2029, the choice will be stark: socialism or barbarism,” the statement declared.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said Sultana “has always taken a very different view to most people in the government on a lot of different things, and that’s for her to do so,” as per The Independent.
Corbyn responded to the announcement by asserting that the move is a “principled decision.”
“The democratic foundations of a new kind of political party will soon take shape. Discussions are ongoing – and I am excited to work alongside all communities to fight for the future people deserve,” he added. “Together, we can create something that is desperately missing from our broken political system: hope.”
