MEE sat down with the former Labour leader to talk about his vision for the new left-wing party

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/35167663

By Imran Mulla
Published date: 22 August 2025 17:47 BST

Now, he is organising a Gaza Tribunal of his own. “We have on 4 and 5 of September, for two days in Church House in Westminster, an open public inquiry,” Corbyn says.

“It will be live on YouTube and lots of other platforms and channels, and that inquiry will be hearing voices from people in Gaza, in the West Bank, aid workers, journalists, lawyers, international legal experts.”

[Note to our Fedi friends in the UK - it would be great if someone could get this tribunal streamed via Peertube in some fashion.]

The new party was announced on 3 July, when MP Zarah Sultana left the Labour Party and said she would co-lead a different outfit with Corbyn.

That party doesn’t exist yet. It doesn’t even have a name. But it has already received more than 800,000 sign-ups.

Polling this week found that a third of 2024 Labour voters would consider voting for a Corbyn-Sultana-led party, as well as over a quarter of Labour members.

  • JustARaccoon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    14 hours ago

    Oh no, I think you know I am right. We can go on and on and on, any fact-less statement you say I can turn back on you because no one is bringing any references so what I’m saying is just as valid. You can save us all the time waste and actually link your sources instead of acting like you’re too good for that.

    • Skiluros@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      21·
      9 hours ago

      Yeah, yeah.

      You don’t even know the position of a politician you’re fanboying for.

      Someone did check the examples I provided and they are all true:

      https://feddit.uk/post/35181984/19647124

      I told you that such matters are reported on in Ukrainian media and they have both editorial and financial incentives to be honest about these sort things.

      • JustARaccoon@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        8 hours ago

        My first interaction here has been to ask for sources on your claims, I don’t know where you got fanboyism, that’s basic argumentation, you make the argument and provide examples, others refute them with other examples.

        I find it funny that in the end it was still someone else who came forward with links to articles, weird hill to die on for you to not just do it yourself, but thank you for linking to the person linking articles.

        • Skiluros@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          7 hours ago

          You don’t see how a bunch of Corbyn fanboys lying about easily verifyable facts would make someone from Ukraine less than willing to engage in a discussion in a diplomatic manner?

          You may not be a Corbyn fanboy. To be honest it’s a bit difficult to track who is who in the threads for this post.