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Corbyn and Sultana launch 'new kind of political party' (www.yourparty.uk)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by frankPodmore@slrpnk.net to c/uk_politics@feddit.uk

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'Your Party' is either an interim name or just the working group name, not totally clear which. Anyway, thought it would be of interest.

EDIT: Yeah, it's not registered with the Electoral Commission, so it's not yet a political party, but it's run by the Peace and Justice Project, which is Corbyn's existing vehicle.

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[–] IcyToes@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Any decent politician will be destroyed by the media. They painted an anti-racist as a racist. Popular politicians are status quo pro-capitalists. Keir got a real easy run ay first. Then they targetted Reeves. We need to get away from palatable and move towards someone who can connect with and engage with working people. Corbyn was succeeding despite media and slurs, but what cost him was his own party attacking him. Pricks like Streeting etc. Him with a united party behind him may be less hamstrung. Hell, even another leader could succeed, there is no guarantee Jeremy would even be first leader. It would up to the party to decide.

I know that is Zack's platform, but it doesn't mean it'll work. None of this is yet cutting through outside Green membership. Media seem to resent Green politics. It's why Reform always get more of a platform than Green's ever did.