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Can Corbyn and Sultana's Your Party move on from its troubled beginnings?

Splits, rows and even legal threats have dogged the first few months of what was supposed to be a new start for the left in Britain. Left-wing veteran David Renton dives into just what went wrong.

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Oct 04, 2025
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Your Party is, in principle, the most exciting development on the British left in the five years since Jeremy Corbyn was forced to give up his leadership of Labour. In Parliament, it brings together three groups of people, Corbyn himself, his Independent Alliance with four pro-Gaza Muslim MPs who …

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