Is this so he can lose an election for a third time?
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Would you say Zarah Sultana is... Co-leading the party?
Probably not. Corbyn is pretty absolutist when it comes to democracy. He'd rather lose democratically than have some weird appointment process.
Damn what's with the crazy Corbyn hate boner? The one politician trying to stand up for the people but instead everyone wants to slobber off Keir Starmer.
Monarchists like the taste of boot, it's their whole deal
You misinterpret. I'm a big fan of Corbyn. He's one of the most decent and principled politicians in the UK.
People seem to like tarnishing him in rather unhinged ways. The media obviously got to them. The guy has flaws, but sometimes the critiques are absolute BS.
He's doing this for public service, not himself. Giving folk a political home when he could easily coast out his career.
This new party isn't something he even cares about for short term. He wants it to avoid the pitfalls of Labour and how easy it was for the right to take it over and subvert it. That's why they ain't diving into it too quickly and why he was annoyed by Sultana.
Can I just gently point out that you've yet again badly misinterpreted someone's comment and found a reason to be angry and hostile, but this time towards someone who agrees with you.
I sincerely think you need to read a little bit more slowly and think a little more carefully about what you've read before you respond!
Nope, because, as we've seen, the new party still doesn't exist.
Oh god, why is this paged? I hate it. Also, 'Your Party' better be an interim name, because it's crap.
At this conference, you will decide the party’s direction, the model of leadership and the policies that are needed to transform society. That is how we build a democratic movement that can take on the rich and powerful - and win.
This is literally the Green party.
Of course, Your Party has more elected MPs than Green's as independents. I really want the Green's to succeed but they fail consistently to get through to people like Corbyn has. Lucas is really good and well missed but without her at the forefront, Green's disappear into obscurity. Leadership is a real problem for the left. Sultana does have really good potential though.
I think and hope they can form a pact and work together though. Politics needs better left representation.
Corbyn is one of the most unpopular politicians in the country, he's up there with Reeves. Now, I don't think that reputation is fair, but we need alternatives to fascism now, not when this yet-to-be-named party has its act together and breaks through (something that normally takes decades). As Sultana says, socialism or barbarism.
Lucas is really good and well missed but without her at the forefront, Green’s disappear into obscurity. Leadership is a real problem for the left.
This is Zack Polanski's (GPEW deputy leader currently running for leader) entire platform.
Any decent politician will be destroyed by the media. They painted an anti-racist as a racist. Popular politicians are status quo pro-capitalists. Keir got a real easy run ay first. Then they targetted Reeves. We need to get away from palatable and move towards someone who can connect with and engage with working people. Corbyn was succeeding despite media and slurs, but what cost him was his own party attacking him. Pricks like Streeting etc. Him with a united party behind him may be less hamstrung. Hell, even another leader could succeed, there is no guarantee Jeremy would even be first leader. It would up to the party to decide.
I know that is Zack's platform, but it doesn't mean it'll work. None of this is yet cutting through outside Green membership. Media seem to resent Green politics. It's why Reform always get more of a platform than Green's ever did.
It's not clear yet if all the pro-Gaza independents or the suspended Labour MPs have signed up to this. Only Corbyn and Sultana's names on the statement!
According to Sky News, the other members of the Independent Alliance are 'fully supportive' of the new party.
Fully supportive, but not supportive enough to put their names to the launch? Fair enough, but I guess we'll see how it shakes out.
You forget how politics work. Did Jeremy's cabinet resign all at once? It was one a day. Media cycles mean it's note effective to build little and often.
'Your Party’ better be an interim name, because it’s crap.
Corbyn says it's an interim name and Sultana says it's not the name. Both can be true! I have a feeling the Electoral Commission wouldn't allow that name, anyway, but I'm not sure.
This is literally the Green party.
That's what Caroline Lucas said, too! I'm inclined to agree unless they get some unions on board. I suspect that's why they haven't joined the Greens, already.
EDIT: Added link to Lucas' comment, the relevant part being 'I’ve not yet seen any policy they’re proposing that isn’t already a longstanding part of the Green Party manifesto'.
Corbyn says it’s an interim name and Sultana says it’s not the name. Both can be true! I have a feeling the Electoral Commission wouldn’t allow that name, anyway, but I’m not sure.
Good grief, they're deciding the name democratically. This is bikeshedding masquerading as a political project.
That’s what Caroline Lucas said, too! I’m inclined to agree unless they get some unions on board. I suspect that’s why they haven’t joined the Greens, already.
I'm convinced it's a pride thing, the Greens stood against them in the 2017/19 and they're holding onto that grudge.
Good grief, they’re deciding the name democratically.
Party McPartyface it is then.
They really should just formalise Momentum as a party, tell the Momentum-affiliated Labour MPs to jump or be pushed, and use Momentum as the name. Already has recognition, for one thing.
I’m convinced it’s a pride thing, the Greens stood against them in the 2017/19 and they’re holding onto that grudge.
This will be an unpopular comment here, but narcissism really is Corbyn's dominant personality trait, so you may well be right.
But even so, there is an old school Marxist way of looking at political parties, which is that any member-funded party is de facto materially a bourgeois party regardless of what its policy platform is. I think a lot of people on the left share that view, which has always limited the appeal of the Greens to Labour's left flank. I think that if Corbyn had his own way, he'd set up a party along the lines of Labour's original organising principle, in which there was no individual membership; you could only join if you were a member of an affiliated union or a socialist society (like the Fabians, which basically became a way for middle class people to join the Labour party!).
Again, though, this is a case where both explanations - pride/narcissism AND genuinely held philosophical views - can be true!
"but narcissism really is Corbyn's dominant personality trait, so you may well be right."
Corbyn is one of the most humble and down to earth politicians in the UK so this comment is rather deranged. You'll have to qualify this with examples.
Most Liberals seem to hate Corbyn more than the Tories. It's a little disturbing. Are you part of the church of Polly Toynbee?