{"id":4069,"date":"2025-11-30T01:37:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T01:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/11\/30\/corbyns-new-party-faces-crisis-as-cofounder-skips-first-day-of-conference\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T01:37:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T01:37:20","slug":"corbyns-new-party-faces-crisis-as-cofounder-skips-first-day-of-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/11\/30\/corbyns-new-party-faces-crisis-as-cofounder-skips-first-day-of-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Corbyn\u2019s new party faces crisis as cofounder skips first day of conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><em>Internal rifts deepen in Corbyn\u2019s Your Party as cofounder Zahra Sultana skips first day of conference amid expulsions from the party.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Veteran British socialist Jeremy Corbyn\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/7\/24\/former-uk-labour-leader-jeremy-corbyn-launching-new-left-wing-party\">new left-wing political party<\/a> faced a new crisis after its cofounder, Zarah Sultana, pledged to skip the first day of its inaugural conference.<\/p>\n<p>Corbyn had called for members to \u201ccome together\u201d at the opening of the conference on Saturday, with the party seeking to move on from a messy launch and become a viable left-wing challenger to the governing Labour Party.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/economy\/2025\/11\/25\/why-the-uks-2025-budget-has-rachel-reeves-facing-an-impossible\">Why the UK\u2019s 2025 budget has Rachel Reeves facing an \u2018impossible trilemma\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/11\/26\/uk-unveils-significant-tax-rises-in-budget-after-shambolic-forecast-leak\">UK unveils significant tax rises in budget after \u2018shambolic\u2019 forecast leak<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/newsfeed\/2025\/11\/29\/i-am-a-terrorist-uk-activists-release-video-to-support-palestine-action\">\u2018I am a terrorist\u2019, UK activists release video to support Palestine Action<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>\u201cAs a party, we\u2019ve got to come together and be united because division and disunity will not serve the interests of the people that we want to represent,\u201d Corbyn told the conference in the northwestern English city of Liverpool.<\/p>\n<p>A few hours later, a spokesperson for Sultana said that she would not enter the conference hall on Saturday in protest at one of her supporters being denied entry to the event and several others being expelled from the party over alleged membership of the far-left Socialist Workers Party.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4139622\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4139622\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/afp_692b53142828-1764446996.jpg?w=770&#038;resize=770%2C514&#038;quality=80\" alt=\"Delegates are seen enjoying themselves ahead of a speech by Former Labour Party leader and co-founder of \"Your Party\", Jeremy Corbyn on the first day of the Founding Conference for Your Party in Liverpool, north-west England, on November 29, 2025.\" fetchpriority=\"low\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4139622\">Delegates are seen before a speech by Jeremy Corbyn [AFP]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m disappointed to see on the morning of our founding conference, people who have travelled from all over the country, spent a lot of money on their train fare, on hotels, on being able to participate in this conference, being told that they have been expelled,\u201d she told UK\u2019s Press Association news agency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is a culture that is reminiscent of the Labour Party, how there were witch hunts on the eve of conference, how members were treated with contempt.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Corbyn, 76, and Sultana, 32, both former Labour MPs, have been in frequent dispute since they announced the party in July.<\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the new party, currently called Your Party, defended the expulsions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMembers of another national political party signed up to Your Party in contravention of clearly stated membership rules \u2013 and these rules were enforced,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>This is the latest blow for a party hoping to make gains on the left as British politics fractures into a multiparty system and Labour moves rightward on some issues.<\/p>\n<p>Two of the four independent MPs who initially signed up later quit over the divisions, which have included a row over a botched membership launch and threats of legal action.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of the conference, members are set to choose the party\u2019s official name and decide whether it should have a single leader or be led by its members.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Internal rifts deepen in Corbyn\u2019s Your Party as cofounder Zahra Sultana skips first day of conference amid expulsions from the party. 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