Zarah Sultana has resigned from the UK’s Labour Party after 14 years to lead a new party with former Labour leader and independent MP Jeremy Corbyn.
“Today, after 14 years, I’m resigning from the Labour Party,” she said in a statement on Thursday evening local time.
“Jeremy Corbyn and I will co-lead the founding of a new party, with other Independent MPs, campaigners and activists across the country.”
Sultana cited the Starmer government’s support for Israel’s war on Gaza as a reason for leaving, saying that “this government is an active participant in genocide. And the British people oppose it.”
I don’t mind Labour, it’s the current leadership that I’m upset about.
Labour have some really strong potential party leaders. If the Conservatives continue to be as pathetic as they currently are, and Reform continues to just have unhinged PR disasters every 5 minutes, it’s entirely possible they will get the chance to be Prime Minister.