MP Zarah Sultana has said that she is resigning from the Labour Party after 14 years as a member to “co-lead the founding of a new party” with Jeremy Corbyn.
Ms Sultana, who has sat in the Commons as an independent MP since she had the Labour whip withdrawn last year, represents the Coventry South constituency.
She cited reasons such as the government scrapping winter fuel payments for pensioners, cuts for disabled people and the two-child benefit cap.
She also accused the government of being an “active participant” in genocide.
“We are not going to take this anymore. We’re not an island of strangers; we’re an island that’s suffering,” she said in a statement announcing her resignation.”
She added that in 2029, “the choice will be stark: socialism or barbarism.
Ali Miraj is joined by activist Lindsey German to discuss the possibility of the new party.
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