36 h. ago Left eats itself as Jeremy Corbyn is officially listed as sole leader of 'Your Party'... with no job for 'demoralised' ally Zarah Sultana

Ms Sultana quit Labour saying she was going to co-lead a new outfit alongside Mr Corbyn, 76. But after a series very public spats, the party has been registered with him in sole charge.

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4 d. ago John Oliver rages at ‘desperate SOB’ Netanyahu for nearly entire show as Israeli leader set to meet Trump

Late-night host characterizes Israeli PM as unscrupulous politician prepared to cling on to power at any cost in latest broadside ahead of Gaza talks

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8 d. ago Former FBI director James Comey expected to be indicted on criminal charges, reports say – US politics live

Comey has long been focus of Donald Trump, who sacked him from FBI role in early months of presidencyA gunman, who wrote “ANTI-ICE” on an unused bullet, fired on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Dallas from a nearby rooftop on Wednesday, killing a detainee and badly wounding two others before taking his own life, officials said.President Donald Trump and members of his administration seized on the attack as the latest instance of what they characterized as an escalation of politically motivated violence incited by the left.Donald Trump demanded an investigation of what he called “triple sabotage” of his UN address on Tuesday: a malfunctioning escalator, a faulty teleprompter and an apparent sound problem in the hall. UN officials said the US delegation was responsible for the first two, and the third was less dramatic than Trump claimed.JD Vance, the vice-president, claimed without evidence that a gunman who opened fire at an Ice facility in Dallas, killing one...

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9 d. ago Corbyn admits ‘we haven’t covered ourselves in glory’ after Your Party feud

He launched an ‘official’ membership portal after last week disowning one promoted by Zarah Sultana.

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1 week ago Senior Welsh Your Party figure 'exasperated' over Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana row

Beth Winter said she and her colleagues had been attempting to 'mediate' for a 'number of weeks'

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1 week ago Zarah Sultana drops legal threat in bitter row with Jeremy Corbyn over Your Party

Zarah Sultana says she is ‘determined to reconcile’ after claiming she faced a ‘sexist boys’ club’

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1 week ago Scottish bid to end Your Party civil war by writing to Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana

The Scottish branches of the new left-wing party say leadership must show unity in the face of the rising far right.

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1 week ago Zarah Sultana drops legal threat in bitter feud with Corbyn over Your Party

Ms Sultana said she would put the argument behind her ‘for the sake of the party’

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1 week ago Zarah Sultana backtracks and says she will NOT pursue legal action amid ongoing row with Jeremy Corbyn over their new hard

Zarah Sultana on Sunday acknowledged people felt 'demoralised' after the row over her push for members to sign up to Your Party, the political outfit she established with Jeremy Corbyn.

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1 week ago Zarah Sultana drops legal threat over feud with Jeremy Corbyn

MP ‘determined to reconcile’ with former Labour leader after fledgling party’s membership sign-up rowZarah Sultana has said she will call off legal action after a public row with Jeremy Corbyn over the fledgling party they were to co-lead.The Coventry South MP acknowledged people felt “demoralised” after the quarrel over her push for members to sign up to Your Party, the political outfit she established with the former Labour leader. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Zarah Sultana vows reconciliation and cancels legal action after Your Party row

The MP had instructed ‘specialist defamation lawyers’ following the row over a membership system.

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1 week ago Jeremy Corbyn hits back after Zarah Sultana said she was talking to lawyers as launch of their new hard

The fallout centres on a message circulated to supporters on Thursday urging them to pay up to £55 a year to join the party, an email later disowned by Mr Corbyn.

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1 week ago Zarah Sultana threatens to sue as public spat with Jeremy Corbyn over Your Party escalates

Sources close to the pair had been attempting to mediate behind the scenes to salvage the future of the as-yet unnamed political venture

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1 week ago Zarah Sultana consults defamation lawyers after spat with Jeremy Corbyn over party funds

MP says she faced ‘baseless attacks’ over paid membership portal, which Corbyn told supporters not to useZarah Sultana has consulted defamation lawyers after her public spat with Jeremy Corbyn over the launch of a paid membership system for the party they were to co-lead.Sultana said she has been on the receiving end of “politically motivated” attacks amid the row that has engulfed the launch of Your Party. Corbyn had previously urged people not to use the “supposed membership portal”, and said legal advice was being taken over its launch. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Zarah Sultana: ‘Baseless attacks on my character are politically

Ms Sultana said she has ‘instructed specialist defamation lawyers’.

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2 w. ago Greens membership surge after public split between Corbyn and Sultana

Almost 1,400 people sign up in 24 hours, as party sees 10% increase in member numbers after Zack Polanski’s leadership winThe Greens have seen their membership jump by more than 1,000 people in a day after a very public split between Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana cast doubt on the viability of the pair’s proposed new leftwing party.Almost 1,400 people signed up to the Greens in the 24 hours since the bitter disagreement emerged, which saw Corbyn and his allies refer Sultana to the information watchdog after claims she started collecting membership subscriptions without authority. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Green party membership surges after public split between Corbyn and Sultana

Almost 1,400 people sign up in 24 hours to increase party membership by 10% since Zack Polanski’s leadership win this monthThe Green party’s membership has jumped by more than 1,000 people in a day after a public split between Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana cast doubt on the viability of the pair’s new leftwing party.Almost 1,400 people signed up to the Greens in the 24 hours since the bitter disagreement emerged, in which Corbyn and his allies referred Sultana to the information watchdog after claims that she started collecting membership subscriptions without authority. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Voices: How Corbyn and Sultana turned the launch of a new party into a Monty Python farce

Never in the history of fringe left politics has such a great opportunity been so comprehensively messed up by so few. It’s comedy gold for centrists, writes John Rentoul

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2 w. ago Corbyn and Sultana's Your Party Feud: What happened and what comes next?

Infighting disrupts Your Party's rise as Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana clash over membership chaos

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2 w. ago Voices: ‘After this latest debacle, I’m out’: Independent readers weigh in on Your Party row

Our community is split between those who see Zarah Sultana’s bold email as the spark to ‘get this party started’ and others who fear it shows she is ‘a liability’ whose actions may leave Your Party ‘strangled at birth’

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