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.

  • DreamlandLividity@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    13 hours ago

    Calling for peace talks in this situation is like calling for marriage in couples counseling of a failing relationship, because married couples stay together longer.

    Peace talks don’t create peace, they happen when peace becomes desirable because of battlefield and political realities. Arming Ukraine more can shorten the war. Calling for premature talks can only prolong it.