63 m. ago Elon Musk’s proposed new political party could focus on a few pivotal congressional seats

Billionaire said his ‘America party’ would try to turn attainable House and Senate seats to decide major issuesThe new US political party that Elon Musk has boasted about possibly bankrolling could initially focus on a handful of attainable House and Senate seats while striving to be the decisive vote on major issues amid the thin margins in Congress.Tesla and SpaceX’s multibillionaire CEO mused about that approach on Friday in a post on X, the social media platform which he owns, as he continued feuding with Donald Trump over the spending bill that the president has signed into law. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Reform MP suspends himself from party over allegations around business affairs

James McMurdock MP wrote to Reform's Lee Anderson saying that allegations were likely to be published by a national newspaper.

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2 h. ago Nigel Farage's party in chaos as Reform UK MP 'suspends himself' over probe

The suspension leaves Nigel Farage's party with just four MPs - after also falling out with ex-party member Rupert Lowe

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3 h. ago Steve Coogan says ‘disappointing’ Labour year will ‘pave the way’ for Reform UK

The 59-year old actor and comedian reportedly supported the Labour party until last year, when he backed the Green Party.

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15 h. ago QUENTIN LETTS: Step forward Comrades Corbyn and Sultana! It demands a special sort of dimness and self regard to make such a bungle of the launch of a new political party

QUENTIN LETTS: Coventry South MP Zarah Sultana revealed she had teamed up with Islington north MP Jeremy Corbyn to launch a new political party.

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23 h. ago Martin Rowson on a year of Keir Starmer’s government – cartoon

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24 h. ago Discussions ongoing and foundations of new party soon, says Corbyn

Jeremy Corbyn led Labour from 2015 to April 2020, stepping down after the party’s loss at the 2019 general election.

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25 h. ago Nearly 40 percent of Americans say they would back Musk’s third party if he creates one, poll finds

It comes after the world’s richest man claimed he would launch ‘the America Party’ in response to Donald Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill,’ which he has described as ‘insane’

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26 h. ago Jeremy Corbyn confirms talks about forming new party with Zarah Sultana

Corbyn says ‘discussions are ongoing’ after MP’s surprise announcement, and is understood to be reluctant to take title of party leaderUK politics live – latest updatesJeremy Corbyn has confirmed he is in discussions about creating a new leftwing political party, hours after the MP Zarah Sultana announced she was quitting Labour to co-lead the project.Sultana, the MP for Coventry South who had the Labour whip suspended last year for voting against the government over the two-child limit on benefits, said on Thursday night she was quitting Labour and would “co-lead the founding of a new party” with Corbyn. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago Corbyn says ‘discussions ongoing’ as Sultana quits Labour to ‘co

In a post on social media, independent MP Jeremy Corbyn said: ‘Real change is coming.’

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26 h. ago Jeremy Corbyn says ‘discussions are ongoing’ after Zarah Sultana claimed she would ‘co

Sultana announced on Thursday she was quitting Labour to join Jeremy Corbyn’s Independent AllianceMy colleague Lauren Almeida, who is running the Guardian’s business live blog, has shared the following:Rachel Reeves has not given herself enough fiscal headroom to manage public finances, Charlie Bean, the former deputy of the Bank of England has said, and has to “neurotically fine tune taxes”.About £10bn – that’s a very small number in the context of overall public spending. Government spending is about one and a quarter trillion so £10bn is a small number and it is a small number in the context of typical forecasting errors.You can’t forecast the future perfectly both because you can’t forecast the economy and you can’t forecast all the elements of public finances . The forecasts are imprecise and there is no way you can avoid that. That is a fact of life.In light of reports of atrocities committed by the Israeli government in Gaza and reports of the UK’s collaboration with Israeli ...

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26 h. ago Jeremy Corbyn says 'real change is coming' as he announces new independent left

The Islington North MP said "discussions are ongoing" after Ms Sultana announced she was quitting Labour to co-lead the founding of a new party with him

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26 h. ago Jeremy Corbyn to launch new political party as former Labour leader pledges to offer 'hope'

The former Labour leader said the "democratic foundations of a new kind of political party will soon take shape."

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27 h. ago Jeremy Corbyn 'to make statement' on new independent party as Labour expected to block his Gaza Bill

Zarah Sultana, who had the Labour whip suspended last year, said on Thursday night that she would be co-founding the movement with the Islington North MP

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28 h. ago Home secretary rejects Zarah Sultana’s claim Labour failing to improve lives – UK politics live

Sultana announced on Thursday she was quitting Labour to join Jeremy Corbyn’s Independent AllianceMy colleague Lauren Almeida, who is running the Guardian’s business live blog, has shared the following:Rachel Reeves has not given herself enough fiscal headroom to manage public finances, Charlie Bean, the former deputy of the Bank of England has said, and has to “neurotically fine tune taxes”.About £10bn – that’s a very small number in the context of overall public spending. Government spending is about one and a quarter trillion so £10bn is a small number and it is a small number in the context of typical forecasting errors.You can’t forecast the future perfectly both because you can’t forecast the economy and you can’t forecast all the elements of public finances . The forecasts are imprecise and there is no way you can avoid that. That is a fact of life.In light of reports of atrocities committed by the Israeli government in Gaza and reports of the UK’s collaboration with Israeli ...

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29 h. ago Former SNP MSP warns Holyrood has too many politicians who 'blindly follow the party line'

John Mason admitted his stance had got him "into a lot of trouble" after he was booted out of the Nats last year for comments about Gaza.

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29 h. ago Who is Zarah Sultana? Former Labour MP to start new party with Jeremy Corbyn

‘But the truth is clear: this government is an active participant in genocide. And the British people oppose it.’

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30 h. ago Jeremy Corbyn’s new party is not something Starmer – or Farage – can afford to ignore

The damage done by pro-Gaza Independents at the general election last year shows what a threat to Labour a new party led by Jeremy Corbyn and Zara Sultana could be, says David Maddox

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31 h. ago Can Starmer and Reeves hold the Labour Party together? Ask John Rentoul anything

The Independent’s chief political commentator, John Rentoul, is here to answer your questions as Labour grapples with a welfare reform crisis, mounting pressure on Keir Starmer’s leadership, and growing doubts over Rachel Reeves’s position

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32 h. ago Jeremy Corbyn outlines plan for new political party and pledges: ‘I am here to serve the people’

Jeremy Corbyn has outlined his plans for a new "alternative” political party, pledging he will “serve the people” as he has “always done”.

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