Former leftist Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn announced on Thursday that he was forming a new political party alongside another ex-member of Britain鈥檚 ruling party.
Corbyn, who lost two elections as Labour leader in 2017 and 2019, and fellow independent MP Zarah Sultana said the new outfit would be called Your Party.
鈥業t鈥檚 time for a new kind of political party. One that is rooted in our communities, trade unions and social movements,鈥� they said in a joint statement.
In their announcement, they called for a 鈥榤ass redistribution of wealth and power鈥� and said they would 鈥榢eep demanding an end to all arms sales to Israel鈥�.
They also committed to a 鈥榝ree and independent Palestine鈥�. prime minister Keir Starmer faces growing calls within Labour to recognise a Palestinian state.
Corbyn, 76, stepped down as Labour leader after overseeing its worst result in decades, when it was trounced in the 2019 general election by the Conservatives, then led by Boris Johnson.
Labour under Starmer suspended him in 2020 after he refused to fully accept the findings of a rights watchdog鈥檚 probe into claims that anti-Semitism had become rampant within Labour鈥檚 ranks under his leadership.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission ruled the party had broken equality law when Corbyn was in charge.
Corbyn said anti-Semitism had been 鈥榙ramatically overstated for political reasons鈥�.
Last year Corbyn announced he would stand as an independent in the July 2024 general election after Labour failed to put him forward as a candidate.
He was expelled from the Labour Party but still went on to win comfortably his Islington North seat in London, which he has represented for more than 40 years.
