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To be happy that Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana are founding a new party.

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LancashireButterPie · 03/07/2025 21:30

We need someone with backbone to put forward an alternative political viewpoint.

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TaggieO · 04/07/2025 07:27

JustSawJohnny · 03/07/2025 23:03

SOMEONE needs to stand up against Reform! The last thing we need is that lot of Trump loving, NHS hating. rich-people tax saving kuntz in power!

Corbyn has the balls AND he'd have a lot of support from Labour voters who are disappointed with the current government being too centrist.

If they want to stop reform this is the worst thing they can do. They are splitting the left vote and making it more likely reform will get in.

Gerbilboy · 04/07/2025 07:24

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DeafLeppard · 04/07/2025 07:24

Also, things the electorate (the kind who can put you in power)don’t care about: Palestine, the Iraq war, and probably the EU.

DeafLeppard · 04/07/2025 07:23

This is great for Labour, the deluded idiots with sixth form politics call all hive off into Magic Grandpa’s tea club that will eventually eat itself in purity spirals, whilst the more realistic centre left can concentrate on looking sane and delivering on a half decent country.

Labour supporters need to realise it’s not the left fringes that wins elections, it’s the floaters. And Reform’s slick PR needs some serious countering - but most important is to recognise that giving yourself the warm and fuzzies about how we give benefits to everyone is a fast tract to bankrupting us, and then you have no deliverable social agenda.

Twiglets1 · 04/07/2025 07:22

mids2019 · 04/07/2025 07:15

Zarah Sultnana's constituency has a large Muslim component so she is playing to her crowd. I do wonder if the is the most effective MP for the white working class in her patch?

Doubtful that she cares much about them or their local issues.

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ChocolateGanache · 04/07/2025 07:20

Redshoeblueshoe · 03/07/2025 21:37

Well splitting the Labour vote leaves the door wide open for Reform.
Is that what you actually want ?

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gapyr · 04/07/2025 07:19

Never usually comment on politics but get real… Corbyn had his chance - more than most people do as labour leader - and failed us. Why on earth would you think he’d do anything better second time around is beyond me. He’s been my mp since I was a child. No thank you. He lives in a parallel universe

Summeriscumin · 04/07/2025 07:18

And off they fuck into a well deserved obscurity.

Corbyn has no credibility with most people, even those on the left of centre as was proven when he was leader.

MrsBennetsPoorNerves · 04/07/2025 07:17

There was already an alternative party on the left - the Green Party.

I'm not sure what this new party will achieve, other than further splitting the left wing vote and enhancing Farage's chances.

mids2019 · 04/07/2025 07:15

Zarah Sultnana's constituency has a large Muslim component so she is playing to her crowd. I do wonder if the is the most effective MP for the white working class in her patch?

HelenaWaiting · 04/07/2025 07:11

LancashireButterPie · 03/07/2025 21:30

We need someone with backbone to put forward an alternative political viewpoint.

No one can be happy about it because it isn't true. While Corbyn has long hinted at plans to establish a more organised vehicle for leftwing and pro-Palestinian campaigning, he has so far avoided confirming any formal structure or leadership arrangements. Nor has he committed to the project becoming a party, or endorsed any specific leadership rroles. Zarah Sultana went off-piste, and allegedly Corbyn is less than delighted about her announcement.

IamnotSethRogan · 04/07/2025 07:10

Crumpet727 · 03/07/2025 21:53

It’s great news. It means that what little hope Labour had has now been officially extinguished. Reform and Conservatives will now be clear front 2 parties by an absolute country mile at the next GE.

I don't think you're right there. Conservatives are already done. Will see if this affects Labour.

Platosrevenge · 04/07/2025 07:06

Erm he’s had to back track because of his spineless party who can’t face the reality of an economy destroyed by the Tories. How a nation can cope with a huge and rapidly increasing percentage of people dependent on benefits and unable to work god only knows. People are moaning about ‘change’ but the country has been fucked by Brexit and Tory mismanagement and there’s literally no leeway.

KimberleyClark · 04/07/2025 07:04

LancashireButterPie · 03/07/2025 21:30

We need someone with backbone to put forward an alternative political viewpoint.

It was partly Jeremy Corbyn’s lack of backbone that led to Brexit.

ColinOfficeTrolley · 04/07/2025 07:03

These comments are terrifying. Do people actually believe that Reform have the wherewithal to run the country?

creakingwheels · 04/07/2025 07:02

All the posters supporting this! That’s the striking thing about the ‘progressive’ left. It doesn’t matter how hard they fail, they never learn any lessons from it, but just keep on doing the same things that keep failing.

Their belief in their own righteousness blinds them to the lived consequences of their own behaviour.

SleepQuest33 · 04/07/2025 07:01

I don’t like extremists, even if they’re to the far left.

he would send boats to the channel to help those crossing!!!!

his vision doesn’t work in the real world, the country would go bankrupt.

its going to help reform get in which is the worse that can happen!

it’s very bad news.

ASimpleLampoon · 04/07/2025 06:57

Redshoeblueshoe · 03/07/2025 21:37

Well splitting the Labour vote leaves the door wide open for Reform.
Is that what you actually want ?

I doubt very much whether any left wing people could stomach voting for Labour again.

Boomer55 · 04/07/2025 06:55

It’s their right to start a party if they want to. I woikfnt vote for them, but each to their own. It’s estimated they might get 10% vote share, but by splitting the Labour vote, they will let Reform in by the back door. 🙄

ArtTheClown · 04/07/2025 06:53

I'm just pleased that it will hopefully split what remains of the Labour vote.

creakingwheels · 04/07/2025 06:52

BreadInCaptivity · 03/07/2025 21:59

Neither of them were/are effective politicians. They are activists who cling to rhetoric without understanding the context required to manage a village economy and its relations with its neighbouring town never mind a country and global state relationships.

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mids2019 · 04/07/2025 06:49

Look at the other memebers . This may be the beginning of a sectarian party composed mainly of Muslim members who want Gaza front and foremost in people's minds (and probably would love to see Israel not exist)

bigvig · 04/07/2025 06:46

I'm glad. This government is not a Labour government. There is no democracy if there is no alternative. This threat might make Starmer start listening to his party.

CottageGoblin · 04/07/2025 06:42

Not sure I would trust Magic Grandpa with a new party.